Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspurs win Champions League Quarter Final matches

Marco Asensio grabbed a late winner as Real Madrid closed in on a ninth successive UEFA Champions League quarter-final – but the holders were made to sweat in Amsterdam. In the other match, second-half goals from Heung-Min Son, Jan Vertonghen and Fernando Llorente left Spurs in sight of the last eight.

Ajax 1 – Real Madrid 2 

Ajax have had their problems of late, not least a bruising 6-2 loss at Feyenoord, yet at times here they were exhilarating. Dušan Tadić struck the post and Hakim Ziyech tested Thibaut Courtois before Nicolás Tagliafico found the net prior to the break. His effort, though, was disallowed following a VAR review. Karim Benzema then rubbed salt in home wounds with the opener on the hour and though Ziyech cancelled that out, Asensio slid in with three minutes to go to leave Madrid in charge of the tie.

Tottenham Hotspurs 3 Borussia Dortmund 0 

The home side had the first chance of the night, Lucas Moura flashing wide an improvised half-volley, but in the main the opening half belonged to Dortmund.

Hugo Lloris made fine saves from Christian Pulišić and, on the stroke of half-time, Dan-Axel Zagadou to keep Tottenham level – and yet two minutes after the restart Spurs struck, the in-form Heung-Min Son volleying in Jan Vertonghen’s pinpoint cross.

Tottenham looked in control thereafter and, with Dortmund running out of ideas, Vertonghen crept in to smash in a late second from Serge Aurier’s cross before Fernando Llorente nodded in Christian Eriksen’s left-wing corner.