The Second leg of the Quarter Finals played on day 1 where Liverpool hosted Manchester City and Barcelona were up against Roma.
Before the match commenced, the scores were as follows (i.e the results from the first leg):
Barcelona 4 - 1 Roma
Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City.
It was drama all through in the both games as the losing sides were first to score the night in the two games.
ROMA VS BARCELONA
Barcelona was left very vulnerable in defence while Roma held hold of the strikers including world best player, Lionel Messi.
Edin Dzeka showed what he was made of as he capitalised on the errors of the Barcelona defence to score his first goal in the sixth minute.
That did not end the saga and Roma went on to score two more goal and was level on aggregate score before the 80th (4-4)
Roma won on the night by 3 - 0 and advanced on away goals rule.
Seeing off Barcelona out of the Champions League for the third season in a row.
LIVERPOOL VS MAN CITY
Liverpool was on the front foot against their English rivals after they won the first leg by 3 goals to nothing.
Man City started like a house on fire after just 57 seconds they had the ball in the back of the net through Jesus Gabriel. But, the Reds held on until the first half was over.
A game which saw Pep Guardiola sent to the stands for using some words against the Ref after the first 45 minutes of the game.
Liverpool came out of the half stronger and M. Salah was quick to break the hearts of the Citizens with an early goal and then R. Firminho completed the anahiliation of Manchester City from the champions league.
The Liverpool win ensures that Manchester city lost in the champions home and away to Liverpool with a 5 - 1 aggregate score.
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