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Four teams are through to theUEFA Champions Leaguequarterfinals so far: Chelsea, Benfica, AC Milan and Bayern Munich.
After losing the first leg 1-0, Graham Potters Chelseacame back to winthe second leg and the tie thanks to goals from Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz. Benfica scored five times against Club Brugge on Tuesday to win their round-of-16 tieon a 7-1 aggregate.
Unlike Chelsea, Tottenhamcouldnt make a comebackafter losing the first leg 1-0 to AC Milan and their second leg ended in a goalless draw.
Meanwhile, PSG have beenknocked out of the tournamentafter suffering a 2-0 defeat against Bayern Munich in the second leg. They lost the tie on a 3-0 aggregate.
By The Numbershas the best stats from the mid-week European action:
Bayern Munich have qualified for the Champions League quarterfinals for the 21st time. More than any other club in the competitions history.
Five of Bayern Munichs last six goals against PSG in the Champions League have been scored by players who previously played for PSG (three by Choupo-Moting, two by Kingsley Coman).
Bayern Munich picked up a clean sheet in each of their last four Champions League matches, equalling the club record of four CL games in a row without conceding.
Eric Choupo-Moting is Bayerns top scorer this season with 17 goals in all competitions.
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Jamal Musiala completed eight dribbles against PSG on Wednesday. No Bayern Munich player (since 2003-04) has made more in a Champions League knockout stage game.
Lionel Messi joins Cristiano Ronaldo (178) and Iker Casillas (176) as the third player in Champions League history to start 150 games.
Since Lionel Messi debuted with Barcelona, both the player and the club have never failed to reach the Champions League quarterfinals in consecutive seasons. Since Messi left Barcelona, both the player and his former team have failed to reach a Champions League quarterfinal.
Its been 8 years since Lionel Messi last won the Champions League /ffZmN6cEwk
Lionel Messi was held to just one shot on target in two games against Bayern Munich.
Messi scored four goals in his first four career games against Bayern Munich. Since then, Bayern have stopped Messi from scoring in his last four games against the club.
PSG have been eliminated in five of their last seven Champions League round of 16 matches.
PSG have conceded at least once in all eight of their Champions League matches this season; this is the first time they have failed to keep a clean sheet in a single campaign in the competition.
Kylian Mbappe had just one shot on target against Bayern Munich on Wednesday. The number is tied for his second-lowest in a match this season (all competitions).
Tottenham 0-0 Milan has ended Spurs run of 147 consecutive home games in all competitions without a goalless draw. The last 0-0 draw was against Swansea at Wembley in a Premier League match in September 2017.
Tottenham defender Cristian Romero was sent off for the eighth time in his career on Wednesday.
AC Milan have advanced to their first Champions League quarterfinals since the 2012/13 season. They have also made it to the last eight stage without conceding in both legs for the first time since the round of 16 tie against Celtic in 2006-07.
AC Milan have made it to the quarters for the eighth time, which is the second-highest number by an Italian club (Juventus 12).
The loss to Chelsea was Dortmunds first defeat in 2023. They were the most in-form side in Europes top 5 leagues before they came to Stamford Bridge, winning 11 straight competitive matches.
Borussia Dortmund were the most in-form side in Europes top 5 leagues before they came to Stamford Bridge.
They won 11 straight competitive matches prior to today.
Chelsea handed them their first loss of 2023 and held them scoreless for the first time in nearly 4 m/msA9GSEqSC
By beating Dortmund, Chelsea won back-to-back games in all competitions for the first time since October 2022.
Chelsea boss Graham Potter has become just the second English manager to win five UEFA Champions League games in a single season, after Bobby Robson with Newcastle in 2002-03.
Chelsea advanced from a Champions League knockout stage in which they lost the first leg for the fifth time. They are tied with Real Madrid, Juventus and Barcelona for the most such occurrences in UCL history. Chelsea last did the same in the 2013-14 quarterfinals against PSG.
Chelsea win back-to-back games in all competitions for the FIRST time since October
Graham Potters side are finding their form pic.twitter.com/LoBWHOi69x
Chelsea have qualified for the Champions League quarterfinals for the 12th time. They are now tied with Juventus for fifth-most all-time quarterfinal qualifications.
After scoring against Dortmund, Raheem Sterling has 27 career Champions League goals, just three shy of Wayne Rooney for the most by an Englishman.
Since his UCL debut in 2014, Sterling has been involved in more Champions League goals than any other Englishman -- 27 goals and 17 assists. Only Rooney is ahead with 30 goal contributions. 15 Kai Havertz has converted all 15 of his career penalty kicks he has taken so far (11/11 at the club level).
At 21 years and 260 days, Goncalo Ramos became the youngest Benfica player to both score and assist in a single Champions League game in the 21st century. Hes also the youngest player to score multiple Champions League knockout goals for Benfica.
Ramos has scored 22 goals in all competitions this season, the most by any player under 21 years of age across Europes top 5 leagues, the Netherlands or Portugal.
Benficas Joao Mario became the first player to score five penalties in a UCL season.
Benficas seven aggregate goals against Club Brugge are the most by a team from outside of Europes top 5 leagues in a Champions League knockout stage tie.
(Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)