Champions League round of 16 second legs: 3 things we learned

Manchester City and Napoli shined, while PSG and Liverpool were ousted early

Mar 16, 2023

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Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring Manchester City’s first goal from a penalty kick. UEFA photo via Getty Images

The round of 16 of this year’s Champions League didn’t feature too many memorable matches. Instead, what we got was confirmation that several teams — most notably Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Napoli — are favorites (fo…

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