Champions League Results 2017: Qualified Teams After Wednesday Round-of-16 Games
The two remaining places in this season's UEFA Champions League quarter-finals were filled on Wednesday as Atletico Madrid and Monaco advanced to the last eight with aggregate wins over Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester City, respectively.
Los Rojiblancos sealed a 4-2 aggregate victory after drawing Leverkusen 0-0 at the Vicente Calderon, while Monaco came back from a 5-3 loss in their first-leg meeting with City to draw 6-6 over two ties and advance on away goals.
The pair join Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Leicester City—each of whom are representatives of their respective domestic leagues—in the quarter-finals, with Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund also advancing.
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Not for the first time in recent years, Spain is the most heavily represented nation with three clubs in the quarter-finals, although Germany aren't far behind with two representatives.
Read on as we profile some of the biggest or most intriguing entrants into the quarters of this season's Champions League after the last eight lineup was completed on Wednesday.
| Manchester City | 6-6 (Monaco advance on away goals) | Monaco | 5–3 | 1-3 |
| Real Madrid | 6–2 | Napoli | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Benfica | 1–4 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| Bayern Munich | 10–2 | Arsenal | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Porto | 0–3 | Juventus | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2-4 | Atletico Madrid | 2–4 | 0-0 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 5–6 | Barcelona | 4–0 | 1–6 |
| Sevilla | 2–3 | Leicester City | 2-1 | 0-2 |
Bayern Munich
One of the major frontrunners for this season's European crown and currently riding the wave of a 19-game unbeaten streak, Bayern will once again be one to watch out for in the quarter-finals this term.
The Bavarian outfit's 10-2 aggregate demolition of Arsenal in the round of 16 showcased just how capable they are against elite opposition, and Robert Lewandowski—who netted twice across the two legs—is a big part of their success:
German fans in particular can also have something to look forward to in the event we see both remaining Bundesliga teams come up against one another, as pointed out by BT Sport panellist Raphael Honigstein:
Bayern have conceded six times in six Champions League outings this term—an average of one goal per game—and while that ratio is hardly terrifying, their record of 14 goals scored in the same timespan is.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti's side have maintained an average of 65 percent possession in their matches so far this season, per WhoScored.com, along with a pass accuracy of 87 percent, each indicative of their title credentials.
Monaco
Although not quite of the same proportions as Barcelona's revival against PSG last week, Monaco's 3-1 win on Wednesday was enough to see them come out atop a 6-6 draw by virtue of the away-goal rule.
Kylian Mbappe needed only eight minutes to open the scoring before Fabinho doubled their lead on 29 minutes. Although Leroy Sane halved the deficit after the break, Tiemoue Bakayoko's 77th-minute header was the hosts' sensational home run continue, per Squawka:
Guardiola's men looked offensively astute coming to France, averaging 15.9 shots per game while allowing the opposition a much lower average of 7.9 per outing, but that didn't come to the fore on Wednesday.
Instead, we saw a much more tamed version of the Citizens, and the English giants were dumped out on the sore end of a 12-goal thriller on the French Riviera. Samuel Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News bemoaned the visiting outfit's defence following their collapse:
Following an eight-goal thriller in the first leg, City and Monaco also helped make this season's round of 16 one of the most prolific in history, with this being the first time four matches in the stage have produced four goals or more.
Leicester City will now fly a lone flag for the Premier League moving forward in the Champions League, while Monaco deserve the honour of doing the same on behalf of Ligue 1.
Barcelona
A mixed bag of recent results means Barcelona are in a slight state of limbo at present, and manager Luis Enrique faces a conundrum in just how he should distribute his resources between La Liga and the Champions League.
That uncertainty is largely due to the fact Barca's fairytale round-of-16 comeback against Paris Saint-Germain was clouded by the 2-1 defeat to Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday. After that result, Enrique spoke of his players' lack of clarity in seeing out winning scorelines, per Javier Giraldo of Spanish newspaper Sport.
Enrique told reporters: "The final third is always the most difficult. There's not as much time to thing. We lacked a bit of clarity in that area and it's a shame because I that this was an important game to continue in the same line and to show our rivals how convincing we are."
It seems hardly a coincidence that French defender Samuel Umtiti missed the defeat to Deportivo as an unused substitute, and Enrique may need his centre-back present for the European tests to come:
The Blaugrana made it through the round of 16 by the skin of their teeth, but the win over PSG will either mark the crest of their wave or the beginning of bigger things to come this campaign.
