It was a night full of goals, drama and thrilling football in the UEFA Champions League as Europe’s biggest clubs booked their spots in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. Barcelona ran riot against Newcastle in a 9-goal fest, while Bayern Munich had a ruthless run over Atalanta led by Harry Kane. Liverpool, meanwhile, finally found their rhythm dispatching Galatasaray at Anfield. Check the full round up below.
Barcelona vs Newcastle
Barcelona stormed into the Champions League quarter-finals with a thumping 7-2 victory over Newcastle United at Camp Nou on Wednesday, sealing an emphatic 8-3 aggregate triumph in a compelling round-of-16 tie.
Raphinha opened the scoring in the sixth minute after Fermin Lopez led a swift counter attack, but Anthony Elanga levelled nine minutes later from Lewis Hall’s cross. Marc Bernal restored Barca’s lead from a Raphinha free kick before Elanga struck again in the 28th minute after Lamine Yamal failed to clear.
THIS. IS. BARÇA. pic.twitter.com/k4wYF7QTYe
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 18, 2026
Yamal made amends by converting a spot kick deep into first-half added time after VAR spotted Kieran Trippier’s foul on Raphinha inside the box and Barca came storming back from the break to score four goals in the second half.
Fermin added a fourth in the 52nd minute and Robert Lewandowski scored twice in quick succession, first with a header from a corner and then from Yamal’s through ball.
Raphinha sealed the rout in the 73rd minute after a Jacob Ramsey mistake, with the Catalan side now set to meet either Atletico Madrid or Tottenham Hotspur in the next round. “We are delighted, it was a great performance,” Raphinha told Movistar Plus.
“Newcastle are a very physical side; if they’re on form, they make life difficult for you. We were calm throughout the match and knew we had to control the game. We lost possession a lot in the first half but the third and fourth goals came quickly and helped us settle down.”
Bayern Munich vs Atalanta
Forward Harry Kane scored twice as Bayern Munich crushed Atalanta 4-1 on Wednesday, for an aggregate 10-2 demolition, to reach the Champions League last eight. Kane became the first English player to reach 50 goals in the Champions League and he needed 66 matches, making him the third-fastest to reach the milestone.
🏴💫 Harry Kane is on fire right now with 14 goal contributions in his last 9 games for Bayern Munich
→ 13 goals
→ 1 assist
→ 14 g/a pic.twitter.com/fdUnja5pF8— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) March 18, 2026
The Bavarians, chasing a treble of titles, will next face Real Madrid in a mouth-watering quarter-final between two continental heavyweights who have been European champions a combined 21 times. With Bayern keeper Jonas Urbig having recovered from last week’s concussion just in time, Bayern were on the attack from the start despite carrying a 6-1 advantage from the first leg.
Kane opened his account with a 25th-minute penalty, which he had to retake after keeper Marco Sportiello had saved his first effort but had moved off the line too early.
The England captain, who is also the leading Bundesliga scorer, then added his 10th Champions League goal of the season nine minutes after the restart when he spectacularly shook off two players, turned and fired in for 2-0.
Teenager Lennart Karl bagged the third goal just two minutes later from a Luis Diaz assist, and Karl returned the favour with a pin-point cross for the Colombian to get on to the scoresheet as well in the 70th. Lazar Samardzic grabbed a late consolation goal for the Italians.
Liverpool vs Galatasaray
Liverpool put their indifferent form behind them and marched into the Champions League quarter-finals as they dismantled Galatasaray 4-0 at Anfield on Wednesday, for a 4-1 aggregate win.
Galatasaray had beaten the Premier League champions twice at home this season, including last week’s 1-0first-leg win, but were no match for a Liverpool side which played with a determination and energy rarely seen this season.
“I think we did a great job tonight. We could win 10-0, we missed a few chances, but we did still a good job,” Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike told TNT Sports. “We can be proud of ourselves tonight and we can look forward to the quarter-final.”
Dominik Szoboszlai put Liverpool in front in the 25th minute and they could have been ahead on aggregate before the break but Mohamed Salah had a penalty saved. The hosts ran riot after the break, with goals from Ekitike, Ryan Gravenberch and Salah.
Liverpool will play holders Paris St Germain, who easily saw off Chelsea 8-2 on aggregate, in the quarter-finals. They looked comfortable from the off and went in front from a well-worked set-piece.
Szoboszlai raced into the area unmarked to guide home a side-footed shot from Alexis Mac Allister’s corner and Liverpool’s energy levels rose even further after the goal. Salah should probably have doubled the lead minutes later when through one-on-one with the keeper, but his attempted lob was saved by Ugurcan Cakir.
Florian Wirtz had a shot deflected over as Liverpool continued to pile forward and Cakir parried away a powerful Szoboszlai effort. The visitors were hanging on under extreme pressure to keep the tie level on aggregate going into the break when Ismail Jakobs fouled Szoboszlai in the area.
Salah stepped up, but his tame penalty down the middle gave Cakir time to make the stop with his trailing leg and the keeper was called on again just before the halftime whistle, making a double save from Salah and Wirtz in quick succession.
Tottenham vs Atletico Madrid
Liverpool put their indifferent form behind them and marched into the quarter-finals as they dismantled Galatasaray 4-0 at Anfield on Wednesday, for a 4-1 aggregate win. Galatasaray had beaten the Premier League champions twice at home this season, including last week’s 1-0first-leg win, but were no match for a Liverpool side which played with a determination and energy rarely seen this season.
“I think we did a great job tonight. We could win 10-0, we missed a few chances, but we did still a good job,” Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike told TNT Sports. “We can be proud of ourselves tonight and we can look forward to the quarter-final.”
Dominik Szoboszlai put Liverpool in front in the 25th minute and they could have been ahead on aggregate before the break but Mohamed Salah had a penalty saved. The hosts ran riot after the break, with goals from Ekitike, Ryan Gravenberch and Salah.
Liverpool will play holders Paris St Germain, who easily saw off Chelsea 8-2 on aggregate, in the quarter-finals. Liverpool looked comfortable from the off and went in front from a well-worked set-piece.
Szoboszlai raced into the area unmarked to guide home a side-footed shot from Alexis Mac Allister’s corner and Liverpool’s energy levels rose even further after the goal.
Salah should probably have doubled the lead minutes later when through one-on-one with the keeper, but his attempted lob was saved by Ugurcan Cakir.
Florian Wirtz had a shot deflected over as Liverpool continued to pile forward and Cakir parried away a powerful Szoboszlai effort. The visitors were hanging on under extreme pressure to keep the tie level on aggregate going into the break when Ismail Jakobs fouled Szoboszlai in the area.
Salah stepped up, but his tame penalty down the middle gave Cakir time to make the stop with his trailing leg and the keeper was called on again just before the halftime whistle, making a double save from Salah and Wirtz in quick succession.
(With inputs from Reuters)
