Manchester United will end a fifth successive season without a trophy after bowing out of the Champions League at home to Atletico Madrid. A first half Renan Lodi header put Atleti ahead on the night and Diego Simeone’s men were content to sit deep and frustate United who failed to find an equaliser.
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A Darwin Nunez header proved decisive as Benfica booked their place in the last eight of the Champions League with a 1-0 win away to Ajax. The sides were level at 2-2 on aggregate after the first leg but the fancied Ajax failed to live up to the hype.
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Manchester City handed the Premier League title initiative to Liverpool after they were held to a 0-0 draw by a dogged Crystal Palace. Both sides had chances to win the game with City left rueing a first half open goal miss from defender Aymeric Laporte.
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Arsenal continued their fine form and returned to the top four with an impressive 2-0 win over Leicester City at the Emirates. Thomas Partey opened the scoring in the early stages and Alexandre Lacazette netted a second-half penalty as Mikel Arteta’s side leapfrogged Manchester United into the Champions League places.
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Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations championship hopes remain alive and well after beating 14-man England 32-15 at Twickenham. Ireland were forced to dig deep in the second half as the hosts paid no heed to their numerical disadvantage to draw level through the boot of Marcus Smith.
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