2020–21 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
The 2020–21 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 16 February with the round of 16 and ended on 29 May 2021 with the final at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal, to decide the champions of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Qualified teams. The knockout phase involves the sixteen teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage . Format. Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the  aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time would be played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: For the quarter-finals and semi-finals, teams from the same city were not scheduled to play at  home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control. To avoid such scheduling conflict, if the two teams were drawn to play at home for the same leg, the order of legs of the tie involving the team with the lower domestic ranking in the qualifying season was reversed from the original draw. Schedule. The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland). Bracket. Round of 16. The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020, 12:00 CET. Summary. The first legs were  played on 16, 17, 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 9, 10, 16 and 17 March 2021. Matches. "Manchester City won 4–0 on aggregate." "Bayern Munich won 6–2 on aggregate." "Chelsea won 3–0 on aggregate." "Liverpool won 4–0 on aggregate." "4–4 on aggregate. Porto won on away goals." "Paris Saint-Germain won 5–2 on aggregate." "Borussia Dortmund won 5–4 on aggregate." "Real Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate." Quarter-finals. The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021, 12:00 CET. Summary. The first legs were played on 6 and 7 April, and  the second legs were played on 13 and 14 April 2021. Matches. "Manchester City won 4–2 on aggregate." "Chelsea won 2–1 on aggregate." "3–3 on aggregate. Paris Saint-Germain won on away goals." "Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate." Semi-finals. The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 March 2021, 12:00 CET, after the quarter-final draw. Summary. The first legs were played on 27 and 28 April, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 May 2021. Matches. "Manchester City won 4–1 on aggregate." "Chelsea won 3–1 on aggregate." Final. The final was played  on 29 May 2021 at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto. A draw was held on 19 March 2021, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.