Chelsea beat Napoli 4-1 to scrape through to the Champions League quarter-finals in a absorbing match. Branislav Ivanovic scored an extra-time goal after Chelsea led 3-1, 4-4 on aggregate, thanks to the “old guard” of Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and John Terry who each scored. They now face a new challenge in Benfica to get through to the semis.
But for both the Manchester clubs Thursday night was a disappointment.
Manchester United headed to Bilbao to face Athletic Club in the early kick-off trailing 3-2 from the first leg after shock defeat in Old Trafford.
Bilbao totally outplayed United in a game that finished 2-1 to Athletic but could’ve been a whole lot more as the Spanish team tore apart the English champions, missing chance after chance, but in the end it didn’t matter as they still won.
Manchester City faced Sporting Lisbon in a game which they started trailing 1-0, but unlike United, City were the favourites to win, as they were at home.
But Sporting raced ahead 2-0, 3-0 on aggregate, as they looked for a shock. City fought back though and were 3-2 up on 85 minutes. But, despite a last minute header by Joe Hart that was centimetres away, City bowed out on away goals.
The most worrying thing is, how did the top two in the Premier League lose to the Spanish 7th placed team and the Portuguese 4th placed team? Does this mean a end to England’s dominance of Europe?
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