Champions League last 16: tie-by-tie analysis and verdicts after redraw

RB Salzburg v Bayern Munich
Bayern, as could be, have been prevailing in the Bundesliga and they cavorted through the gathering stage winning six out of six, scoring 22 and surrendering just three. Under Julian Nagelsmann they play with as high a line as they did under Hansi Flick, and Robert Lewandowski stays as productive as could be expected. Assuming there are questions, they are just north of two things: Bayern’s crew isn’t generally so profound as those of a considerable lot of their adversaries, making them powerless to wounds, and top-class sides might have the option to take advantage of that high line. Salzburg have in the past created issues against other hard-squeezing groups, eminently against Liverpool two seasons back when they lost 4-3 at Anfield and attracted 2-2 Austria, however they have been somewhat less open and familiar under Matthias Jaissle than they were under Jesse Marsch and removed just one point in the group.Sporting v Manchester City
The best adversary for Manchester City in Europe regularly is by all accounts themselves, or at least Pep Guardiola’s propensity to overcomplicate matters against groups whose counterattacking danger cautions him. It’s likely still too soon in the opposition for that to apply and, later an interesting gathering in which they completed above Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig, Sporting address a moderately kind adversary. Two gathering routs don’t recount the full story: yet for the shortfall of a reliable objective danger, City could without much of a stretch have won away to PSG, and the loss at Leipzig came later best position had been gotten. Brandishing endured notwithstanding losing a large portion of their six gathering games and their transparency should suit City’s patient development. Kyle Walker’s suspension for at minimum the primary leg could be taken advantage of by Sporting’s left side where the wing-back Matheus Reis joins with one of within forwards.Benfica v Ajax
Ajax have been wonderful in Europe this season (despite the fact that they trail PSV by an in the Eredivisie), winning six out of six. Sébastien Haller is in surprising goalscoring structure, the Edson Álvarez and Ryan Gravenberch matching is intriguing at the rear of midfield and Dusan Tadic actually weaves everything together. Just Bayern scored more than their 20 gathering objectives, yet this is a trying tie, and one that recommends that, notwithstanding the unbending separation of the cutting edge game, there is still life past the enormous five associations. Under Jorge Jesus, Benfica have looked a genuine European power once more, regardless of whether they are four focuses off the top locally. They kept four clean sheets in the gathering stage, beat Barcelona completely at home and were sufficient on the split to score twice away to Bayern. Anticipated champ Ajax

Chelsea v Lille
Chelsea’s discipline for the messy draw at Zenit that cost them best position in the gathering might have been significantly more serious (and lady luck blessed them twice given they got a similar attract both the invalid draw and the later one). In spite of the fact that Lille have improved as of late, unbeaten in nine as Jocelyn Gourvennec forces his style subsequent to supplanting Christophe Galtier in the mid year, they stay eleventh in Ligue 1 and the crew is not at all like as solid as the one that beat PSG to the French title the previous summer. They can, as they displayed by winning the crucial last gathering game against Wolfsburg, sit profound and counter adequately, yet insofar as Chelsea get a few midfielders back and can rediscover the guarded strength that has described them since Thomas Tuchel assumed control over the defending champs ought to win to arrive at the last eight.