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Barcelona hosted Atlético Madrid at the Camp Nou for the fourth time in just two months in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg.

However, the stakes are even higher now, as both teams are competing for a UEFA Champions League semi-final ticket.

The match ended with a 0-2 Atlético Madrid win, which complicates things for Barcelona and obliges them to try and mount a comeback in the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.

Barcelona created several opportunities but failed to convert them into goals, while committing defensive errors that made things easier for Atlético Madrid.

This cost them a loss at their own stadium and reduced their chances of qualification, at the expense of an Atlético Madrid side showing they have been progressing since the start of the season.

This season, Atlético have shown they are still good in defence and have also developed a powerful attacking system, making the team more balanced and even more difficult to beat.

In this tactical analysis, we identify why Barcelona failed to score and how Atlético Madrid resisted their attacks and exploited Barcelona’s defensive weaknesses.

PSG and Liverpool met again in the UEFA Champions League after a thrilling tie in the Round of 16 last year that ended on penalties.

This time around, Luis Enrique got the best of Arne Slot and gave the French side a two-goal advantage heading into the second leg.

It’s been a difficult season for Liverpool, who are currently fifth in the Premier League and coming off a 4-0 beatdown at the hands of Manchester City.

The Champions League is the only competition left for the Reds to potentially win a trophy, and that got a whole lot more difficult after Wednesday’s performance.

PSG, on the other hand, came into this match off the back of four straight wins, including an 8-2 aggregate win over Chelsea in the Round of 16.

The French side are currently at the top of the Ligue 1 table and on Wednesday looked like the team that won the Champions League last year.

In this article, we will take a deeper look at how PSG used their positional rotations and movement to control the match and create chances completely.