Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Live Scores (Champions League): Chelsea 2 vs PSG 2; Bayern Munich 7 vs Shakhtar Donetsk 0 plus match Review

Chelsea 2-2 Paris Saint-Germain (3-3 agg aet): Mourinho's men dumped out despite Ibra red

The Sweden international was dismissed in the first half but the French champions twice fought back to book their place in the quarter-finals at the Blues' expense

An extra-time Thiago Silva header saw Paris Saint-Germain knock Chelsea out of the Champions League and book their place in the quarter-finals by virtue of the away goals rule after a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

The French champions - reduced to 10 men after Zlatan Ibrahimovic's controversial first-half sending off - twice came from behind in the last-16 tie, with their two away goals decisive in the 3-3 aggregate draw.

Gary Cahill opened the scoring in the 81st minute with a crisp volley, but David Luiz swiftly equalised to force extra-time, before Silva conceded a penalty by handling the ball in his own area.

Eden Hazard coolly converted the spot-kick, but PSG would not be denied and Silva atoned for his error with a superb headed goal in the 114th minute to knock the hosts out of the competition.  



Bayern Munich make UCL quarterfinals after 7-0 win vs. Shakhtar

 

Thomas Muller scored twice as Bayern Munich took advantage of an early red card to hammer Shakhtar Donetsk 7-0 and sail into the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.
Muller opened the scoring with a fourth minute penalty after Oleksandr Kucher brought down Mario Gotze in the box and was sent off.
And by the time the striker had added his second and Bayern's fourth in the 51th minute, Shakhtar's hopes of building on a creditable goalless draw in the first leg had long disappeared.
Kucher's dismissal clearly proved crucial as Bayern piled on the pressure with Robert Lewandowski twice coming close to doubling the deficit in the minutes following the opener.
Lewandowski went on to head against the post in the 22nd minute then Shakhtar keeper Andrei Pyatov saved well to deny Franck Ribery from close range.
If the visitors had showed plenty of fighting spirit after being reduced to 10 men a Bayern breakthrough looked increasingly inevitable and it came in the 34th minute.
Lewandowski's initial effort was palmed by the luckless Pyatov into the path of Jerome Boateng, who nudged home the rebound from close range.
Pyatov saved again to deny Lewandowski towards the end of the first half before Ribery made it three for the Germans two minutes into the second half.
After good work by Gotze and Boateng down the Bayern right the ball sprang to the French winger who cut inside and fired a low shot past Pyatov.
By now the home side were rampant and Muller grabbed his second moments later when Pyatov saved from Ribery but the striker was in the right place to follow up.
Shakhtar fashioned a rare chance just before the hour mark when Alex Teixeira's cross almost found Douglas Costa in the box but the danger was eventually cleared by Boateng.
Holger Badstuber made it 5-0 to Bayern on the night with a powerful header from a Rafinha cross, then Lewandowski made it six in the 75th minute.
Having won the penalty which began the rout, Gotze rounded the evening off by striking Bayern's seventh and final goal three minutes before full-time.

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