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LONDON (AP) — Porto coach Sergio Conceicao accused Arsenal counterpart Mikel Arteta of insulting his family during Tuesday’s Champions League game between the teams, continuing a trend of lashing out at the opposing manager after a loss.

Arsenal beat Porto on penalties at the Emirates Stadium to advance to the quarterfinals, and the two managers had a lengthy exchange after the game in which Conceicao seemed to admonish Arteta, pointing his finger at the Spaniard as he made his point. Arteta responded by shaking his head as he walked away.

“During the game, (Arteta) turned to the bench and in Spanish — it must be a Spanish coach thing because it was the same thing with (Pep) Guardiola — he insulted my family,” Conceicao said in Portuguese after the game. “In the end I told him to pay attention because who he insulted is no longer with us, and to worry about coaching his team, because due to individual quality he has an obligation to do more and better.”

When asked about the exchange with Conceicao in his post-game news conference, Arteta only said “no comment” before leaving the podium.

Conceicao has made similar claims about other managers.

After a group-stage loss to Manchester City in 2020, he said Guardiola “spoke about our country using ugly words” and that “Guardiola’s attitude was extremely unpleasant.”

After Porto lost to Chelsea in the 2021 Champions League quarterfinals, he also said then-Blues coach Thomas Tuchel “insulted” him during the game.

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Matthijs de Ligt and Thomas Muller combined to give Bayern Munich a crucial lead before Thomas Tuchel’s squad emerged victorious from Tuesday’s last-16 clash against Lazio with a 3-0 win.

Trailing 1-0 after the first leg, Harry Kane brought Bayern level early in the first half before De Ligt’s volley on target was headed in by Muller from close range right before halftime.

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Kane recorded his second goal of the evening just after the hour mark, as Bayern Munich eased into the quarterfinals for the fifth season in a row with a 3-1 aggregate victory.

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Vinicius Junior linked up with Jude Bellingham to score a crucial goal in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw against RB Leipzig and help Real Madrid advance to the Champions League quarterfinals with a 2-1 aggregate win.

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Bellingham set up the 65th-minute goal after finding Vinicius with a perfect through ball into the Leipzig box, teeing up the Brazilian for an uncontested strike into the top corner.

Willi Orban scored for Leipzig three minutes later to make things interesting, but Carlo Ancelotti’s men held on to progress despite struggling against an inspired opponent.

“We played badly, with little intensity, with worries … the psychological aspect conditioned our game a lot,” Ancelotti said.

“We played against an opponent with quality, who had nothing to lose, and we had the brakes on from start to finish – we suffered, but the important thing was to get to the quarterfinals.”

It’s the fourth season in a row that Madrid have reached the quarterfinals.

Last season, they beat Chelsea in the quarters before getting knocked out in the semifinals by eventual winners Manchester City, who also sealed a quarterfinal berth Wednesday.