Champions League LIVE: Barca level tie before Atleti retake lead, Liverpool hosting PSG

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Barcelona are looking to overturn a 2-0 deficit against Atleti this evening
Barcelona are looking to overturn a 2-0 deficit against Atleti this eveningREUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

The 2025/26 Champions League semi-finalists are to be decided over the next two evenings of football as the quarter-final second legs take centre stage. This is your one-stop shop for all the latest across the matches!

Tuesday's highlights

• Barcelona and Liverpool will attempt the unlikely this evening as they both look to overturn 2-0 deficits from their quarter-final first legs

• Against the Catalans, Atletico Madrid have a 2-0 lead to protect and will fancy their chances at home, but Barca have produced sensational comebacks in the past, and anything is possible with Lamine Yamal in their corner

• The other quarter-final tonight sees Liverpool hosting PSG, with Arne Slot's side also trailing 2-0 from the first leg in Paris against the Champions League holders

Tuesday's fixtures: 

Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona (3-2 agg.) - Half Time

Liverpool 0-0 PSG (0-2 agg.) -Half Time

Key updates to keep you informed:

21:52 CET - Over at Anfield, there had been less to report as it is still goalless between Liverpool and PSG, meaning the Reds trail 2-0 in the tie still.

Unfortunately, Hugo Ekitike had to be stretchered off with a non-contact injury just after the half-hour. 

21:50 CET - Well, that’s half-time at time at the Metropolitano, and it’s been a breathless 45 minutes-plus of football.

Barcelona scored twice before the 25th minute to level the tie, then Lookman put Atletico Madrid's noses back in front: they lead the quarter-final 3-2 as it stands. You wouldn't bet against a few more goals in this one - check out the first-half stats below:

First-half stats
First-half statsOpta by StatsPerform

21:32 CET - Well, it's all happening in Madrid! Ademola Lookman has reinstated Atleti's lead in the quarter-final. A well-worked counter-attack saw Marcos Llorente break free down the right, and he crossed it expertly for the Nigeria international to tap in. 3-2 in the tie now.

Atletico Madrid's Ademola Lookman scores their first goal past FC Barcelona's Joan Garcia
Atletico Madrid's Ademola Lookman scores their first goal past FC Barcelona's Joan GarciaReuters / Albert Gea

21:25 CET - The comeback is on! Barcelona have scored again, via a neat finish from a tight angle by Ferran Torres, to make it 2-0 on the night and 2-2 in their quarter-final tie against Atletico Madrid!

Ferran Torres' goal for Barcelona
Ferran Torres' goal for BarcelonaOpta by StatsPerform (REUTERS/Albert Gea)

Can you believe it? Barely 25 minutes on the clock and Atleti's lead is wiped out. Simeone must be fuming, his side have been blown away in the early stages by the rampant Catalans.

21:05 CET - Barcelona have scored early!!! And it just had to be that man (or boy, rather), Lamine Yamal!

The Catalans have burst out of the blocks in Madrid, reducing the deficit to just one, and there is so long left. It's quite literally the perfect start for Hansi Flick's side, who are going all out. They trail Atleti 2-1 on aggregate now.

Lamine Yamal's goal for Barcelona
Lamine Yamal's goal for BarcelonaOpta by StatsPerform (REUTERS/Albert Gea)

20:05 CET - Team news is in for the two second legs tonight! After returning to the starting eleven in Barcelona's win at the weekend, Gavi starts again tonight in a midfield two with Pedri

Both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona have named strong sides, and you can take a look at the full lineups below:

Starting lineups
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The big team news coming from Anfield is that Alexander Isak starts up front for Liverpool for the first time since his return from injury! Isak partners Hugo Ekitike up front in a diamond formation.

Check out the full lineups below:

Starting lineups
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18:30 CET - Good evening and welcome to a fascinating night of Champions League quarter-final second leg action! Both Barcelona and Liverpool have steep deficits to overturn this evening, but the two European giants are no strangers to turning big European ties around.

Atletico Madrid and PSG, for different reasons, will fancy their chances of progression, and it would take a monumental effort from Barcelona and Liverpool to change the narrative. 

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona (video preview)
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Liverpool will hope that confidence from a confidence-boosting win in the Premier League at the weekend and an electric Anfield crowd will help them pull off a remarkable comeback against the European champions.

But Luis Enrique's  PSG looked a level above Arne Slot's side in the first leg and appear to be coming into peak form at the business end of the season once again. 

Liverpool vs PSG (video preview)
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As for Barcelona, Hansi Flick's men will look to last season in the Copa Del Rey when they came from 2-0 down after six minutes in the first leg to end up winning the tie 5-4 on aggregate.

They will also hope Lamine Yamal is in the same inspired form he was in the first leg, where the teenage sensation tried just about everything to get his side back into the tie and was in a class of his own at times.