Champions League: Real Madrid survive gorgeous Chelsea fightback, Villarreal stun Bayern to succeed in semis

Real Madrid noticed off a stirring Chelsea fightback to e-book their place within the semi-finals of the Champions League following a 3-2 defeat after further time on the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday that despatched them by way of 5-4 on mixture.

Chelsea had regarded heading in the right direction to finish an astonishing comeback after taking a 3-0 lead of their quarter-final second leg with targets from Mason Mount, Antonio Rudiger and a very good particular person effort from Timo Werner.

? RESULT ?

Champions League basic ?
Holders knocked out after thriller ??

?? Rodrygo, Benzema web to ship hosts by way of; Mount, Rüdiger & Werner rating for Chelsea

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Yet the hosts got here roaring again, with Rodrygo ending from an outstanding cross by Luka Modric to stage the tie 4-4 on mixture and drive further time when Karim Benzema headed residence to determine a outstanding encounter.

Real Madrid will now face both Manchester City or Atletico Madrid within the final 4.

VILLARREAL STUN BAYERN

Underdogs Villarreal scored an 88th minute equaliser by way of substitute Samuel Chukwueze to grab a surprising 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich and advance to the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-1 mixture win over the Germans.

? RESULT ?

VILLARREAL IN THE SEMI-FINALS!

?? Lewandowski nets opener for Bayern; Chukwueze sends guests by way of 2-1 mixture

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Six-time European champions Bayern, who had gained 12 of their earlier 13 residence video games within the competitors,levelled the tie when Robert Lewandowski drilled the ball in off the publish after 52 minutes along with his thirteenth Champions League objective of the season.

Yet regardless of controlling the sport they failed to attain once more.

Instead, it was Villarreal, semi-finalists in 2006, who netted towards the run of play with Chukwueze beating goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with a left-foot effort to silence the house crowd.

“We feel a lot of happiness. Ever since the draw paired us with Bayern, we have been telling ourselves that we could do it,” Villarreal ahead Gerard Moreno mentioned. “The belief and the way this team competes has helped us to achieve it.”

“In the first leg we made the mistake of not finishing the tie, and all the comments serve as motivation for us. They made the mistake today of not killing us off and we took advantage of that.”

Villarreal will play Liverpool or Benfica within the final 4, with the English facet main 3-1 after the primary leg in Portugal, with the return at Anfield on Wednesday.