New Headline: PSG Surprises Ligue 1 with Stunning Win, Spurs Soars Despite Arsenal Frustration
Chelsea's Joao Pedro (L) and Paris Saint-Germain's Willian Pacho battle for the ball during the UEFA Champions League soccer match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain at Stamford Bridge. Adam Davy/PA Wire/dpa Title holders Paris Saint-Germain and record winners Real Madrid made no mistakes as they ended the Champions League campaigns of former winners Chelsea and Manchester City in the last 16 on Tuesday as the English duo failed to reverse big deficits. PSG scored twice in the opening 15 minutes from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Bradley Barcola en route to a 3-0 success at Stamford Bridge for an aggregate 8-2 scoreline in a revenge of sorts for last year's lost Club World Cup final against the Blues.
City's comeback from a 3-0 defeat in Madrid also never happened as they lost captain Bernardo Silva on a red card for handball. Vinicius Junior converted the ensuing penalty and added a late second for a 2-1 victory. Erling Haaland got a temporary equalizer for 10-man City who went out 5-1.
Arsenal saved Premier League pride on the night by ousting Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 from two games from a 2-0 in London, with Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice on target in each half. They now face Sporting who became the fifth team to overturn a three-goal deficit in Europe when they triumphed 5-0 in extra time in Lisbon over the season's surprise side Bodø/Glimt who had won the first game 3-0 in Norway. PSG's next opponents will be Liverpool or Galatasaray, with the Turks 1-0 up going into Wednesday's return leg at Anfield.
Real will likely meet Bayern Munich again as the Germans are 6-1 up against Atalanta and at home. The other two games Wednesday are Barcelona v Newcastle (1-1) and Tottenham Hotspur v Atletico Madrid (2-5), with the winners playing each other. PSG cruise Kvaratskhelia had dented Chelsea's hopes with a late brace in PSG's 5-2 home win, and he effectively ended them for good after six minutes on Wednesday when he fired into the bottom corner after a big mistake from defender Mamadou Sarr.
It got worse for the Blues when Barcola hit into the top left corner on the counter for 2-0. Chelsea improved after the break but PSG got the third in the 62nd from Senny Mayulu from the edge of the area. Real too strong for City In Manchester, City put up a good fight even though their hopes were all but buried when Silva stopped a shot from Vinicius with his elbow on the goal-line which saw him sent off upon review.
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