Can City and Liverpool make it an English trio in the quarters?

The ultimate 4 spherical of 16 fixtures of the UEFA Champions League get underway throughout Tuesday and Wednesday this week, with the remaining spots as considered one of Europe’s high eight sides up for grabs.

Each English sides have some work to do – maybe one barely greater than the opposite – if they’re to affix Chelsea because the remaining Premier League sides within the draw.

We preview each of their fixtures beneath.

Manchester Metropolis vs RB Leipzig – Tuesday 20:00

Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis aspect will probably be dissatisfied they didn’t consolidate their lead after they went 1-0 up towards Leipzig within the first spherical of this tie three weeks in the past, with Joško Gvardiol’s leveller on the night time which means Metropolis have drawn three of their final 4 Champions League video games. They’ll nevertheless take encouragement from the actual fact they gained all three of their group stage video games on the Etihad earlier within the season, racking up eight targets within the course of, so understandably go into Tuesday’s second leg at 1/5 to qualify and 4/11 to win on the night time.

Leipzig make up considered one of a quintet of golf equipment who’re all vying for the Bundesliga title this season, with simply seven factors separating the highest 5 on the high of Germany’s first division. They picked up a powerful 3-0 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday, with former Chelsea man Timo Werner persevering with his good type with one other very good strike, and will definitely present on Tuesday they don’t seem to be simply there to make up the numbers towards a Metropolis aspect who’ve a monitor document of stage freight when the going will get robust on this competitors. Regardless of the slender first-leg scoreline, the German aspect are a ten/3 shot at progressing to the quarters on the expense of the 2021 finalists.

A draw (4/1) would take this tie into an intriguing extra-time interval, the place you’ll assume this Metropolis aspect could start to indicate some cracks towards their well-drilled German counterparts. Guardiola’s males would nevertheless nonetheless be favourites to prevail and are 9/1 to triumph in extra-time, with Leipzig respectable worth at 25/1. It’s 16/1 for all sides to undergo on penalties.

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Actual Madrid vs Liverpool – Wednesday 20:00

This was arguably the tie of the spherical when the draw was made, however a ruthless show from Actual Madrid at Anfield three weeks in the past has all however put this contest to mattress. Barring a miracle from Liverpool, who to be honest have displayed they’ll rating an alien-like quantity of targets in matches towards good opposition not too long ago, you’ll assume Carlo Ancelotti’s males will maintain their finish of the cut price and progress to the quarter finals, particularly at their worth of 1/50 to take action.

Jurgen Klopp’s aspect appear to take one step forwards, one step backwards within the Premier League, following up final Sunday’s historic 7-0 thrashing of Manchester United with a weird 1-0 loss to backside aspect Bournemouth, with Mohamed Salah uncharacteristically blazing a second-half penalty large of the goal. Within the Reds’ different three Champions League away video games, there have been a outstanding 16 targets scored (11 for, 5 towards), so if it’s managed chaos Liverpool want in an effort to get again within the tie, they might simply be the aspect for it.

An early aim would definitely make this one fascinating, like when Chelsea took Madrid to extra-time towards the percentages on the Bernabeu final season. Actual Madrid discover themselves 13/10 favourites to win the sport in 90 minutes, however, given Liverpool’s urgency to win by a landslide, their worth of 9/5 to win on the night time by any margin might be a extra interesting punt. The Reds are 12/1 to progress to the quarter finals altogether, with over 3.5 targets within the recreation an honest possibility at 5/4.

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