Man City vs Club Brugge, Manchester City make play-offs after comeback win
Man City vs Club Brugge, Man City qualified for the Champions League play-offs on Wed after coming from behind to beat Club Brugge at the Etihad Stadium (3-1).
The final match of the league phase in which Liverpool suffered their first defeat , but without putting their lead in jeopardy.
Also notable are Unai Emery ‘s Aston Villa , Mikel Arteta ‘s Arsenal and Xabi Alonso ‘s Bayer Leverkusen who have made it to the last 16. Completing the champions league Top 8 are Barcelona , Inter Milan, Atlético de Madrid and Lille .
City will ultimately be in the play-offs, having finished the league phase in 22nd place. This means that Real Madrid , who finished twelfth after beating Brest 0-3, or Bayern Munich vs Slovan Bratislava, Bayern Munich who are in eleventh position after beating Slovan Bratislava 3-1, would be their possible rivals in the next phase.
All this in a matchday that also saw Dortmund win over Shakhtar Donetsk (3-1), Benfica over Juventus (0-2) and PSG over Stuttgart (1-4), all of whom qualified for the play-offs. Sporting de Portugal also secured their place in the competition thanks to their draw against Bologna (1-1). Milan, PSV, Monaco, Brest Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic and Brugge will also be part of the qualifying round for the last 16.
Thus, Dinamo Zagreb , despite beating Milan (2-1), Stuttgart , Shakhtar , Bologna , Red Star , Sturm Graz , Sparta Prague , Leipzig , Girona , Salzburg , Slovan Bratislava and Young Boys , the latter two without having added a single point, are the 12 teams that are eliminated from the Champions League in the first phase.
Results of the last date of the Champions League
- Young Boys 0 vs. 1 Red Star
- Aston Villa 4 vs. 2 Celtic
- Barcelona 2 vs. 2 Atalanta
- Leverkusen 2 vs. 0 Sparta Prague
- Dortmund 3 vs. 1 Shakhtar
- Brest 0 vs. 3 Real Madrid
- Dynamo 2 vs. 1 Milan
- Bayern 3 vs. 1 Slovan Bratislava
- Salzburg 1 vs. 4 Atletico Madrid
- Girona 1 vs. 2 Arsenal
- Inter Milan 3 vs. 0 Monaco
- Juventus 0 vs. 2 Benfica
- Lille 6 vs. 1 Feyenoord
- Manchester City 3 vs. 1 Club Brugge
- PSV 3 vs. 2 Liverpool
- Sturm Graz 1 vs. 0 Leipzig
- Sporting 0 vs. 1 Bologna
- Stuttgart 1 vs. PSG 4