By AFP
Real Madrid beat Atletico on penalties in Champions League; Arsenal, Villa, Dortmund also advance to quarterfinals.
Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in a Champions League penalty shootout – again – to keep their title defence alive and advance to the quarterfinals.
Defender Antonio Rudiger scored the decisive spot-kick in a 4-2 shootout win on Wednesday after two Atletico players missed.
Marco Llorente’s shot struck the bar after Julian Alvarez’s score after he slipped was disallowed because the ball struck his right foot twice.
Madrid also beat Atletico in a shootout to win the 2016 final – part of a streak of eliminating its city rival in four straight years.
Madrid moves on to the quarterfinals to face Arsenal, who also advanced on Wednesday along with Aston Villa and Borussia Dortmund.
