UEFA Champions League action took place for the first time this year on Tuesday night, as teams took part in the penultimate game of the group phase stage of the competition.
Manchester City need to win in their final game of the league phase to avoid the elimination after they lost 4-2 against PSG last night, while the race for the top eight is going to entertain us until the last minute of the games.
All the eyes will be in Manchester as the Citizens will host Club Brugge and will be forced to win to advance to the play-offs that will take place in February, while the race for the top eight will include 22 teams, with there only being a six-point difference between Arsenal, who are third and Stuttgart, who are currently 24th with 10 points.

With the knockout rounds set to take part next month, we look at all the teams that have already qualified before the end of the group phase.
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Who has qualified?
Directly to round of 16:
Liverpool, Barcelona
Round of 16 or knockout round playoffs
Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bayern Munich, Brest, Celtic, Dortmund, Feyenoord, Inter Milan, Juventus, Leverkusen, Lille, Milan, Monaco, Real Madrid
Clubs fighting for the remaining playoff spots:
PSV, Club Brugge, Benfica, PSG, Sporting, Stuttgart
Outside looking in
Manchester City, Dinamo Zagreb, Shakhtar
Teams who are already eliminated
Bologna, Girona, RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade, Slovan Bratislava, Sparta Prague, Sturm Graz, Young Boys, Salzburg
Comment below on who you think the final teams will be to qualify for the UCL knockout phase!
2 Comments
by Michael Joseph
I believe that arsenal will be.
by Fidelis Ukuli
I believe Barcelona and Real Madrid will qualify