Arsenal’s Declan Rice and Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez [Getty Images]
It was a blended week for the English groups within the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with Arsenal in a powerful place to succeed in the semi-finals, whereas Aston Villa have an uphill job.
Paris St-Germain, who defeated Liverpool on penalties within the final 16, maintain a 3-1 lead over Villa earlier than the second leg at Villa Park on Tuesday, 15 April.
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Nonetheless, Arsenal have a 3-0 lead over Actual Madrid going into the reverse fixture on the Bernabeu on Wednesday, 16 April.
Within the different quarter-final ties, Inter Milan gained 2-1 towards Bayern Munich in Germany and Barcelona thrashed Borussia Dortmund 4-0 in Spain.
Highlights of each Champions League sport can be found on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport web site and app.
Path to the finalHow are the English sides doing?
Liverpool suffered their first setback underneath supervisor Arne Slot as they have been overwhelmed 4-1 on penalties by PSG at Anfield.
The French champions seemed to be heading out of the competitors within the league section earlier than a late run of kind helped them end fifteenth within the standings, and now they’re hitting their stride when it issues most.
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PSG fell behind towards 1982 European champions Aston Villa, however responded strongly with three wonderful objectives.
It’s Villa’s first European Cup or Champions League quarter-final since 1983.
Fellow English Premier League facet Arsenal have been successfully via into the quarter-finals after they thrashed PSV 7-1 within the first leg. The second leg ended 2-2.
However Arsenal produced an impressed efficiency, aided by two excellent objectives from Declan Rice, to stun reigning European champions Actual Madrid within the first leg at Emirates Stadium.
Manchester Metropolis misplaced to Actual within the earlier spherical, the knockout section play-offs.
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When are the quarter-finals, semi-finals and last?
The second legs of the quarter-finals happen on 15 and 16 and April.
The semi-finals then take happen on 29 and 30 April for the primary legs, with the return fixtures on 6 and seven Might. The ultimate takes place on 31 Might on the Allianz Area in Munich.
Is a Clasico last doable?
Sure.
Barcelona and Actual Madrid have by no means met in a Champions League last or European Cup last earlier than.
However, being on the alternative sides of the draw, they’d meet within the last in the event that they got here via their quarter-final and semi-final ties.
A repeat of final yr’s last between Actual and Borussia Dortmund can be doable.
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Nonetheless, an all-English last just isn’t doable as Aston Villa would meet Arsenal within the semi-finals in the event that they each bought there.
How do international locations earn an additional Champions League spot for subsequent season?
Every nation’s league earns a coefficient rating based mostly on how their groups carry out in Uefa’s three males’s membership competitions: the Champions League, Europa League and Convention League.
Coefficient factors are earned via match outcomes – two for a win and one for a draw.
The factors earned by golf equipment from the identical home league are added up and divided by the variety of golf equipment the league has in Europe.
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For instance, if the Premier League had 100 factors, that will be break up by the variety of groups enjoying in Europe (seven), giving England a coefficient of 14.28.
This season, bonus factors can be found to golf equipment enjoying within the Champions League, which is advantageous to leagues with extra golf equipment competing in it, comparable to Germany and Italy.
Nations that end within the coefficient desk’s high two earn an extra Champions League spot for the next season.
These spots are awarded to the groups who end within the first place beneath the usual Champions League allocation in these leagues.
Extra spots for the 2024-25 Champions League got to Bologna and Borussia Dortmund, who completed fifth in Serie A and the Bundesliga respectively.
England safe a fifth Champions League spot
England are high of the coefficient desk and Arsenal’s win over Actual ensured the Premier League would get an additional spot within the Champions League.
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Meaning the highest 5 within the Premier League will all play in subsequent season’s Champions League. Nonetheless, there may very well be seven English groups if Villa win the competitors, however end exterior the highest 5 within the Premier League and both Manchester United or Tottenham win the Europa League.
The second extra Champions League spot is more likely to go to both Italy’s Serie A or Spain’s La Liga, though Germany’s Bundesliga nonetheless has an out of doors likelihood of getting the additional place.
What is occurring within the Europa League and Convention League?
The Europa League has reached the quarter-finals and there may be nonetheless the prospect of an all-British last with Tottenham within the high half of the draw and each Rangers and Manchester United within the backside half.
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Europa League quarter-finals
Tottenham (England) v Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
Bodo Glimt (Norway) v Lazio (Italy)
Rangers (Scotland) v Athletic Membership (Spain)
Lyon (France) v Manchester United (England)
Chelsea are the clear favourites to win the Convention League and have a two-legged quarter-final towards Polish facet Legia Warsaw.
Convention League quarter-finals
Actual Betis (Spain) v Jagiellonia Bialystok (Poland)
Celje (Slovenia) v Fiorentina (Italy)
Chelsea (England) v Legia Warsaw (Poland)
Djurgarden (Sweden) v Speedy Vienna (Austria)
First leg ties shall be performed on 10 April and second leg ties shall be performed on 17 April.
Watch highlights of each Champions League sport from 22:00 on Wednesday on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport web site and app.
There will even be a Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One on Wednesday, from 22:40 to 00:00.