Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid took giant strides toward the Champions League quarterfinals with big wins Tuesday. Liverpool and Barcelona still have work to do.
Bayern thrashed Atalanta 6-1 without top scorer Harry Kane in the starting lineup. And Atletico made under-pressure Tottenham coach Igor Tudor pay for his bold call to drop first-choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario by racing to a 3-0 lead inside 15 minutes. The Spanish giant eventually
won 5-2.
Liverpool needs to overturn a 1-0 defeat to Galatasaray in next week's second leg at Anfield and Barcelona needed Lamine Yamal's penalty with the last kick of the game to rescue a 1-1 draw at Newcastle.
First it was Juventus, and now Liverpool. Galatasaray is cutting a swath through European soccer's giants.
A 1-0 first-leg win in Istanbul gave the Turkish champion the advantage in this round-of-16 tie.
Mario Lemina's seventh-minute header secured the win for Galatasaray, which stunned Juventus with a 7-5 aggregate victory in the playoffs.
The second leg is at Anfield next Wednesday.
"We want to win there too, we want to reach the quarter-finals,” Lemina said.
It is the second time Galatasaray has beaten Liverpool this season, having won by the same scoreline in the league phase.
It had chances to take an even bigger lead to Merseyside, with Victor Osimhen's second-half strike ruled out for offside. Liverpool saw Ibrahima Konate's effort disallowed by VAR for handball.
“Liverpool is a huge club, full of quality players. We did what we had to do here. We won. But it’s not over,” Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk said.
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