Third-place teams in Champions League groups earn a ticket to the second-tier Europa League knockout playoffs in February. Leipzig was missing American coach Jesse Marsch, who tested positive for COVID-19, yet overwhelmed Club Brugge 5-0 in Belgium in their battle to finish third in Group A behind Man City and PSG. Junior Messias’s goal left both teams on four points with Milan next hosting Liverpool and last-place Atlético going to Porto. 7.ĪC Milan is still in contention after finding an 87th-minute goal from a 30-year-old Champions League debutant to win 1-0 at Atlético Madrid. Liverpool cruised to a 2-0 win over Porto and moved an astonishing 10 points clear of the Portuguese team in second place in Group B that promises a tense final round on Dec. Haller has now scored in his first five career Champions League games and is the fastest player to get to nine goals in the competition. “It’s great, good for the project, but we still have a lot to do.”Ījax and Liverpool extended their dominating group-stage campaigns with fifth straight wins.Ījax’s 2-1 win at Beşiktaş came thanks to two goals from record-setting forward Sébastien Haller, who came on as a substitute. “Teams grow,” Sporting coach Rúben Amorim said. Sporting seemed overmatched in September when routed at home by Ajax then beaten in Dortmund, but three straight wins lifted the surprise Portuguese title-winner to advance with a game to spare. Three-time European champion Inter returns to the round of 16 after a 10-year absence, though Sporting ended a 13-year wait by beating Borussia Dortmund 3-1. Madrid’s 3-0 win at Sheriff - avenging a 2-1 home defeat to the champion of Moldova two months ago - included a goal for Karim Benzema on a day of legal trouble for the forward and ensured Inter Milan also advanced from Group D by beating Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0. Paris Saint-Germain also goes through despite its 2-1 loss at City after leading when Kylian Mbappé scored early in the second half. Manchester City and Real Madrid are back in the round of 16 after beating teams they lost to in September. The parade of European powers advancing to the Champions League knockout stage Wednesday was disrupted by Sporting Lisbon completing a stunning turnaround to join them.
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