The dates for the Champions League semi-finals have been officially confirmed following the completion of the quarter-finals on Wednesday, as Manchester City announced their first leg against Paris Saint-Germain in France will take place just three days after the Carabao Cup final against Tottenham.
It was a mixed night for British football on Wednesday, as Pep Guardiola's Manchester City kept their hopes of an historic quadruple alive with a highly impressive away win over Borussia Dortmund to claim a 4-2 aggregate victory, while Liverpool's 0-0 draw with Real Madrid saw them bow out of the competition.
That came after Tuesday's set of fixtures, in which Chelsea's incredible transformation under Thomas Tuchel continued, with the Blues progressing to the final-four.
Meanwhile, PSG showed they truly mean business this year under Mauricio Pochettino, as they knocked out holders Bayern Munich, despite losing 1-0 at home on the night.
With the dates for the semi-finals now confirmed, Sportsmail takes you through everything you need to know.
What is the semi-final lineup?
As stated, it was just the British duo of Chelsea and Manchester City who have progressed to this year's Champions League semi-finals.
Both clubs will also have to juggle a fierce domestic run-in, with the pair set to meet in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday. Meanwhile, City have a Carabao Cup final with Tottenham to contend, while they also have the small matter of securing the Premier League title.
A revitalised Chelsea have now fallen outside of the Premier League top-four, however, and they face a hugely important clash with West Ham just three days prior to their first leg in Madrid.
They are joined by veterans Real Madrid, who are embroiled in a fascinating La Liga run-in themselves, while PSG are also three points behind Ligue 1 leaders Lille with just six games to play.
The semi-final draw is outlined below:
When are the matches?
With Manchester City announcing the dates for their clash with PSG, we now know the lineup in full.
City will travel to PSG for the first leg on Wednesday, April 28, with kick off at 8pm (BST). The return leg will then be held at the Etihad on Tuesday, May 4, again with kick-off at 8pm.
Chelsea also have an away leg to content first, with their trip to Madrid coming on Tuesday, April 27 at 8pm, with their return leg at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, May 5, also at 8pm.
How to watch the matches?
As has been the case throughout the Champions League in its entirety, the semi-final matches will be broadcast live on BT Sport.
Subscribers will be able to watch both games on both the BT website and app.
The specific channels are unknown at this stage, though we will update this page when they are confirmed.
When is the final?
The 2021 Champions League final will be played on Saturday, May 19, with the match kicking off at 7pm BST.
It will be held at Istanbul's Atatรผrk Olympic Stadium, which famously hosted the 2005 final, where Liverpool beat AC Milan on penalties having been 3-0 down at half-time.
The stadium had been scheduled to host the final last year, but it was moved to the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Champions League winner odds
Manchester City 5/4
Real Madrid - 10/3
PSG - 7/2
Chelsea - 4/1
*odds as per Betfair and correct at the time of publication.
FootballChief
1156
I want Chelsea (Tuchel) and PSG (Pochettino) to play final. (1) both played and lost in each of the last two UCL finals. (2) one of them will be able to win UCL for the first time.
NeilOberholzerjwjje
721
Hope city win they deserve it but psg is such a great team good talent will be hard and Chelsea dangerous but we have to say the ucl gods are here madrid I hope city win CITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!CITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!CITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
NeilOberholzerjwjje
663
big money clash for first ucl maybe
Vuabdmptuy
555
Zidane is the real Mr. Champion league, and he is proving it again and juve should now understand that they made mistake by paying $100m for the wrong Mr.Champion league and now juve risk playing Europa and usual mr better challenge would quickly move on. Cr7 is the highest goals scorer in sereaA now but yet Lukaku inter is ahead of juve with 12 point because cr7 only care about scoring goals instead of team success. The last game won by juve was 3:1,cr7 didn't score and to him it was a defeat because cr7 thinks he is what he is by scoring goals but Messi is the goat ๐ because he does far more than scoring goals like cr7. Cr7 is obbssed with scoring goals and has scored more goals but yet cr7 has 4 golden shoe ๐ while Messi has 6 golden shoe ๐ !.. I believe by now some cr7 fans will now know that they have been scammed, defrauded and deceived to believe that cr7 made madrid better. As cr7 even made juve better?. Cr7 is even so lucky to be compared with Messi the greatest of all times.
praneetmessi
483
shared it before the quater finals everyone said real will not qualify and will be eliminated and now what are we seeing๐๐ lets go hala madrid๐ฅ๐ lets bring ucl back to spain
powerpalm
418
I was just thinking about Man Cityโs quarter finals curse.. Maybe it was Leroy Sane He took it to Bayern ๐ Iโm just saying ๐๐
Hydrogen-bonds
386
Chelsea is a good team, well balanced with plenty of talented young Iads. Am happy to see Tuchel build this solid team , I just have to give respect where it's due. The match against Chelsea will be a great match, am expecting a tough fight from the blues but again, Real Madrid is Real Madrid. Good luck Chelsea, Good luck Madrid
MunglingZingkhai
335
it's time for city .
9icekidsolomon
324
meanwhile somewhere in Spain.
Halamadrid900
212
Some people here still saying Liverpool played better. You guys don't know anything about football. * Real Madrid struggled to cope tight fixtures not only tigh but tough week for them. * They managed to play with 6 first team players injured and Valverde played RB who wasn't feeling fine as well but still Liverpool couldn't even score a single goal. * Also, we were having a 3 - 1 lead and ofcouse Liverpool would play better since cause Real Madrid were complacent with all the factors i named above โ๏ธ * Now stop saying Liverpool played better and that Real Madrid were lucky because i bet you if Real Madrid were the ones losing then the game wouldn't be like this. A perfect example is the match at the Di Stefano's stadium where Real Madrid needed to win and guess what? they outplayed Liverpool and won so stop saying all the nonsense, thank you
Victor4194
198
zidaine going back be like:
duhcdirz
137
Hope PSG win it and my reason are several but few to say 1.Pochettino has to win a major silverware at least to pay his struggle for many years as a coach. 2.Neymar came all the way from Barca to win it and was closer last season by reaching the finals. 3.Mbappe as a young blood winning the world cup should win the champions league too so as to make it easy out of PSG to other big teams like barca and Real Madrid to face more important domestic challenges and also next season the UCL may head to spain to either barca or real. 4.The Arabian investors at PSG have pumped in so much to fail again in very top stages of the tournament which will discourage them to invest on more players. 5.Chelsea,Real madrid have all won it in their previous encounters while Man city have never reached the finals compared to PSG that means PSG is the most demanding. 6.Marseille are still the only UCL club from France who beat AC Milan 1 nil in the UCL 1993. Thank you.
Titdemnos
16
Zidane is the real Mr. Champion league, and he is proving it again and juve should now understand that they made mistake by paying $100m for the wrong Mr.Champion league and now juve risk playing Europa and usual mr better challenge would quickly move on. Cr7 is the highest goals scorer in sereaA now but yet Lukaku inter is ahead of juve with 12 point because cr7 only care about scoring goals instead of team success. The last game won by juve was 3:1,cr7 didn't score and to him it was a defeat because cr7 thinks he is what he is by scoring goals but Messi is the goat ๐ because he does far more than scoring goals like cr7. Cr7 is obbssed with scoring goals and has scored more goals but yet cr7 has 4 golden shoe ๐ while Messi has 6 golden shoe ๐ !.. I believe by now some cr7 fans will now know that they have been scammed, defrauded and deceived to believe that cr7 made madrid better. As cr7 even made juve better?. Cr7 is even so lucky to be compared with Messi the greatest of all times.
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get some job mate...we are tired of your song..
JayBee56
10
Zidane is the real Mr. Champion league, and he is proving it again and juve should now understand that they made mistake by paying $100m for the wrong Mr.Champion league and now juve risk playing Europa and usual mr better challenge would quickly move on. Cr7 is the highest goals scorer in sereaA now but yet Lukaku inter is ahead of juve with 12 point because cr7 only care about scoring goals instead of team success. The last game won by juve was 3:1,cr7 didn't score and to him it was a defeat because cr7 thinks he is what he is by scoring goals but Messi is the goat ๐ because he does far more than scoring goals like cr7. Cr7 is obbssed with scoring goals and has scored more goals but yet cr7 has 4 golden shoe ๐ while Messi has 6 golden shoe ๐ !.. I believe by now some cr7 fans will now know that they have been scammed, defrauded and deceived to believe that cr7 made madrid better. As cr7 even made juve better?. Cr7 is even so lucky to be compared with Messi the greatest of all times.
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You've made really good points that I totally agree with but that doesn't change the fact that Ronaldo is a legend & a football God just like Messi. Can we now enjoy football without rants of Ronaldo & Messi everyday, please.