UEFA is reportedly considering revising the knock-out phase of the Champions League.

In a bid to reduce the number of minutes played by the top clubs, the European governing body might scrap extra time during the knockout rounds.

According to reports from The Guardian, the ties will go straight into penalties.

This is, however, unlikely to happen midway through this TV rights cycle, which runs until 2027.

This season will be the first in a long time that UEFA has introduced the expanded group for the tournament with each team playing more than eight games.

Later in the summer, while 12 European clubs will participate in an expanded FIFA Club World Cup in the US this summer.

Last season just three Champions League fixtures from the last 16 onwards went into extra time, while none at all required an additional period in 2022-23.

Four ties in the 2023-24 Europa League went the distance, down from six the season before.