Real Madrid ace Ramos delighted with Champions League progression

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Real Madrid eliminated Paris Saint-Germain to progress to the last eight
The Spanish side won 5-2 on aggregate to knock PSG out at last-16 stage
Sergio Ramos was delighted with his side's display at Parc des Princes

Published: 04:04 EST, 7 March 2018 | Updated: 05:47 EST, 7 March 2018

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Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has revealed his delight at progressing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League by labelling it their 'favourite competition'.

The Champions League holders, who won the competition for the 12th time last season, eliminated Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night by winning 2-1 at Parc des Princes and 5-2 on aggregate.

And with Real Madrid seemingly out of the Spanish title race due to Barcelona's dominance – Ramos has said the focus is on lifting the prestigious European trophy for the third year in a row.

Real Madrid ace Sergio Ramos celebrates with Lucas Vazquez during their victory in France

Ramos (right) congratulates goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo following his opener at PSG

'The truth is that I'm very happy with the work of the team,' said Ramos.

'We knew it would be the perfect occasion for us to redeem ourselves in our favourite competition, and we imposed ourselves, enjoying our football again and recovering the morale that let us enjoy so much.

'Comfortable progress? It's never comfortable, even if it seemed that way. We needed to apply lot of intensity and physical effort.

'We knew that we couldn't get too comfortable, even if we were ahead on the scoreboard.'

Ramos, who has won the Champions League three times, and his team-mates will learn their fate next Friday.

Liverpool and Real Madrid are the only teams to have qualified so far.