knockout

Sometimes, it takes a player of Bonmati's calibre to make the difference in the pivotal moments - and that is what she did, getting the all-important goal in a knockout stage which was otherwise somewhat muted.

There was a shift to rugby's traditional hotbeds for the knockout stages, delivering the biggest crowds for the biggest matches.

He also scored a treble to eliminate Manchester City in the Champions League knockout play-off round.

They had not lost a knockout game in the competition since 1991.

The top four automatically qualify for the quarter-finals and the eight teams ranked between fifth and 12th enter the knockout phase play-off round.