Manchester City scraped into the Champions League play-offs and Liverpool finished at the summit despite losing to PSV Eindhoven. Aston Villa sank Celtic to finish in the top eight and go straight through to the last 16,

Manchester beat Club Brugge to advance to the playoffs of the Champions League 2024-25 while Liverpool and Barcelona were the only teams already guaranteed a place in the top eight and automatic progress to the round of 16 as they stayed first and second.

All the pre-match chat had surrounded the futures of Ollie Watkins and Jhon Duran, but it was Morgan Rogers - an £8million signing from Middlesbrough this time last year - who stole the show and fired Aston Villa into the last-16 of the Champions League...

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery was asked about Ollie Watkins after being the subject of a shock bid from Arsenal this week

Manchester City survive a huge scare as they have to come from behind to beat Club Brugge and reach the Champions League play-offs

Manchester City scraped into the Champions League play-offs and Liverpool finished at the summit despite losing to PSV Eindhoven. Aston Villa sank Celtic to finish in the top eight and go straight through to the last 16,

A much-changed Liverpool finish top of the Champions League group phase despite losing their 100% winning record after defeat to PSV Eindhoven in a five-goal thriller.

The two clubs are still in with a shot of securing a top eight finish and avoiding the two-legged play-off round

THE Champions League league phase will conclude TONIGHT – with fans treated to a bumper round of action. All 36 clubs will be in action this evening as the race for a spot in the last-16

Man City will hope to dent Arsenal's title hopes in the Premier League; after sealing their UCL knockout spot.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was proud after seeing his side book their spot in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 4-2 win over Celtic. Morgan Rogers was the hero with a hat-trick while Ollie Watkins also scored his first goal in the top European competition just hours after it was revealed that he was subject of a rejected bid from Arsenal.

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