UCL: Spurs crash out, Man City lose but through to quarter-finals

English Premier League side, Tottenham have crashed out of the UEFA Champions League after falling 2-1 at home to Serie A side Juventus in the sec​ond leg of their last-16 tie.

Having picked up a 2-2 draw away at Turin, Spurs dominated the first half with a goal to show for it, but conceded twice in the second half to lose the game at Wembley.

Son Heung-Min put the home team ahead six minutes before the break, but Juve came from behind– with goals by Gonzalo Higuain​ and Paulo Dybala on 64th and 67th minute respectively– to win the tie.​

Mauricio Pochettino’s men are the first English team to be eliminated from this season’s Champions League.

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A​t the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City also lost 2-1 to Basel, but won the tie on aggregate to advance to the next round of the competition.

City thumped the Swiss side 4-0 in the first leg of the encounter and did not really need much impression at home to ensure qualification, hence manager Pep Guardiola resting several first-team players.

Only 8 minutes into the game, Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring by tapping home Bernardo Silva’s cross.

But Mohamed Elyounoussi lashed home a leveller and then set up Michael Lang’s second-leg winner, which made no difference.

As it stands, City, Juventus, Real Madrid and Liverpool have clinched their last-eight spots this week.

 

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