The quarterfinals of the Champions League begin this week as we're down to the last eight clubs competing for the top prize in European club football. There is some very interesting ties ahead and we've made a form guide for each team heading into this round to see who could be the heading into the semi-finals.
Champions League Form Guide
Liverpool-Benfica
Liverpool
Liverpool are still on their hunt to overtake Manchester City in the Premier League and for a couple of hours on Saturday, they did that. In the early kick-off on Saturday Liverpool beat Watford 2-0 at Anfield in a match where they weren't firing on all cylinders, but were good enough to comfortably beat the Hornets. They've still only lost one game in all competitions since the New Year and it looks like they won't be losing another match anytime soon.
𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 🥶 @_fabinhotavares slots it home in style to double our lead 😍 pic.twitter.com/vEH6m2ErkZ
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 2, 2022
Benfica
Al Musrati’s assist to set up Braga’s winning goal against Benfica is superb. pic.twitter.com/q22ognNB4p
— Zach Lowy (@ZachLowy) April 2, 2022
It wasn't a good weekend for Benfica as they lost 3-2 away against Sporting Braga. They actually went 2-o down early but substitutes Darwin Nunez and Joao Mario both scored quickly to salvage the game, or so they thought. Braga got the winner with ten minutes to go as Benfica now sit 12 points off Porto. It was their first loss in ten games and it's not the form they want to be in heading into a match against Liverpool.
Manchester City-Atletico Madrid
Manchester City
City may have lost their spot on top of the Premier League table for a brief moment but they swiftly took their spot back with a 2-0 away win against Burnley. There was no complications in the performance as Kevin de Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan both got on the scoresheet. They face Liverpool next weekend in what will be a title decider and a match against Atletico Madrid isn't exactly what you want just a few days before that match.
.@IlkayGuendogan doubling our lead! 🎱🙌#ManCity pic.twitter.com/RB88vAGYQF
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 2, 2022
Atletico Madrid
HIGHLIGHTS | Two goals for @joaofelix70 and two goals for @LuisSuarez9 gave @atletienglish the win at the Wanda Metropolitano.
📽️ #AtletiAlavés pic.twitter.com/QQGAJNRcJt— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) April 2, 2022
Atleti continued their winning streak at home on the weekend as they beat Deportivo Alaves 4-1 at the Wanda Metropolitano. Both Joao Felix and Luis Suarez got braces as Atleti have now won their last six games in a row now and have slowly climbed up the La Liga table. They're now level on points with Barcelona in second place at time of writing as they look to qualify for the Champions League next season. Atletico will be without centre back Jose Maria Gimenez as they Uruguayan picked up an injury against Alaves.
Chelsea-Real Madrid
Chelsea
Chelsea had been very impressive the last few weeks given the drama going on behind the scenes at the club but on the weekend there was even more shock on the pitch as they lost 4-1 at home to Brentford. Chelsea actually took the lead early in the second half but Brentford scored three goals in ten minutes and then one towards the end of the match to surprisingly win at the Bridge. It was their first home loss since September and they'll hope they won't have another one this week at home to Real Madrid.
Four for the season for Rudiger. 🥅 pic.twitter.com/VC2A1onHv1
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 2, 2022
Real Madrid
Real Madrid bounced back from their 4-0 loss in El Classico with 2-1 win away against Celta de Vigo that saw Real given three penalties and benefit from a disallowed goal. A penalty from Karim Benzema 20 minutes from the end was enough for the win as Real are now 12 points clear on top of La Liga. Real went out at this stage against Chelsea last season so they'll be looking out to get revenge this time around.
Vilarreal-Bayern Munich
Vilarreal
Since beating Juventus 3-0 in Turin, Vilarreal have had a torrid time domestically. They've lost their last two games in the league against relegation-battling clubs Cadiz and Levante. These two defeats were deserved as well as Unai Emery's side were outperformed by their lesser rivals. it's certainly not what you want ahead of a tie against Bayern Munich.
When Jorge de Frutos goes down, Levante have a Comandante they can lead on. José Luis Morales has scored twice for them, as they defeat Villarreal 2-0 at home.
Levante are rock-bottom, but they are still fighting!
Villarreal - beats Juve, loses to Levante.
Emery at it again pic.twitter.com/VOnjFtRQMU— Jonas Adnan Giæver (@CheGiaevara) April 2, 2022
Bayern Munich
Bayern had a comprehensive 4-1 win away against high-flying SC Freiburg. All the goals came in the second half as three goals in the last 20 minutes put the game out of sight. However there was a bit of confusion five minutes from the end as Bayern briefly played the game with 12 men on the field. The Bundesliga are investigating the situation but they could face a points deduction.
Bayern Munich had 12 players on the pitch after a substitution mix-up for 17 seconds. There might be points deduction. 👀 pic.twitter.com/Ue1zRe1fKZ
— BeksFCB (@Joshua_Ubeku) April 3, 2022
We're beginning to reach the business end of the Champions League and we can't wait to see what drama it has in store for us.
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