Barcelona thrash Manchester United; Ajax dump Juventus out of the Champions League

Lionel Messi and Philippe Coutinho scored for Barcelona

Barcelona thrashed Manchester United 3-0 in the second leg of the Champions League quarter final thanks to a first-half brace from Lionel Messi and a wonder second-half strike from Philippe Coutinho.
The encounter ended in a 4-0 aggregate win in favour of the Catalans as Manchester United failed to come to the party. That was one of the worst performance by a losing side in the Champions League knockout stages in recent years and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side will have to shift their focus solely on the chase for top-four. Barcelona however still have their chance for the treble and will face either Liverpool or FC Porto in the Semi-final of the competition.

Matthijs de Ligt dumps Juventus out of the Champions League

Ajax at the other end in Italy dumped Juventus out of the Champions League thanks to a 2-1 win on the night which brought the encounter to a 3-2 aggregate win. Cristiano Ronaldo scored first for Juventus but it didn't last long as Donny van de Beek equalised for Ajax Only for Matthijs de Ligt to score the winner through a header in the second half. Ajax will now meet either Tottenham or Manchester City in the Semi-final while Juventus will have to focus on their Serie A.
This is the first time Ajax qualified for a Semi-final of the Champions League since 1996/97 season. Ajax have qualified for a total of nine Semi-finals in their history. This is also the first time since PSV in 2004/05 that a side outside Europe top-five leagues will reach the Semi-final of the competition.
This is the first time in Juventus history that they will lose two home European Cup games in the same season, first against United and now Ajax.
Of Ronaldo's 126 champions League goals, 65 have been scored in the knockout stages.
This is the first time since 2009/10 where Cristiano Ronaldo will not be in the Champions League Semi-final.

Results in full...
Champions League
Barcelona 3-0 Manchester United
Juventus 1-2 Ajax

Premier League
Brighton 0-2 Cardiff City

Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
Champions League
FC Porto Vs
Liverpool 8:00pm
Manchester City Vs
Tottenham 8:00pm

Serie A
Lazio Vs Udinese 6:00pm

Ligue 1
Nantes Vs Paris Saint-Germain 6:00pm

All time is in GMT+1....