2008–09 UEFA Champions League
Team 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea 3-2 Juventus 1-0 2-2
Villarreal 3-2 Panathinaikos 1-1 2-1
Sporting CP 1-12 Bayern Munich 0-5 1-7
Atlético Madrid 2-2 ( a ) Porto 2-2 0-0
Lyon 3-6 Barcelona 1-1 2-5
Real Madrid 0-5 Liverpool 0-1 0-4
Arsenal 1-1 ( 7-6 p ) Roma 1-0 0-1 ( a.e.t . )
Internazionale 0-2 Manchester United 0-0 0-2
Knockout phase -- First knockout round
The first legs of the first knockout round were played on 24 and 25 February 2009 , and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 March . Bayern Munich defeated Sporting CP by 12–1 on aggregate in the first knockout round ; the biggest two-leg win in Champions League era . Manchester United 's 2–0 victory against Internazionale in the first knockout round was their 21st consecutive undefeated match , a record surpassing Ajax 's 20 undefeated matches , set between 1985–86 and 1995–96 . The record was extended to 25 matches , ending with a 2–0 defeat to Barcelona in the final .
The 2008-09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009. It was the eighth time the European Cup final has been held in Italy and the fourth time it has been held at the Stadio Olimpico. The final was contested by the defending champions, Manchester United, and Barcelona, who had last won the tournament in 2006. Barcelona won the match 2-0, with goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi, securing The Treble in the process. In addition, both UEFA Cup finalists, Werder Bremen and Shakhtar Donetsk featured in the Champions League group stage. Anorthosis of Cyprus and BATE Borisov of Belarus were the first teams from their respective countries to qualify for the group stage. Romanian side CFR Cluj and Russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg also made their Champions League debuts.