BEVERLY HILLS, March 07, (THEWILL) – Real Madrid and Liverpool have emerged as the first two quarter-finalists in this season’s Champions League.
The Spanish giants defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 on Tuesday night at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris to book their place in the last eight of the competition.
Cristiano Ronaldo headed the record 12-time winners ahead just after half-time before Javier Pastore’s header bounced off two Real defenders to make it 1-1.
The winner came via Casemiro’s deflected effort, ensuring Zinedine Zidane’s men progressed on a 5-2 aggregate. The late strike ensured that PSG, playing without the injured Neymar, fell at the last 16 stage for the second year in a row.
In the other game of the day, Liverpool drew 0-0 with FC Porto at Anfield.
The Reds won the first leg 5-0 in Portugal and eased into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in nine years.
Sadio Mane inflicted most of the first leg damage on the Portuguese league leaders with a hat-trick and came closest to breaking the deadlock with a first-half effort that came back off the post.
