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Watch MOTD Champions League FT: Manchester City 3-1 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, Real Madrid, Bayern, Atletico and Inter, as Benfica beat Juventus Draw for play-offs and last 16 on Friday at 11: 00 GMT - see who can play who here Get Involved: #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Jess Anderson, Emlyn Begley, Charlotte Coates, Joe Rindl, Gary Rose & Marissa Thomas Well, that's all from us after a bonkers night of Champions League football. If you missed the highlights programme, you can catch up on BBC i Player and watch all the best clips and highlights across the BBC Sport website and app. We'll be back for the play-off draw on Friday to find out who Manchester City and Celtic will face in a couple of weeks time. Thanks for joining us. See you then! A jam-packed evening of Champions League action with all five British clubs securing progression. Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa are directly into the last-16. Manchester City and Celtic enter the play-off phase. This video can not be played Arsenal through to knockouts after comeback win over Girona This video can not be played Man City survive Brugge scare to qualify from group phase This video can not be played Liverpool lose perfect group stage record in five goal thriller Liverpool and Barcelona cannot meet until the final now after finishing in the top two. The Reds will play one of Monaco, Brest, PSG or Benfica in the last 16 - with Barca facing another of those teams. Arsenal, who finished third, will play Feyenoord, Juventus, AC Milan or PSV. Aston Villa, who just finished in the top eight after beating Celtic, will take on Sporting, Club Brugge, Atalanta or Borussia Dortmund. Those ties will take place on 4-5 and 11-12 March. But they will not know which team exactly until the last-16 draw takes place on 21 February. Clubs will know their potential route to the final by then - with the draws for the quarters and semis also taking place that day. The final standings are in. Who could've predicted this is what the table would look like when the Champions League started back in September? Manchester City scraping through. real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSG and AC Milan all relying on play-off places. And three English teams in the top eight with Liverpool top of the tree. Can't wait for the next lot of matches. 31 January - Play-off draw 11-12 February - Play-off matches first leg 18-19 February - Play-off matches second leg 21 February - Last-16 draw 4-5 March - Last-16 first leg matches 11-12 March - Last-16 second leg matches So, what happens next in the Champions League? The teams who finished between ninth and 24th play two-legged play-off ties on 11-12 and 18-19 February to decide who goes through to the last 16. The draw will take place on Friday, 31 January at 11: 00 GMT. .. but teams already know which sides they have a 50-50 chance of meeting because of their final positions in the league phase. Last 16: Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa. Knockout phase play-offs: Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, PSV, Paris St-Germain, Benfica, Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Manchester City, Sporting, Club Brugge. Eliminated: Dinamo Zagreb, Stuttgart, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bologna, Sparta Prague, Leipzig, Girona, Red Star Belgrade, Sturm Graz, Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava, Young Boys. Let's start winding down with a round-up of where we're at after tonight's action. .. FT: Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic Julien Laurens European football expert on MOTD: Champions League highlights I think Arsenal looked at other potential signings like Benjamin Sesko at Leipzig. I guess maybe towards the end you see clubs who are are more open too, as we saw with the bid for Jhon Duran. Aston Villa will have a replacement list already of strikers they can go and get. Stephen Warnock Former Aston Villa defender on MOTD: Champions League Highlights Money talks. If Arsenal up their bid, you might see some wheeling and dealing. I don’t think you would want to lose Watkins. He is the focal point of attack. But are you going to get that money again as 29-year-old? That’s a business decision then and that’s when it becomes difficult. PSR has changed everything. It's a bigger decision now. FT: PSV 3-2 Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool midfielder James Mc Connell, speaking to TNT Sports: "Disappointed we didn't win the game but we topped the group thanks to the performance in the rest of the season. "I'm proud to make my Champions League debut. I'm grateful for the opportunity.

I loved playing in this atmosphere. "The team was a bit makeshift at times with lads slotting in all over the place but we feel we should have won the game. " FT: PSV 3-2 Liverpool Stephen Warnock Former Aston Villa defender on MOTD: Champions League Highlights Job done. Perfect for them. To be able to rest players tonight was important. He [Arne Slot] has taken this competition very seriously. I looked at the team last week against Lille and thought - why have you gone so strong? But it was so they were ready to rest in this game. FT: PSV 3-2 Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo, speaking to TNT Sports about playing back at former club PSV: "It was a special moment, a proud moment for myself and I'm grateful that even though it's two years ago [that I left], I still have a lot of fans here. "I am grateful for what the supporters did, I will never forget that, but unfortunately we didn't get the result. " On young players getting a chance: "It's good to learn from these moments. Difficult moments are the ones you learn the most from. I saw the young players do very good and fight hard. I'm proud of them. " FT: Man City 3-1 Club Brugge Stephen Warnock Former Aston Villa defender on MOTD: Champions League highlights show There was a lot of pressure on the game and there was a lot of talk. If Man City go out where does that leave them? If this game had been two weeks ago it could have been a different situation, but they hung in there and got the win. FT: Man City 3-1 Club Brugge Julien Laurens European football expert on MOTD: Champions League highlights show Club Brugge knew it was going to be difficult today to get anything out of the game. They will play Atalanta or Dortmund which is not going to be easy. They are a very solid team. FT: Man City 3-1 Club Brugge Joe Hart Former Manchester City goalkeeper on MOTD: UEFA Champions League First half John Stones and Manuel Akanji were given the freedom. They have a fluid system at Man City, but Stones was being encouraged to step in and be involved, but it left them vulnerable on the counter. Man City 3-1 Club Brugge Simon Stone BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at the Etihad Stadium Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was exceptionally confident about his side's chances of getting through yesterday. I asked him in his press conference after today's win if he was still as confident at half-time, with his side 1-0 down and heading out of the competition. "When I saw the fire before the game, I thought

at half-time journalists had their headline already, " he laughed. City's Champions League hopes gone up in smoke, or something like that. FT: RB Salzburg 1-4 Atletico Madrid This video can not be played Champions League highlights: RB Salzburg 1-4 Atletico Madrid FT: Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 AC Milan This video can not be played Milan miss out on last 16 place with shock loss to Zagreb Those finishing in the top eight automatically progress to the last 16, where they will be seeded. They will await the winners of eight two-legged knockout play-off ties featuring the clubs ranked from ninth to 24th. Liverpool could possibly face the following four teams - PSG, Benfica, Monaco or Brest. Arsenal could possibly face the following four teams - AC Milan, PSV, Feyenoord or Juventus. Aston Villa could possibly face the following four teams - Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon or Club Brugge. This video can not be played AC Milan miss out on last-16 place with shock loss to Zagreb AC Milan missed the chance to automatically secure a place in the last-16 of the Champions League by losing 2-1 to Dinamo Zagreb. Dinamo started on the front foot knowing that anything but a victory would see them eliminated. Martin Baturina gave the Croatian champions the lead when he pounced on a loose touch from Matteo Gabbia and slotted past Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan. Milan, already assured of a place in the next round but chasing a top-eight finish, were reduced to 10 men when Yunus Musah was shown a second yellow card for pulling back Luka Stojkovic at the edge of the penalty area. Dinamo should have doubled their lead before half-time but Sandro Kulenovic side-footed wide with only Maignan to beat. Stojkovic thought he had scored a second moments into the second half but play was pulled back for a handball in the build-up. Milan went up the other end and equalised through Christian Pulisic, whose low strike squirmed under the hand of Dinamo goalkeeper Ivan Nevistic. Dinamo regained the lead on the hour mark when Marko Pjaca rifled into the bottom far corner from a tight angle, and two minutes later a Milan penalty was chalked off as Rafael Leao fouled a defender before he was brought down by Nevistic. Victory was not enough for Dinamo to reach the knock-out stages of the competition for the first time in their history, while defeat means Milan will enter the play-off round where they will face either Feyenoord or Serie A rivals Juventus. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Latest Champions League table Champions League scores & fixtures Follow the latest Champions League news Watch highlights of every Champions League game from 22: 00 on Wednesday on BBC i Player and the BBC Sport website and app. There will also be a Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One on Wednesday, from 22: 40 to 00: 00. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 29th January 2025 at 22: 01 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Fabio Cannavaro Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Sérgio Conceição Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Fabio Cannavaro Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Sérgio Conceição Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 UEFA Champions League All competitions All competitions All competitions Dinamo Zagreb have lost all six of their previous meetings with Milan in all competitions, most recently suffering a 4-0 home defeat in the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League group stage. Milan have won each of their six games against Dinamo Zagreb, their longest ever winning run against a team in European competition; AC have scored at least three goals in each of their three away trips to face the Croatian side. Dinamo Zagreb are winless in their last five home matches in the UEFA Champions League (D3 L2), only once suffering a longer run without a home victory in the competition – seven games between October 1999 and December 2012.   Following victories over Real Madrid (3-1) and Slovan Bratislava (3-2), Milan will be aiming to win three consecutive away games in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since September-December 2000 (3), then under Alberto Zaccheroni. Milan have won their final group/league game in each of their previous two UEFA Champions League campaigns (4-0 v RB Salzburg in 2022-23 and 2-1 v Newcastle in 2023-24), having failed to do so in each of their six seasons beforehand (D3 L3), dating back to 2009-10. Dinamo Zagreb have failed to score in each of their last three matches in the UEFA Champions League (D1 L2), last suffering a longer such drought in December 2016 (a run of eight). They’ve also failed to find the net in three of their last four home matches in the competition, including a 0-4 defeat to Milan in October 2022. No team have conceded more penalties in the UEFA Champions League this season than Dinamo Zagreb (4), with all four of those being converted. The last team to concede more goals from penalties in a single campaign in the competition was Milan in 2011-12 (5). Christian Pulisic has been directly involved in five goals in his last six starts for Milan in the UEFA Champions League (four goals, one assist). If he scores or assists in this match, he’ll register a new single season-high for goal involvements in a Champions League campaign (currently on four – three goals, one assist). Sandro Kulenovic has scored three goals for Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Champions League this season, while only one player has ever netted more in a single campaign in the competition for them (4 by Mislav Orsic in 2019-20). Milan’s Rafael Leão has completed 26 dribbles in the UEFA Champions League this season; the joint-most of any player (level with Morgan Rogers). The Portuguese has netted three times in the competition this term, already equalling his goal tally from 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 combined (3). © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.