Champions League: Best XI from the quarter-finals

Champions League quarter-finals best XI Manuel Neuer
Manuel Neuer

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Giorgio Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini

Blanking this Barcelona side over 180 minutes should surely see two centre-backs make it to this XI but we've gone with only one. Giorgio Chiellini once again proved why he is not a man to be messed with over the two legs as he shut out the likes of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez at the Juventus Stadium and the Camp Nou.

The 32-year-old defender was easily the second-best player on the pitch in the first leg. He won a total of eight aerial duels and made eight tackles over both legs. What's more, while he was busy keeping a clean sheet at one end, he even managed to score a goal at the other end with a powerful header across goal to beat Marc-Andre ter Stegen and find the corner of the net.

Alongside him is Atletico Madrid stalwart Diego Godin. The Uruguayan defender won an astonishing 14 aerial duels against Leicester City, helping the Rojiblancos in keeping one clean sheet. In a match that saw similar styles clash, the 32-year-old also made 26 clearances over both legs.

Diego Godin
Diego Godin

Leonardo Bonucci would have been a good choice to make this XI for the way he kept Barcelona's forwards quiet, forcing them to take difficult shots. But sadly, we can only pick two and Godin gets the nod.

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