Fiery PSG advances to quarter- finals in Champions League

Thiago Silva sent 10- man Paris Saint- Germain i nto the Champions League quarter- finals on away goals after a 2- 2 draw at Chelsea in extra time of a fiery and ill- disciplined game on Wednesday.

Although PSG had striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off in the 31st minute for a challenge on Oscar, the visitors still provided the greater threat at Stamford Bridge after the 1- 1 draw in Paris.

“When we lost Ibra, our best player, you say, ‘ Keep it simple,’ ” PSG goal- scorer David Luiz said. “It was amazing tonight the spirit. Every single player gave everything.”

Luiz, who was sold by Chelsea last year, headed PSG level to send the game into extra time within five minutes of Gary Cahill putting Chelsea in front in the 81st minute.

Eden Hazard restored Chelsea’s lead from a penalty, but Silva’s looping header in the 114th minute allowed PSG to avenge last season’s loss to Chelsea in the quarter- finals.

“Our performance was not good enough,” Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said. “They were stronger than us. They coped better than us with the pressure of the game.”

Meanwhile, Bayern Munich cruised into the quarters with a 7- 0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday, after the visitors lost a defender to the fastest red card in the competition’s history.

Thomas Mueller notched two goals, while Jerome Boateng, Franck Ribery, Holger Badstuber, Robert Lewandowski and Mario Goetze added one apiece as the German champions matched its biggest home win.

Olexandr Kucher was sent off in the third minute for tripping Goetze, who was racing toward goal.

“The red card was decisive but we played a very good match as well,” Bayern midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger said.

Mourinho had used his pre- match media conference to decry the “aggression” of PSG in the first leg.

And referee Bjorn Kuipers’s instant reaction to Ibrahimovic’s lunging challenge into Oscar was to send off the Sweden forward.

Even though Kuipers was already preparing to brandish the red card, he was surrounded by furious Chelsea players, some demanding a stretcher for Oscar.

Oscar, though, emerged unscathed from the challenge that replays suggested was less reckless than it appeared in real time when both players were sliding in for the ball.

PSG wasn’t happy and following protests, Thiago Motta was booked by Kuipers as the game became increasingly heated while lacking much goalmouth action.

But the decisions weren’t all going Chelsea’s way.

When Luiz swung his right elbow at Costa as the striker advanced on goal, the former Chelsea player went unpunished. And Chelsea’s grievances grew stronger when Costa was tripped by Edison Cavani in the penalty area, having already withstood several challenges, but no spot- kick was awarded.

Chelsea was failing to test goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu, who had a comfortable save from Oscar just before the penalty appeal.

The second half was no less stormy — Ramires was booked for a foul on Motta — but it was PSG still looking more confident going forward despite its numerical disadvantage.

“I was surprised how calm my side was despite playing 10 against 11,” PSG coach Laurent Blanc said.

Cavani wasted a chance to put PSG in front at the start of the second half, rounding goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois but hitting the near post from a tight angle.

The Chelsea defence was coming under sustained pressure, and Costa was booked for a sliding tackle on Silva. Luiz was also shown a yellow card for trying to suggest he had been head- butted by the Chelsea striker.