Champion League: RB Leipzig seal Spurs' Champions League exit



RB Leipzig have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in their history after a comfortable 3-0 victory in the second leg of their last-16 tie with Tottenham Hotspur.
The French goalkeeper would've been disappointed to be beaten at his near post for the second, with Sabitzer again providing the finish, this time with his head.
Julian Nagelsmann's men added a third in the closing stages of the match, with Emil Forsberg slotting home with his first touch since coming on as a substitute.
Those three goals added to Timo Werner's strike from the first leg in London mean that Leipzig progress 4-0 on aggregate, while last season's finalists are eliminated.

Source: MarcaSport 

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