Champions League quarterfinals first leg: 5 key talking points

Manchester City v Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Round of 16
It was one hell of a week in the UCL

#1 A plethora of unexpected results

Liverpool v Manchester City - UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Leg One
Liverpool v Manchester City - UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Leg One

The tradition of unpredictable results in Champions League continued this week too as out of 4 games, 3 were absolute shockers in terms of final scoreline.

While the clashes such as Juventus vs Real Madrid and Liverpool vs Manchester City were expected to be closely contested, the scorelines of 3-0 in favour of Madrid and Liverpool were astonishing, to say the least.

On the other hand, the fixture between Bayern and Sevilla was a cagey affair and fortunately for Bayern, it went their way thanks to 2 heavily deflected goals.

Barcelona too looked subdued for most parts of the game and if not for some poor defending from the Romans, the contest would have been much closer than it turned out to be.

Champions League has a knack for coming up with surprising results, which is the primary reason why it is considered the most coveted club competition across Europe.

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Edited by Amit Mishra
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