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Arsenal had 14 games unbeaten and were chasing a quadruple. City had a makeshift defence and a backup goalkeeper. The result still ended 2-0 to City.
Atletico targeted the Rudiger-Fran Garcia channel all night. Real Madrid survived a red card, two comebacks, and a 93rd-minute save to win a derby that had everything.
Beto's relentless pressing and two goals exposed Chelsea's defensive fragility as Everton ran out dominant winners at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
As the Champions League knockouts return, PSG's model of a young, pressing, collective side has become the template the rest of Europe is chasing.
The two clubs at the top again, but the dynamic has shifted. Arsenal are no longer chasing. They are setting the pace.
PSG demolished Inter to win their first Champions League, and the performance was the purest expression yet of Luis Enrique's collective.
Two of Europe's biggest leagues found their champions, and both stories were about successful transitions to new management.
Arsenal eliminated Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, ending Madrid's defence and announcing themselves as genuine European contenders.
The expanded format's first knockout rounds have arrived, and the playoff layer is producing the jeopardy the old groups sometimes lacked.
Barcelona thrashed Madrid again, this time to win the Spanish Super Cup. Flick's side have now beaten the champions three times in a row.