Chelsea Lose 3-1 To Real Madrid In Champions League

Everton one point outside of Premier League's relegation zone

SOCCER

Holders Chelsea are on the verge of being knocked out of the Champions League.

Karim Benzema scored a hat trick as Real Madrid won 3-1 in the first leg of their quarter final at Stamford Bridge last night.

👔 @MrAncelotti:"I'm back, and I saw a fantastic team. We played a great match. We approached it well, we played well. With courage and personality. It was a good one." #UCL pic.twitter.com/uZ3xJnLE7L

— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) April 6, 2022

Last year's Europa League champions, Villarreal defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 in their quarter final first leg.

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Everton are in real danger of relegation from the Premier League.

They lost 3-2 to fellow strugglers Burnley last night, leading Burnley by 1 point now in the battle to survive.

The tension builds towards the bottom of the #PL table 😬 pic.twitter.com/Djo90JP7q0

— Premier League (@premierleague) April 6, 2022

Toffees manager Frank Lampard says the side is not too good to go down:

"At 2-1 we should win the game..." 😔

Frank Lampard reflects on Everton's defeat to Burnley 👇 pic.twitter.com/b10Gb8XHG5

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 6, 2022

In the Europa League quarter finals this evening, West Ham host Lyon in their first leg, with Rangers away to Braga.

Eintracht Frankfurt face Barcelona and it's RB Leipzig versus Atalanta.

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Maynooth University Town defeated Crumlin United in the Charlie Cahill Cup last night.

The final score was 1-0, with Jack O’Connor netting the all important goal in the 67th minute.

GOLF

Tiger Woods will play in the opening round of the Masters at Augusta today.

The 15 time major winner returns to competitive golf 14 months after being involved in a serious car accident.

There are four Irish players in the field for the first major of the year - Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Padraig Harrington and debutant Seamus Power.

Here's Woods on what it takes to win the green jacket on Sunday:

Tiger Woods believes he can win a sixth Green Jacket this week. #themasters pic.twitter.com/WHjD4BcOcx

— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 5, 2022

HORSE RACING

It's day one of the Grand National meeting at Aintree.

The Aintree Hurdle is the feature at 3.30pm.

There are meetings here at home, in Limerick and Gowran Park.