Champions League review: Lamine Yamal’s brilliance and Donnarumma the great

The quarter-finals have been decided with a dash of controversy. We hand out honours and dishonours from the latest round of action
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UCL Team of the Week: Real Madrid's Antonio Rudiger, Barcelona's Lamine Yamal deliver in round of 16
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Gallagher scores fastest Champions League goal by an Englishman
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