Kroos control and magnificent Mbappe - Champions League team of the week

Who were the star players in the quarter-final first legs?

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  Goalkeeper - Keylor Navas (PSG). Not many visitors win at Bayern Munich, still fewer who concede three times as many shots on target as they manage themselves. A series of excellent saves by Navas gave PSG, with a makeshift defence, the platform to take a 3-2 lead into the second leg. Reuters

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  Right-back - Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich). The World Cup-winner looked much the most assured member of an often ragged Bayern back line. Pavard mostly commanded his flank, and led the fightback from 2-0 down, his pinpoint cross setting up his team’s first goal. AFP

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  Centre-back - Marquinhos (PSG). He only lasted, until injury, just over half-an-hour of PSG’s epic in Munich, but shaped the tie in that time. His neatly taken goal put his team 2-0 up. Without their captain, they suffered at the back, losing their lead until a late break gave them the edge. AFP

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  Centre-back - Nacho (Real Madrid). In a Madrid defence missing its first-choice central pair, Sergio Ramos and Rafa Varane, and facing a fearsome Liverpool front three, Nacho rose, as ever, to the occasion. Rugged, resourceful and a leader in an impressive 3-1 win. AFP

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  Left-back - Ben Chilwell (Chelsea). Involved in the patient build up to his team’s first goal, and alert and nimble to capitalise on the error that gave him the sniff of a chance to score the second. He took it, to cap a fine night individually and to point his team towards the semi-finals. Reuters

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  Right midfield - Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City) . Another masterclass, dynamic and always selecting the right pass. Scored City’s first against Dortmund, and created the late winner. His new contract, announced the next day, looks as important a prize as any cup that City win this year. Reuters

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  Centre midfield - Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund). A performance of startling authority for a 17 year-old. Deprived of a goal by a refereeing error against Manchester City, his sharp pass then set up Dortmund’s equaliser. The England prodigy scarcely deserved to be on the losing side. EPA

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  Left midfield - Toni Kroos (Real Madrid). Want a long pass played behind the opposition full-backs? Nobody does it better than Kroos. With time to tee up his precise missiles, Kroos picked Liverpool apart, besides providing a reassuring shield for a makeshift Madrid defence when needed. Reuters

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  Right wing - Mason Mount (Chelsea). His moment of brilliant invention swung a tight match - and perhaps the tie - against Porto, Mount spinning away from Zaidu Sanusi elegantly and completing his turn to line up an angled shot for 1-0 - the highlight of an impressive night. AFP

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  Centre forward - Kylian Mbappe (PSG). Four goals in two legs against Barcelona; now two in the first leg at Bayern, Mbappe is commanding this knockout phase. He led a masterly dissection of Bayern’s high defensive line, capping it with a coolly finished matchwinner. EPA

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  Left wing: Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid). A splendid occasion on which to rebuke the idea that he is a nervous, wayward finisher. Vinicius took his two goals against Liverpool stylishly, and the speed and cunning of his runs terrorised Trent Alexander-Arnold and Liverpool’s inexperienced centre-backs. AFP

Want a long pass played behind the opposition full-backs? Nobody does it better than Real Madrid midfield metronome Toni Kroos.

The Germany international picked Liverpool apart, besides providing a reassuring shield for a makeshift Madrid defence when needed, in his side's Champions League quarter-final first leg.

His teammate Vinicius Junior rebuked the idea that he is a wayward finisher with two well-taken goals to give Madrid a 3-1 advantage ahead of the return leg.

Kylian Mbappe, scurge of Barcelona in the previous round, turned his terror on title-holders Bayern Munich as Paris Saint-Germain pulled off a shock win in Germany.

The French striker scored twice to give PSG a 3-2 victory at the Allianz Arena.

Superb individual goals from from Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell put Chelsea in the driving seat against Porto, while Kevin de Bruyne showed just why Manchester City were keen to tie him to a new contract with a masterclass in the 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund.