Manchester Metropolis suffered a dangerous defeat to PSG on MD7 of the Champions League league part, whereas Liverpool sealed their spot within the high eight – learn on for our full roundup!
There have been loads of speaking factors on MD7 of the Champions League this week, with Premier League sides Aston Villa and Manchester Metropolis struggling defeats, whereas each Liverpool and Arsenal secured essential victories.
Champions League MD7 Roundup: Liverpool Seal Prime Eight End
Figuring out {that a} victory would guarantee a high eight end within the league part and would subsequently safe their place within the last-16 of the competitors, Liverpool edged previous Ligue 1 opponents Lille at Anfield.
Mohamed Salah grabbed the opener for the Reds within the first interval, nonetheless the guests struck again by way of Jonathan David within the 62nd minute regardless of being decreased to 10-men. Fortunately for Arne Slot and co., half-time substitute Harvey Elliott sealed the victory with a deflected effort from a nook 5 minutes later.
Liverpool regain the lead because of an enormous slice of luck!
Harvey Elliott’s strike goes in through a depraved deflection! 🔴#UCLonPrime pic.twitter.com/H8dE5wVzef
— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) January 21, 2025
Additionally assured a top-eight end, becoming a member of Liverpool within the last-16, are Barcelona. Hansi Flick’s aspect prevailed in a loopy showdown vs Benfica of their MD7 conflict, combating again from 4-2 right down to win 5-4 in damage time.
Elsewhere, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Atalanta, Bayer Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Monaco, Feyenoord, Lille, Brest, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Actual Madrid, Juventus and Celtic are assured a top-24 end, that means that they’ve all superior to the Champions League knockout phases.
The ultimate six knockout spots are up for grabs, with all of PSV Eindhoven, Membership Brugge, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Sporting, Stuttgart, Manchester Metropolis, Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar Donetsk set to battle it out for the positions on the ultimate matchday (MD8) subsequent week.
Metropolis raced to a 2-0 lead early within the second-half towards PSG on Wednesday evening, however the Parisiens struck again, successful the conflict 4-2. The end result signifies that Man Metropolis MUST beat Membership Brugge on the Etihad on MD8.
After a prolonged VAR examine, PSG lengthen their result in 4-2 within the closing kick of the match 👏
Man Metropolis are actually twenty fifth within the Champions League, one place exterior of the Spherical of 16 playoff spots 👀
📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/GUGHj6BhkP
— Soccer on TNT Sports activities (@footballontnt) January 22, 2025
In the meantime, Arsenal battered Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 on dwelling turf, Aston Villa misplaced 1-0 away at Monaco, Celtic superior to the knockout phases with a 1-0 win over Younger Boys, Bayern misplaced 3-0 to Feyenoord and Actual Madrid beat RB Salzburg 5-1 because of a objective from Kylian Mbappe and braces from Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo.
Champions League MD7 Outcomes In Full
Tuesday, twenty first January
- AS Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa
- Atalanta 5-0 Sturm Graz
- Atletico Madrid 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen
- Benfica 4-5 Barcelona
- Bologna 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
- Membership Brugge 0-0 Juventus
- Pink Star Belgrade 2-3 PSV Eindhoven
- Liverpool 2-1 Lille
- Slovan Bratislava 1-3 Stuttgart
Wednesday, twenty second January
- RB Leipzig 2-1 Sporting
- Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Stade Brestois
- Sparta Prague 0-1 Inter Milan
- Arsenal 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb
- Celtic 1-0 Younger Boys
- Feyenoord 3-0 Bayern Munich
- AC Milan 1-0 Girona
- PSG 4-2 Manchester Metropolis
- Actual Madrid 5-1 RB Salzburg
Champions League Desk After MD7
One matchday to go! 😲#UCL pic.twitter.com/jEYfEM9kTC
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) January 22, 2025
Champions League MD8 Fixtures
Wednesday, twenty ninth January (20:00)
- Aston Villa vs Celtic
- Barcelona vs Atalanta
- Bayer Leverkusen vs Sparta Prague
- Borussia Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk
- Bayern Munich vs Slovan Bratislava
- Girona vs Arsenal
- Dinamo Zagreb vs AC Milan
- Inter Milan vs AS Monaco
- Juventus vs Benfica
- Lille vs Feyenoord
- Manchester Metropolis vs Membership Brugge
- PSV Eindhoven vs Liverpool
- RB Salzburg vs Atletico Madrid
- Sturm Graz vs RB Leipzig
- Sporting vs Bologna
- Stade Brestois vs Actual Madrid
- Stuttgart vs PSG
- Younger Boys vs Pink Star Belgrade
