[Tottenham Vs Juventus] [Man City Vs Basel] - UCL Second Leg Previews, Team News, Predictions & 1st Leg Reviews

Second Legs

After nearly two months, the UEFA Champions League is back and back with a bang!

We were in for a treat last night, with 2 of the 8 matches of the Round of 16 completing their first leg. Three teams managed to find the net with a total of 8 goals scored.

Among the four teams, two of the Premier League giants Manchester City & Tottenham had a brilliant night with precious away results going into the 2nd Leg.

Fixture 1

It was a historical night for PL side Tottenham Hotspur who made it to the UCL Round of 16 after nearly 8 seasons, coming from two goals down to earn themselves a 2-2 draw against Italian giants and last season's finalists Juventus.

For the beginning 10 minutes, Tottenham lacked stability and composure, finding themselves two goals behind as Gonzalo Higuain put Juve ahead in the 2nd minute and a 9th-minute penalty.

A stunned Tottenham side slowly started re-collecting themselves and began to attack the Juventus goal. They got the breakthrough in the 35th minute as Harry Kane cleverly rounded Gianluigi Buffon to score into an empty net.

***Harry Kane becomes the first player to score 9 goals in his first 9 games in the UCL, ahead of Lionel Messi (2) and Cristiano Ronaldo (0).***

Juventus spurned the opportunity to go 3-1 up in first-half stoppage time as Higuain saw his penalty strike the post which eventually proved to be a crucial miss.

With Spurs defensively stable and Hugo Lloris keeping the Juventus attack at bay, Christian Eriksen scored a clever low free-kick in the 71st minute, to hand Tottenham a vital 2-away goal advantage heading into the 2nd leg.

Tottenham welcome Juventus on the 7th of March at Wembley, needing a 0-0 or a 1-1 draw to progress into the quarter-final stages.

Fixture 2

PL leaders and favorites to win the UCL this season, Manchester City stormed past Swiss side FC Basel, scoring away goals to all but confirm their progress to the Round of 16. City was the first English side to pick up a win against Basel.

Ilkay Gundogan ran the show for City, scoring the opener, cleverly heading in his first goal of the night from a corner.

Bernardo Silva doubled City's lead with a superb looping volley over the Basel keeper before Sergio Aguero scored a superb long-range effort, registering his 14th goal of the calendar year and City's 3rd on the night.

Gundogan capped off a fine home win with an even finer long-range effort to cruise City into the 2nd leg of the Round of 16.

With Basel needing 4 goals to come level, their chances of qualification are all but over ahead of their 2nd leg encounter on the 8th of March at the Etihad Stadium.