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Richard Cusack

Champions League away goals rule for Chelsea and Man City ties explained

Chelsea welcome Real Madrid to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.

Trailing 2-0 after a Real win last week, the Blues need to dig deep and put in a performance that will dump the reigning European champions out of the competition. With Chelsea struggling at home - they have failed to win their last four matches at Stamford Bridge - supporters are not hopeful.

In their favour, though, is a rule change from two years ago that means all is not lost even if Real open the scoring in the second leg and make it 3-0 on aggregate. In previous years that would have meant Chelsea would have to score four unanswered goals to progress with extra time and penalties out of the equation.

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