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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 Dortmund miss out on last 16 despite win over Shakhtar Borussia Dortmund will have to win a two-leg play-off to reach the Champions League last 16 despite last season's runners-up beating Shakhtar Donetsk. Finishing a point behind eighth-placed Aston Villa means the German side, who took 10th place, will face Sporting or Club Brugge in the knockout phase play-off next month. Serhou Guirassy scored a first-half double while Ramy Bensebaini put the result beyond doubt in the 79th minute after Marlon Gomes had pulled one back for the Ukrainian side early in the second period. This was interim boss Mike Tullberg's first Champions League game in charge of Dortmund, and Guirassy made himself a nuisance by bundling a curling effort from Karim Adeyemi past Shakhtar keeper Dmytro Riznyk for the opener. The Guinean then latched on to a through pass from Julian Brandt and finished through the legs of the goalkeeper just before half-time for his second goal of the night and ninth in eight matches in Europe this season. Dortmund looked to be coasting to victory, but Gregor Kobel allowed the visitors back into the game when Gomes capitalised on the goalkeeper's heavy touch to embarrass him by toeing in to halve the deficit five minutes after the restart. Shakhtar put the Bundesliga side under considerable pressure before Bensebaini sealed the win when he received a backheeled pass from Giovanni Reyna and lifted the ball over Riznyk to restore their two-goal advantage. It was Dortmund's first win in six games, coming in Tullberg's second match in charge since the departure of Nuri Sahin after the 2-1 defeat by Bologna last week. This video can not be played Kobel error gifts Shakhtar a goal against Dortmund After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. 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: Mike Tullberg Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Marino Pusic Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Mike Tullberg Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Marino Pusic Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 UEFA Champions League All competitions All competitions All competitions Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in four previous meetings with Shakhtar Donetsk in European competition (W3 D1), most recently eliminating the Ukrainians from the UEFA Champions League in the 2012-13 last 16. Shakhtar Donetsk have won two of their last three away games against German opposition in the UEFA Champions League (L1), beating Hoffenheim in 2018-19 (3-2) and RB Leipzig in 2022-23 (4-1). Borussia Dortmund lost 3-2 at home to Barcelona on MD6 of this season’s UEFA Champions League – the German side haven’t lost consecutive home games since April/September 2017, while they’ve never done so within the same season. Shakhtar Donetsk lost 3-2 to PSV in their most recent away UEFA Champions League game, despite leading 2-0 until the 87th minute. The Ukranian have lost four of their last five on the road (D1). Borussia Dortmund have only conceded two first half goals in their last 22 home UEFA Champions League matches, with 15 of the last 17 goals they’ve conceded at Signal Iduna Park coming in the second half, including all three in their 3-2 loss to Barcelona on MD6. Only one of the last 10 Borussia Dortmund managers has lost their first UEFA Champions League game in charge of the club (W6 D3), with Peter Bosz losing against Tottenham in 2017-18. Indeed, each of the last four Dortmund bosses have won their opening match in the competition (Favre, Terzic, Rose, and Sahin). Following their victory over Brest on MD7, Shakhtar Donetsk will be looking to win back-to-back matches in the UEFA Champions League for just the second time in their last seven campaigns (previously v Barcelona and Royal Antwerp in 2023-24). Serhou Guirassy has been directly involved in nine goals in seven UEFA Champions League games for Borussia Dortmund this season (seven goals, two assists). He could become just the third player to hit double figures for the club in a single Champions League campaign, after Robert Lewandowski in 2012-13 (12) and Erling Haaland in 2020-21 (12). No Shakhtar Donetsk player has been directly involved in more UEFA Champions League goals than Heorhii Sudakov this season (two goals, one assist), while he leads all players for the Ukrainian side for chances created (10), passes completed in the opposition half (126), and possession recoveries (31) this term. Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy has scored or assisted in each of his five home UEFA Champions League appearances (two goals for Rennes, four goals and one assist for Dortmund). In the history of the competition, no player has had a goal or assist in each of his first six home games. © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.