The knockout stage of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League began on 19 February 2008, and concluded on 21 May 2008 with the final at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. The knockout stage involves the 16 teams who finished in the top two in each of their groups in the group stage.
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Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, will be played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs will progress to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs will progress. If away goals are also equal, 30 minutes of extra time are played. If there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, there will be a penalty shootout after extra time.
In the final, the tie is played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores are level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time is played, followed by penalties if scores remain tied.
First knockout round
The draw for the first knockout round of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League was held on 21 December 2007 at 12:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs of the first knockout round were played on 19 February and 20 February 2008, while the second legs were played on 4 March, 5 March and, in the case of Internazionale and Liverpool, 11 March, due to a stadium clash with the match between Milan and Arsenal.
First leg
All times CET
Second leg
All times CET
Arsenal won 2–0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe 5–5 Sevilla on aggregate. Fenerbahçe won 3–2 on penalties.
Manchester United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Schalke 1–1 Porto on aggregate. Schalke won 4–1 on penalties.
Roma won 4–2 on aggregrate.
Chelsea won 3–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final was held on Friday, 14 March 2008 at 13:00 CET in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Rinat Dasayev, the ambassador for the final in Moscow. Unlike the first knockout round, teams from the same group or country could be drawn together from the quarter-finals onwards.
The first legs of the quarter-finals were played on 1 April and 2 April, while the second legs were played on 8 April and 9 April 2008.
First leg
All times CEST
Second leg
All times CEST
Liverpool won 5–3 on aggregate.
Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
The first legs of the semi-finals were played on 22 April and 23 April, while the second legs were played on 29 April and 30 April 2008.
Manchester United won 1–0 on aggregate.
Chelsea won 4–3 on aggregate.
Final
The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.