2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase facts for kids

The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase was the knockout stage which started on 13 February and ended on 26 May 2018 with the last match at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, to decide the champions of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League. A total of 16 teams compete in the knockout phase.

Round and draw dates

All draws where held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners (seeded in round of 16 draw)	Runners-up (unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A	Manchester United	Basel
B	Paris Saint-Germain	Bayern Munich
C	Roma	Chelsea
D	Barcelona	Juventus
E	Liverpool	Sevilla
F	Manchester City	Shakhtar Donetsk
G	Beşiktaş	Porto
H	Tottenham Hotspur	Real Madrid

Round of 16

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	4–3	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	2–1
Basel	2–5	Manchester City	0–4	2–1
Porto	0–5	Liverpool	0–5	0–0
Sevilla	2–1	Manchester United	0–0	2–1
Real Madrid	5–2	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2 (a)	Roma	2–1	0–1
Chelsea	1–4	Barcelona	1–1	0–3
Bayern Munich	8–1	Beşiktaş	5–0	3–1

Matches

13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) 20:45	Juventus	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 41,232 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Higuaín  2', 9' (pen.)	Report	Kane  35' Eriksen  71'

7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) 20:45	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Juventus	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 84,010 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Son Heung-min  39'	Report	Higuaín  64' Dybala  67'

Juventus won 4–3 on aggregate.

13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) 20:45	Basel	0–4	Manchester City	St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
		Report	Gündoğan  14', 53' B. Silva  18' Agüero  23'

7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) 20:45	Manchester City	1–2	Basel	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 49,411 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Gabriel Jesus  8'	Report	Elyounoussi  17' Lang  71'

Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

14 February 2018 (2018-02-14) 20:45	Porto	0–5	Liverpool	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 47,718 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
		Report	Mané  25', 53', 85' Salah  29' Firmino  69'

6 March 2018 (2018-03-06) 20:45	Liverpool	0–0	Porto	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 48,768 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
		Report

Liverpool won 5–0 on aggregate.

21 February 2018 (2018-02-21) 20:45	Sevilla	0–0	Manchester United	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 39,725 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
		Report

13 March 2018 (2018-03-13) 20:45	Manchester United	1–2	Sevilla	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 74,909 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
	Lukaku  84'	Report	Ben Yedder  74', 78'

Sevilla won 2–1 on aggregate.

14 February 2018 (2018-02-14) 20:45	Real Madrid	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 78,158 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Ronaldo  45' (pen.), 83' Marcelo  86'	Report	Rabiot  33'

6 March 2018 (2018-03-06) 20:45	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	Real Madrid	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 46,585 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Cavani  71'	Report	Ronaldo  51' Casemiro  80'

Real Madrid won 5–2 on aggregate.

21 February 2018 (2018-02-21) 20:45	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Roma	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Attendance: 35,124 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
	Ferreyra  52' Fred  71'	Report	Ünder  41'

13 March 2018 (2018-03-13) 20:45	Roma	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 47,693 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
	Džeko  52'	Report

2–2 on aggregate. Roma won on away goals.

20 February 2018 (2018-02-20) 20:45	Chelsea	1–1	Barcelona	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 37,741 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Willian  62'	Report	Messi  75'

14 March 2018 (2018-03-14) 20:45	Barcelona	3–0	Chelsea	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 97,183 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Messi  3', 63' Dembélé  20'	Report

Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.

20 February 2018 (2018-02-20) 20:45	Bayern Munich	5–0	Beşiktaş	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
	Müller  43', 66' Coman  53' Lewandowski  79', 88'	Report

14 March 2018 (2018-03-14) 18:00	Beşiktaş	1–3	Bayern Munich	Vodafone Park, Istanbul Attendance: 36,885 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Vágner Love  59'	Report	Thiago  18' Gönül  46' (o.g.) Wagner  84'

Bayern Munich won 8–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 March 2018, 12:00 CET.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	4–4 (a)	Roma	4–1	0–3
Sevilla	1–2	Bayern Munich	1–2	0–0
Juventus	3–4	Real Madrid	0–3	3–1
Liverpool	5–1	Manchester City	3–0	2–1

Matches

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) 20:45	Barcelona	4–1	Roma	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 90,106 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
	De Rossi  38' (o.g.) Manolas  55' (o.g.) Piqué  59' L. Suárez  87'	Report	Džeko  80'

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 20:45	Roma	3–0	Barcelona	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 56,580 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Džeko  6' De Rossi  58' (pen.) Manolas  82'	Report

4–4 on aggregate. Roma won on away goals.

3 April 2018 (2018-04-03) 20:45	Sevilla	1–2	Bayern Munich	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 40,635 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
	Sarabia  31'	Report	Navas  37' (o.g.) Thiago  68'

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 20:45	Bayern Munich	0–0	Sevilla	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
		Report

Bayern Munich won 2–1 on aggregate.

3 April 2018 (2018-04-03) 20:45	Juventus	0–3	Real Madrid	Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 40,849 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
		Report	Ronaldo  3', 64' Marcelo  72'

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 20:45	Real Madrid	1–3	Juventus	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 75,796 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Ronaldo  90+8' (pen.)	Report	Mandžukić  2', 37' Matuidi  61'

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) 20:45	Liverpool	3–0	Manchester City	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 50,685 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Salah  12' Oxlade-Chamberlain  21' Mané  31'	Report

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 20:45	Manchester City	1–2	Liverpool	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 53,461 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
	Gabriel Jesus  2'	Report	Salah  56' Firmino  77'

Liverpool won 5–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 13 April 2018, 13:00 CEST.

For the first time since the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, all the four teams at this stage represent different national associations.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–4	Real Madrid	1–2	2–2
Liverpool	7–6	Roma	5–2	2–4

Matches

25 April 2018 (2018-04-25) 20:45	Bayern Munich	1–2	Real Madrid	Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
	Kimmich  28'	Report	Marcelo  44' Asensio  57'

1 May 2018 (2018-05-01) 20:45	Real Madrid	2–2	Bayern Munich	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 77,459 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Benzema  11', 46'	Report	Kimmich  3' Rodríguez  63'

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

24 April 2018 (2018-04-24) 20:45	Liverpool	5–2	Roma	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 51,236 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Salah  36', 45+1' Mané  56' Firmino  61', 69'	Report	Džeko  81' Perotti  85' (pen.)

2 May 2018 (2018-05-02) 20:45	Roma	4–2	Liverpool	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 61,889 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Milner  15' (o.g.) Džeko  52' Nainggolan  86', 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Mané  9' Wijnaldum  25'

Liverpool won 7–6 on aggregate.

Final

The final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on 26 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26) 20:45	Real Madrid	3–1	Liverpool	NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 61,561 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Benzema  51' Bale  64', 83'	Report	Mané  55'