Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid defeated Manchester City 3-1 in the second leg of their Champions League play-off. The 15-time champion therefore eliminated the English champions with a 6-3 aggregate score as the first leg had ended 3-2 in favour of the Spaniards.
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City scored their only goal of tonight’s encounter in the extra-time when Nico Gonzalez scored his first goal for the club when he turned in Omar Marmoush’s free-kick which hit the bar.
The 2023 champions can now concentrate on the FA Cup, where they have a reasonable chance of emerging champions and the league where their target will be to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
In other fixtures, PSG followed their 3-0 victory over fellow French side Brest in the first leg to hammer them 7-0 at the Parc des Princes to give the Luis Enrique’s side a comprehensive 10-0 aggregate victory.
The round of 16 will not be a stroll in the park for the French side as they will take on either Liverpool of Barcelona.
Borussia Dortmund and Sporting ended their encounter goalless, but the Germans qualified having won the first leg 3-0.
PSV knocked out Juventus with a 3-1 second leg victory. The first leg had ended 2-1 in favour of the Italians, but the Dutch side led by the same score margin at full time leaving the aggregate score at 3-3.
PSV scored again in the extra-time to win 4-3 on aggregate.
The eight teams, who qualified from the play-offs are: Feyenoord, Club Brugge, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Real Madrid, PSV, PSG and Borussia Dortmund.
Recall that the eight teams that qualified automatically for the round of 16 are Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston villa.
The draws for the round of 16 will hold on Friday.
