Manchester Metropolis got here from behind to beat Membership Brugge 3-1 and safe their place within the Champions League playoffs, as large weapons Actual Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain additionally gained to progress, whereas AC Milan and Juventus will be part of them regardless of each dropping on Wednesday.
A goal-stacked evening of 18 simultaneous kick-offs within the closing group matchday of the competitors’s new format, ultimately ended as the standard format normally ended – with all the massive weapons nonetheless alive.
Liverpool and Barcelona had been the one groups already assured a spot within the high eight and computerized progress to the spherical of 16 they usually stayed first and second respectively regardless of Liverpool dropping 3-2 to PSV Eindhoven and Barca drawing 2-2 with Atalanta.
Becoming a member of them are Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Aston Villa and Lille, who produced the efficiency of the evening to thrash Feyenoord 6-1.
Champions League Outcomes and standings
Outcomes
(rating at half-time)
Aston Villa (2) 4 Celtic (2) 2Barcelona (0) 2 Atalanta (0) 2Bayer Leverkusen (1) 2 Sparta Praha (0) 0Borussia Dortmund (2) 3 Shakhtar Donetsk (0) 1Brest (0) 0 Actual Madrid (1) 3Dinamo Zagreb (1) 2 Milan (0) 1Bayern München (1) 3 Slovan Bratislava (0) 1Salzburg (0) 1 Atlético Madrid (3) 4Girona (1) 1 Arsenal (2) 2Internazionale (2) 3 Monaco (0) 0Juventus (0) 0 Benfica (1) 2Lille (2) 6 Feyenoord (1) 1Manchester Metropolis (0) 3 Membership Brugge (1) 1PSV (3) 3 Liverpool (2) 2Sturm Graz (1) 1 RB Leipzig (0) 0Sporting CP (0) 1 Bologna (1) 1Stuttgart (0) 1 PSG (3) 4Young Boys (0) 0 Crvena zvezda (0) 1
Ultimate Standings
P W D L F A PTS
1 Liverpool 8 7 0 1 17 5 212 Barcelona 8 6 1 1 28 13 193 Arsenal 8 6 1 1 16 3 194 Inter 8 6 1 1 11 1 195 Atlético 8 6 0 2 20 12 186 Leverkusen 8 5 1 2 15 7 167 Lille 8 5 1 2 17 10 168 Aston Villa 8 5 1 2 13 6 16Teams within the high 8 qualify mechanically for spherical of 16
9 Atalanta 8 4 3 1 20 6 1510 Dortmund 8 5 0 3 22 12 1511 Actual Madrid 8 5 0 3 20 12 1512 Bayern München 8 5 0 3 20 12 1513 Milan 8 5 0 3 14 11 1514 PSV 8 4 2 2 16 12 1415 PSG 8 4 1 3 14 9 1316 Benfica 8 4 1 3 16 12 1317 Monaco 8 4 1 3 13 13 1318 Brest 8 4 1 3 10 11 1319 Feyenoord 8 4 1 3 18 21 1320 Juventus 8 3 3 2 9 7 1221 Celtic 8 3 3 2 13 14 1222 Man Metropolis 8 3 2 3 18 14 1123 Sporting 8 3 2 3 13 12 1124 Membership Brugge 8 3 2 3 7 11 11
Groups ranked 9 to 24 will enter the first-ever knockout part playoffs
Eliminated25 Dinamo Zagreb 8 3 2 3 12 19 1126 Stuttgart 8 3 1 4 13 17 1027 Shakhtar D 8 2 1 5 8 16 728 Bologna 8 1 3 4 4 9 629 Crvena zvezda 8 2 0 6 13 22 630 Sturm 8 2 0 6 5 14 631 Sparta 8 1 1 6 7 21 432 Leipzig 8 1 0 7 8 15 333 Girona 8 1 0 7 5 13 334 Salzburg 8 1 0 7 5 27 335 Slovan 8 0 0 8 7 27 036 Younger Boys 8 0 0 8 3 24 0
Though they ultimately progressed moderately comfortably, it was something however for Man Metropolis on the Etihad. The 2023 European champions had been uncovered simply earlier than halftime when Raphael Onyedika brilliantly completed off a Brugge sweeping transfer.
Mateo Kovacic pulled one again for Metropolis early within the second half however at that stage they had been nonetheless heading out of the competitors they usually wanted an personal purpose by Joel Ordonez to get the lead after which a 3rd by Savinho to loosen up.
PSG, who had been in twenty second place and at risk of lacking out at kickoff, prevented a nervous evening by racing right into a 3-0 halftime lead at Stuttgart. Bradley Barcola opened the scoring and a hat-trick for in-form Ousmane Dembele accomplished the 4-1 win.
It was the identical rating for Atletico Madrid at Salzburg. The guests had been helped by two targets for Antoine Griezmann.
SENT OFF
Lautaro Martinez acquired all three targets for Inter Milan of their 3-0 victory over Monaco, who had Christian Mawissa despatched off after 12 minutes, however nonetheless made the playoffs.
Arsenal got here from behind to win 2-1 at Girona and rubber-stamp their third-placed end, whereas Leverkusen additionally prevented the two-legged play-offs by beating Sparta Prague 2-0 to complete sixth.
Lille started the day in twelfth however resulted in seventh after thumping Feyenoord, who contributed a outstanding three personal targets to these scored by Osame Sahraoui, Jonathan David and Remy Cabella.
Actual Madrid, looking for to increase their file 15 European titles, secured their playoff slot with a 3-0 win over Brest courtesy of two targets from Rodrygo and one other by Jude Bellingham.
It was a second successive defeat for Brest however their flying begin to the marketing campaign proved sufficient for them to make the playoffs.
Aston Villa led Celtic 2-0 with two Morgan Rogers targets inside the primary 5 minutes however two for Adam Idah made it stage at halftime.
Ollie Watkins, who missed a penalty, then restored the lead and Rogers accomplished his hat-trick on the demise to elevate Villa into the highest eight
AC Milan started the day in sixth however targets by Martin Baturina and Marko Pjaca mixed with an early pink card for gave Dinamo Zagreb a 2-1 that dropped the Italians into the playoff, however nonetheless left Zagreb lacking out on becoming a member of them by one place on purpose distinction.
Bayern Munich beat Slovan Bratislava 3-1 with targets by Thomas Mueller, Harry Kane and Kingsley Coman whereas Benfica had a powerful 2-0 win at Juventus, a outcome that left each groups within the playoffs.
The draw for the two-legged subsequent stage takes place on Friday, the place, in contrast to in earlier years, groups from the identical nation and group can meet. These video games will probably be performed on Feb. 11/12 and 18/19 and the eight winners will then meet the eight top-ranked groups from the group stage within the spherical of 16 – with the seeded draw for that made on Feb. 21.
Doable Champions League playoff and final 16 opponents
AS Monaco or Brest will face Paris St Germain or Benfica within the playoffs. The winners will meet both Liverpool or Barcelona within the Spherical of 16.
Sporting or Membership Brugge will face Atalanta or Borussia Dortmund within the playoffs. The winners will meet both Lille or Aston Villa within the Spherical of 16.
Celtic or Manchester Metropolis will face Actual Madrid or Bayern Munich within the playoffs. The winners will meet both Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen within the Spherical of 16.
Feyenoord or Juventus will face AC Milan or PSV Eindhoven within the playoffs. The winners will meet both Arsenal or Inter Milan within the Spherical of 16.
