The 2018–19 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 12 February and ended on 1 June 2019 with the final at the Metropolitano StadiuminMadrid, Spain, to decide the champions of the 2018–19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round of 16 | 17 December 2018, 12:00 | 12–13 & 19–20 February 2019 | 5–6 & 12–13 March 2019 |
| Quarter-finals | 15 March 2019, 12:00 | 9–10 April 2019 | 16–17 April 2019 |
| Semi-finals | 30 April – 1 May 2019 | 7–8 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) |
|---|---|---|
| A |  Borussia Dortmund
|
 Atlético Madrid
|
| B | Barcelona
|
 Tottenham Hotspur
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| C |  Paris Saint-Germain
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Liverpool
|
| D |  Porto
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Schalke 04
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| E | Bayern Munich
|
 Ajax
|
| F | Manchester City
|
Lyon
|
| G | Real Madrid
|
 Roma
|
| H | Juventus
|
Manchester United
|
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético 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 1968–69 European Cup quarter-finals against Benfica after losing 1–3 in the first leg at home and winning 3–1 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schalke 04
|
2–10 | Manchester City
|
2–3 | 0–7 |
| Atlético Madrid
|
2–3 | Juventus
|
2–0 | 0–3 |
| Manchester United
|
3–3 (a) | Paris Saint-Germain
|
0–2 | 3–1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur
|
4–0 | Borussia Dortmund
|
3–0 | 1–0 |
| Lyon
|
1–5 | Barcelona
|
0–0 | 1–5 |
| Roma
|
3–4 | Porto
|
2–1 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Ajax
|
5–3 | Real Madrid
|
1–2 | 4–1 |
| Liverpool
|
3–1 | Bayern Munich
|
0–0 | 3–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–3 | Manchester City |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
 85' 90' |
Attendance: 54,417[9]
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
| Manchester City | 7–0 | Schalke 04 |
|---|---|---|
|
42' 56' 71' 78' 84' |
Report |
Attendance: 51,518[10]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Manchester City won 10–2 on aggregate.
| Atlético Madrid | 2–0 | Juventus |
|---|---|---|
83' |
Report |
Attendance: 67,193[11]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
| Juventus | 3–0 | Atlético Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 40,884[12]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Manchester United | 0–2 | Paris Saint-Germain |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
60' |
Attendance: 74,054[13]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1–3 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
90+4' (pen.) |
Attendance: 47,441[14]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
3–3 on aggregate; Manchester United won on away goals.
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 | Borussia Dortmund |
|---|---|---|
83' 86' |
Report |
Attendance: 71,214[16]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
| Borussia Dortmund | 0–1 | Tottenham Hotspur |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Attendance: 66,099[17]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Tottenham Hotspur won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Lyon | 0–0 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 57,889[18]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
| Barcelona | 5–1 | Lyon |
|---|---|---|
|
31' 81' 86' |
Report |
|
Attendance: 92,346[19]
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Roma | 2–1 | Porto |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
|
Attendance: 51,727[20]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
| Porto | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Roma |
|---|---|---|
52' 117' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 49,029[21]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Porto won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Ajax | 1–2 | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
87' |
Attendance: 52,286[22]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
| Real Madrid | 1–4 | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
18' 62' 72' |
Attendance: 77,013[23]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Ajax won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Liverpool | 0–0 | Bayern Munich |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 52,250[24]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
| Bayern Munich | 1–3 | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
69' |
Attendance: 68,145[25]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Liverpool won 3–1 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax
|
3–2 | Juventus
|
1–1 | 2–1 |
| Liverpool
|
6–1 | Porto
|
2–0 | 4–1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur
|
4–4 (a) | Manchester City
|
1–0 | 3–4 |
| Manchester United
|
0–4[A] | Barcelona
|
0–1 | 0–3 |
Notes
| Ajax | 1–1 | Juventus |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
|
Attendance: 50,390[27]
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
| Juventus | 1–2 | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
67' |
Attendance: 41,445[28]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Liverpool | 2–0 | Porto |
|---|---|---|
26' |
Report |
Attendance: 52,465[29]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
| Porto | 1–4 | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
65' 77' 84' |
Attendance: 49,117[30]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Manchester City |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
Attendance: 60,044[31]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Manchester City | 4–3 | Tottenham Hotspur |
|---|---|---|
11' 59' |
Report |
73' |
Attendance: 53,348[32]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
4–4 on aggregate; Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals.
| Manchester United | 0–1 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: 74,093[33]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
| Barcelona | 3–0 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
61' |
Report |
Attendance: 96,708[34]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Barcelona won 4–0 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tottenham Hotspur
|
3–3 (a) | Ajax
|
0–1 | 3–2 |
| Barcelona
|
3–4 | Liverpool
|
3–0 | 0–4 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 0–1 | Ajax |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Attendance: 60,243[36]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
| Ajax | 2–3 | Tottenham Hotspur |
|---|---|---|
35' |
Report |
|
Attendance: 52,641[37]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
3–3 on aggregate; Tottenham Hotspur won on away goals.
| Barcelona | 3–0 | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
75', 82' |
Report |
Attendance: 98,299[38]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Liverpool | 4–0 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
54', 56' |
Report |
Attendance: 52,212[39]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Liverpool won 4–3 on aggregate.
The final was played on 1 June 2019 at the Metropolitano StadiuminMadrid. 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 | 0–2 | Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
87' |
Attendance: 63,272[40]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
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