Pep Guardiola was convinced that Manchester City would qualify for the KO phase of the Champions League and his team proved it when they obtained a victory at the end of Club Brugge on Wednesday to finish 22nd at the League stadium and Qualify for the playoffs. Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will also be part of the playoffs because they failed to guarantee automatic qualification in the next round.
Arsenal qualified directly for the last 16 Wednesday while Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa also followed Liverpool and Barcelona to obtain the first eight to jump the Channel from the playoffs.
During a dramatic evening in which only two of the 18 closing games were dead rubbers, Man City obtained the victory they needed to avoid an embarrassing outing with a 3-1 nervous victory on club Brugge.
The Premier League champion by reigning is facing Real Madrid holders or Bayern Munich during a successful equality next month.
“In the second half, we raised our soul and our hearts were free,” said city director Pep Guardiola, in TNT Sports. “For today, we are in the next round, it’s good.”
PSG, which beat City 4-2 last week, produced a categorical display in a 4-1 triumph in Stuttgart.
Arsenal only needed a point to conclude a 16-year-old berth and the goals of Jorginho and Ethan Nwaneri gave them a 2-1 victory to Gérona.
“I hope that more belief in this locker room that we are a good team and that we can face anyone and playing and winning matches,” said Gunners manager Mikel Arteta.
Inter finished fourth in the ranking by seeing the 10 man of Monaco 3-0, while Atletico won five consecutive victories in the Champions League with a 4-1 beat in Salzburg in Austria.
Bayer Leverkusen also finished the work, beating Sparta Prague 2-0, because Lille was the only French team to seal a slit greater than eight thanks to a 6-1 battery from Feyenoord.
Aston Villa slipped in eighth place in his first appearance in competition in 42 years, while the hat-trick of Morgan Rogers helped them for a 4-2 victory against Celtic.
Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Bayern and AC Milan have all finished a point in the top eight.
The other teams of the Friday qualifier draw are PSV Eindhoven, Benfica, Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Sporting Lisbon and Club Brugge.
The new format at 36 teams has provided a lot of tension, but all the imaginary sides have at least finished in the top 24 to stay in the competition.
Man City, European champions two seasons ago, was seriously in danger of a terrible season with a new hollow when they were late on the strike of Raphael Onyedika on the half-time at Etihad .
But Mateo Kovacic traveled the center on the Brugge side to equalize shortly after the break before Joel Ordonez’s goal put City at the front.
Savinho’s late strike added a brilliant to the scoring while Guardiola narrowly avoided the first release of the competition in his career.
Brugge, thanks to results in other games, clung to the last place in the dam despite their defeat and then play at Atalanta or Dortmund.
PSG would have been eliminated by a defeat in Germany, but were never in danger while Bradley Barcola courageous head and two goals from Ousmane Dembele put them 3-0 on Stuttgart in 35 minutes.
Dembele, who played a main role as a substitute against City, ended his tripled in the second period before the consolation of Chris Fuehrich.
“We have been doing very well for some time now, playing well, controlling possession and winning our games,” DEMBELE told Canal +.
The PSG, semi-finalists last season, finished 15th to reach the scene with direct elimination for a 13th consecutive season, after being outside the Top 24 after six games.
“We are delighted to qualify for the playoffs,” added Dembele.
Luis Enrique’s men will face another Ligue 1 team for a 16 -year -old berth in Monaco or Brest, while Stuttgart was eliminated.
The seventh winner, AC Milan, abandoned the top eight with a 2-1 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb while sending the 39th minute of Yunus Musah turned out to be crucial.
Dinamo has always been eliminated, however, graciousness of Conrad Harder’s equalizer for sport with 13 minutes to play in their 1-1 draw with Bologna.
Milan will face the local rivals of Juventus or Feyenoord in the playoffs.
A liverpool, widely used, finished in the lead despite the loss of 3-2 at PSV Eindhoven, while Barcelona, second, attracted 2-2 with Atalanta, who finished a ninth, after starting the evening in seventh place.
| Team | Deputy | Victories | Draw | Losses | Girlfriend | Georgia | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Liverpool | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 2) Barcelona | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 19 |
| 3) arsenal | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 4) Inter Milan | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 5) Atletico Madrid | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 18 |
| 6) Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 7) Lille | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 16 |
| 8) Aston Villa | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 9) Atalanta | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 15 |
| 10) Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
| 11) Real Madrid | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| 12) Bayern Munich | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| 13) AC Milan | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
| 14) PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
| 15) PSG | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| 16) Benfica | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 13 |
| 17) As Monaco | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 18) Brest | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
| 19) Feyenoord | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 13 |
| 20) Juventus | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 21) Celtic | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 12 |
| 22) Manchester City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 11 |
| 23) CP Sports | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| 24) Brugge club | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 25) Dinamo Zagreb | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 11 |
| 26) VFB Stuttgart | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 10 |
| 27) Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 7 |
| 28) Bologna | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 29) FK Cverna Zvezda | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 6 |
| 30) Sturm Graz | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 6 |
| 31) Sparta Prague | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 4 |
| 32) RB Leipzig | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 3 |
| 33) Girona | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 3 |
| 34) RB Salzburg | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 3 |
| 35) Slovan Bratislava | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -20 | 0 |
| 36) Young boys | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | -21 | 0 |
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