2018–19 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 12 February and ended on 1 June 2019 with the final at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, Spain, to decide the champions of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase.[2]

For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used in the Champions League knockout phase.[3]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Round and draw dates

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Round of 16 17 December 2018, 12:00 12–13 & 19–20 February 2019 5–6 & 12–13 March 2019
Quarter-finals 15 March 2019, 12:00 9–10 April 2019 16–17 April 2019
Semi-finals 30 April – 1 May 2019 7–8 May 2019
Final 1 June 2019 at Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced under more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.[2]

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner was designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city (e.g., Manchester City and Manchester United) were not scheduled to play at home on the same day or consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control.[4] To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams were drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team which was not titleholders of Champions League or Europa League (or lower-tier, if both were continental titleholders), or the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season (if neither team were continental title holder, e.g. Manchester United for this season) was reversed from the original draw.[5]

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involved the 16 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group Winners
(seeded in round of 16 draw) 		Runners-up
(unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A Germany Borussia Dortmund Spain Atlético Madrid
B Spain Barcelona England Tottenham Hotspur
C France Paris Saint-Germain England Liverpool
D Portugal Porto Germany Schalke 04
E Germany Bayern Munich Netherlands Ajax
F England Manchester City France Lyon
G Spain Real Madrid Italy Roma
H Italy Juventus England Manchester United

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
England Tottenham Hotspur 3 1 4
Germany Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0
England Tottenham Hotspur (a) 1 3 4
England Manchester City 0 4 4
Germany Schalke 04 2 0 2
England Manchester City 3 7 10
England Tottenham Hotspur (a) 0 3 3
Netherlands Ajax 1 2 3
Netherlands Ajax 1 4 5
Spain Real Madrid 2 1 3
Netherlands Ajax 1 2 3
Italy Juventus 1 1 2
Spain Atlético Madrid 2 0 2
Italy Juventus 0 3 3
England Tottenham Hotspur 0
England Liverpool 2
England Manchester United (a) 0 3 3
France Paris Saint-Germain 2 1 3
England Manchester United 0 0 0
Spain Barcelona 1 3 4
France Lyon 0 1 1
Spain Barcelona 0 5 5
Spain Barcelona 3 0 3
England Liverpool 0 4 4
England Liverpool 0 3 3
Germany Bayern Munich 0 1 1
England Liverpool 2 4 6
Portugal Porto 0 1 1
Italy Roma 2 1 3
Portugal Porto (a.e.t.) 1 3 4

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 December 2018, 12:00 CET.[6]

Manchester United became the first team in UEFA Champions League history to advance after losing at home by two goals or more in the first leg.[7] Including the European Cup era, only Ajax managed this feat, winning a play-off match they forced in the 1968–69 European Cup quarter-finals against Benfica after losing 1–3 in the first leg at home and winning 3–1 in the second leg away.[8]

Summary

The first legs were played on 12, 13, 19 and 20 February, and the second legs were played on 5, 6, 12 and 13 March 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Schalke 04 Germany 2–10 England Manchester City 2–3 0–7
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–3 Italy Juventus 2–0 0–3
(a) Manchester United England 3–3 France Paris Saint-Germain 0–2 3–1
Tottenham Hotspur England 4–0 Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–0 1–0
Lyon France 1–5 Spain Barcelona 0–0 1–5
Roma Italy 3–4 Portugal Porto 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
Ajax Netherlands 5–3 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 4–1
Liverpool England 3–1 Germany Bayern Munich 0–0 3–1

Matches

Schalke 04 Germany2–3England Manchester City
 Report
Manchester City England7–0Germany Schalke 04
 Report

Manchester City won 10–2 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid Spain2–0Italy Juventus
 Report
Juventus Italy3–0Spain Atlético Madrid
 Report

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United England0–2France Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Attendance: 74,054[13]
Paris Saint-Germain France1–3England Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 47,441[14]

3–3 on aggregate; Manchester United won on away goals.

Tottenham Hotspur England3–0Germany Borussia Dortmund
Report
Borussia Dortmund Germany0–1England Tottenham Hotspur
Report

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–0 on aggregate.

Lyon France0–0Spain Barcelona
Report
Barcelona Spain5–1France Lyon
 Report
Attendance: 92,346[19]

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

Roma Italy2–1Portugal Porto
 Report
Attendance: 51,727[20]
Porto Portugal3–1 (a.e.t.)Italy Roma
 Report

Porto won 4–3 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands1–2Spain Real Madrid
 Report
Real Madrid Spain1–4Netherlands Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 77,013[23]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Ajax won 5–3 on aggregate.

Liverpool England0–0Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 52,250[24]
Bayern Munich Germany1–3England Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 68,145[25]

Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 12:00 CET.[26]

Summary

The first legs were played on 9 and 10 April, and the second legs were played on 16 and 17 April 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 3–2 Italy Juventus 1–1 2–1
Liverpool England 6–1 Portugal Porto 2–0 4–1
(a) Tottenham Hotspur England 4–4 England Manchester City 1–0 3–4
Manchester United England 0–4[A] Spain Barcelona 0–1 0–3

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw, in order to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur match in the same city.

Matches

Ajax Netherlands1–1Italy Juventus
 Report
Juventus Italy1–2Netherlands Ajax
 Report
Attendance: 41,445[28]

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Liverpool England2–0Portugal Porto
 Report
Attendance: 52,465[29]
Porto Portugal1–4England Liverpool
Report

Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur England1–0England Manchester City
Report
Manchester City England4–3England Tottenham Hotspur
 Report

4–4 on aggregate; Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals.

Manchester United England0–1Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 74,093[33]
Barcelona Spain3–0England Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 96,708[34]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 12:00 CET (after the quarter-final draw).[26] Both semi-finals are considered to be among the best comebacks in UEFA Champions League history.[35]

Summary

The first legs were played on 30 April and 1 May, and the second legs were played on 7 and 8 May 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(a) Tottenham Hotspur England 3–3 Netherlands Ajax 0–1 3–2
Barcelona Spain 3–4 England Liverpool 3–0 0–4

Matches

Tottenham Hotspur England0–1Netherlands Ajax
Report
Ajax Netherlands2–3England Tottenham Hotspur
 Report

3–3 on aggregate; Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals.

Barcelona Spain3–0England Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 98,299[38]
Liverpool England4–0Spain Barcelona
 Report
Attendance: 52,212[39]

Liverpool won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

The final was played on 1 June 2019 at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid. The nominal home team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.[26]

Tottenham Hotspur England0–2England Liverpool
Report

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 30 March 2019 (round of 16), and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final).
  2. ^ Tottenham Hotspur played their round of 16 home match at Wembley Stadium, London, instead of their home Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, due to delays with the construction of their new stadium.[15]

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