A brace from Lionel Messi in the 16th and 20th minutes left United with a huge task at 2-0 (3-0 agg) and their slim hopes were dashed on the hour as Philippe Coutinho wrapped up the tie at 3-0 (4-0 agg).
Ajax upset the odds with a famous 3-2 aggregate win over Juventus after a 2-1 victory in Turin.
Cristiano Ronaldo put Juve 1-0 up (2-1 agg) before Donny Van de Beek levelled the game and the tie on 34 minutes. Matthijs de Ligt put Ajax ahead with a 67th minute strike and the 2-1 (3-2 agg) lead proved to be enough to send them into the last four.
Sadio Mane opened the scoring on the night on 26 minutes before Mo Salah doubled the lead on 65 minutes to open up a huge 4-0 lead on aggregate. Porto replied through Eder Militao three minutes later for 2-1 (4-1) before strikes from Roberto Firmino and Virgil Van Dijk wrapped up a comfortable advance into the semis.
An epic seven goal thriller saw Manchester City claim a 4-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium. The victory proved not enough to prevent Spurs from advancing on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate.
The sides set a new CL record with five goals inside the first 21 minutes, Raheem Sterling's brace and Bernardo Silva's strike sandwiching a Son Heung-Min brace as City led 3-2 (3-3 agg). Sergio Aguero struck on the hour for 4-2 also giving City a 4-3 aggregate advantage. City's joy was soon dented on 73 minutes by Fernando Llorente's effort which cut the gap to 4-3 but regained Spurs' aggregate advantage on away goals at 4-4. Late drama saw City look to have sealed a place in the last four as Sterling completed his hat-trick but a VAR decision saw the goal ruled out due to offside sending Spurs through on away goals.
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