The 2018β19 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 2018β19 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).
The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland). [1]
Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Round of 16 | 17 December 2018, 12:00 | 12β13 & 19β20 February 2019 | 5β6 & 12β13 March 2019 |
Quarter-finals | 15 March 2019, 12:00 | 9β10 April 2019 | 16β17 April 2019 |
Semi-finals | 30 April β 1 May 2019 | 7β8 May 2019 | |
Final | 1 June 2019 at Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid |
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:
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]
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) |
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A | Borussia Dortmund | AtlΓ©tico Madrid |
B | Barcelona | Tottenham Hotspur |
C | Paris Saint-Germain | Liverpool |
D | Porto | Schalke 04 |
E | Bayern Munich | Ajax |
F | Manchester City | Lyon |
G | Real Madrid | Roma |
H | Juventus | Manchester United |
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Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tottenham Hotspur ( a) | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Manchester City | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Schalke 04 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Manchester City | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tottenham Hotspur ( a) | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ajax | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ajax | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Real Madrid | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ajax | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Juventus | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
AtlΓ©tico Madrid | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Juventus | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Manchester United ( a) | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Manchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barcelona | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Lyon | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barcelona | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Barcelona | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bayern Munich | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Porto | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Roma | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Porto ( a.e.t.) | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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 1968β69 European Cup quarter-finals against Benfica after losing 1β3 in the first leg at home and winning 3β1 in the second leg away. [8]
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Schalke 04 | 2β10 | Manchester City | 2β3 | 0β7 |
AtlΓ©tico Madrid | 2β3 | Juventus | 2β0 | 0β3 |
Manchester United | 3β3 ( a) | Paris Saint-Germain | 0β2 | 3β1 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 4β0 | Borussia Dortmund | 3β0 | 1β0 |
Lyon | 1β5 | Barcelona | 0β0 | 1β5 |
Roma | 3β4 | Porto | 2β1 | 1β3 ( a.e.t.) |
Ajax | 5β3 | Real Madrid | 1β2 | 4β1 |
Liverpool | 3β1 | Bayern Munich | 0β0 | 3β1 |
Schalke 04 | 2β3 | Manchester City |
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Manchester City | 7β0 | Schalke 04 |
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Manchester City won 10β2 on aggregate.
AtlΓ©tico Madrid | 2β0 | Juventus |
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Juventus | 3β0 | AtlΓ©tico Madrid |
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Juventus won 3β2 on aggregate.
3β3 on aggregate; Manchester United won on away goals.
Tottenham Hotspur | 3β0 | Borussia Dortmund |
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Tottenham Hotspur won 4β0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5β1 on aggregate.
Porto won 4β3 on aggregate.
Ajax | 1β2 | Real Madrid |
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Ajax won 5β3 on aggregate.
Liverpool | 0β0 | Bayern Munich |
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Bayern Munich | 1β3 | Liverpool |
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Liverpool won 3β1 on aggregate.
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2019, 12:00 CET. [26]
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax | 3β2 | Juventus | 1β1 | 2β1 |
Liverpool | 6β1 | Porto | 2β0 | 4β1 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 4β4 ( a) | Manchester City | 1β0 | 3β4 |
Manchester United | 0β4 [A] | Barcelona | 0β1 | 0β3 |
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Juventus | 1β2 | Ajax |
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Ajax won 3β2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 6β1 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur | 1β0 | Manchester City |
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Manchester City | 4β3 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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4β4 on aggregate; Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals.
Manchester United | 0β1 | Barcelona |
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Barcelona | 3β0 | Manchester United |
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Barcelona won 4β0 on aggregate.
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]
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tottenham Hotspur | 3β3 ( a) | Ajax | 0β1 | 3β2 |
Barcelona | 3β4 | Liverpool | 3β0 | 0β4 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0β1 | Ajax |
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3β3 on aggregate; Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals.
Liverpool | 4β0 | Barcelona |
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Liverpool won 4β3 on aggregate.
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 | 0β2 | Liverpool |
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