Erling Haaland rewrote the record books by scoring an incredible five times as Manchester City swept RB Leipzig aside to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Haaland becomes the fastest and youngest player to reach 30 goals in Europe’s elite club competition. Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne also found the net for the Citizens.
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Inter Milan reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2011 after a goalless draw in Porto secured their progression. The home side enjoyed the lion’s share of opportunities especially late on but the Italians held firm to move into the last eight.
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Gary Lineker has been forced off his Match of the Day duties by the BBC because he won’t apologise for his comments on social media. The BBC said in a statement that the presenter will “step back” from hosting the weekly football highlights programme while regular contributors Ian Wright and Alan Shearer have pulled out of the programme in a show of support with Lineker.
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Arsenal secured a hard-earned draw against Sporting Lisbon in an entertaining Europa League last-16 first leg. William Saliba gave the Gunners the lead but it would only last 12 minutes as Goncalo Inacio levelled before Paulinho put Sporting in the driving seat.
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Bayern Munich cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League as they condemned Paris St-Germain to another last-16 exit. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting swept home just after the hour mark for the hosts against his former club, with substitute Serge Gnabry adding the gloss to a professional display late on.
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