Aston Villa, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Inter Milan joined the likes of Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League last 16.
Arsenal secured a spot in the Champions League round of 16 as it rallied from a goal down to win 2-1 at Girona; Paris St Germain beat VfB Stuttgart 4-1 to move into the next round.
Goals from Jorginho and Ethan Nwaeri saw us come from behind to beat Girona and secure a spot in the Champions League last-16
Dembélé’s hat trick in a 4-1 victory over Stuttgart on Wednesday took him to 16 goals overall, which is already a career best. He has taken 25 games to reach that mark, a far better ratio than his previous best of 14 in 42 for Barcelona in 2018-19.
To hear Guardiola praising the collective of Paris Saint-Germain over his outfit shows just how dramatic the unraveling of the past couple of months at City has been.
Arsenal take on Girona in the Champions League tonight without David Raya, who misses out in a huge injury concern before clashes with Manchester City and Newcastle. It is the Gunners’ final game of the new-look league phase,
The Champions League’s new look league phase reaches its conclusion with big names like Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain in danger of early elimination.
Club Brugge - hosts set up play-off meeting with either Bayern or Real Madrid FT: Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic - Rogers hat-trick & Watkins goal secure top-eight spot after Idah double for visitors| Live BBC Scotland coverage FT: Girona 1-2 Arsenal - Jorginho & Nwaneri as visitors reach last 16 PSV 3-2 Liverpool - Gakpo & Elliott for table-topping Reds in thriller Wins for PSG,
So in terms of the Champions League permutations for tonight, Arsenal head into the last round of league phase fixtures sitting third after last week’s 3-0 win at home to Dinamo Zagreb and could yet finish in second if they beat Girona and Barcelona lose at home to Atalanta.
Manchester City stand on the brink of elimination from the Champions League as they host Club Brugge while Aston Villa host Celtic and Arsenal travel to Girona in the final round of matches
Ousmane Dembele played chief tormentor as Paris St Germain secured a playoff spot in the Champions League with a 4-1 away demolition of VfB Stuttgart on Wednesday.
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