What they said after UEFA Champions League quarter-final second legs

Key quotes after Paris Saint-Germain withstood an Aston Villa fightback and Barcelona held off Borussia Dortmund in the second legs of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final ties on Tuesday:

"I'm proud of what we were able to do. Barcelona are a strong team but we fought until the death. We showed what we can do."

-- Dortmund's hat-trick hero Serhou Guirassy told Amazon Prime after his side just came up short of a remarkable comeback

"I believed the whole time. When we could've made it 4-1, I think it would've been an exciting (last) 10 minutes. 

"We knew if they'd score, it'd make it very, very difficult but until the last minute we played to show we believed so the stadium would believe in it. 

"We're out because of the bitter game in Barcelona, but you can see we could go toe-to-toe with them." 

-- Pascal Gross reflects on the uphill struggle Dortmund gave themselves after the first leg

"We played against a very good opponent, the atmosphere was tremendous and it wasn't our best day, but in the end we qualified, which was our objective."

-- Barca coach Hansi Flick on his team's first defeat in 2025

"I don't prefer anyone (between Inter or Bayern in the semi-finals)."

-- Flick looking forward to the last four

"We made the task very difficult for ourselves, especially in the second half, we completely switched off."

-- PSG forward Ousmane Dembele told Canal Plus after his side's 3-2 defeat after leading 2-0

"At half-time we felt we had nothing to lose. We wanted to go out there and prove a point. We had chances, I think I scored the hardest one. I don't think we could have done any more."

-- Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa told Amazon Prime

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