Lille, Monaco and Ligue 1
AS Monaco secured a sedate 1-0 win over Aston Villa in the UEFA Champions League to move to 13 points in the league phase, and very likely ensure that France has at leas
Latest score as Harvey Elliott strikes lucky in Champions League clash - Arne Slot’s Liverpool side are top of the new-look Champions League and need to avoid a loss to guarantee themselves a place in
Liverpool secures Champions League last 16 spot, Barcelona stuns Benfica, and Atletico Madrid and Aston Villa face setbacks.
Goals from Harvey Elliott and Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool defeat French side Lille on a busy night in the Champions League on Tuesday. Salah opened the scoring for the Reds before Lille were reduced to 10 men with Aïssa Mandi shown a second yellow card after the break.
Aston Villa’s hopes of automatic qualification for the Champions League round of 16 took a blow after a 1-0 loss to Monaco on Tuesday, while Atalanta won big to keep up its strong campaign.
AS Monaco secured a sedate 1-0 win over Aston Villa in the UEFA Champions League to move to 13 points in the league phase, and very likely ensure that France has at leas
Monaco slipped to fourth in the table after Lille's win, and though Montpellier remain bottom, they are now just four points from safety ahead of the rest of the weekend’s matches.
Liverpool saw off the 10 men of Lille to advance on a dramatic night of Champions League action which saw Aston Villa beaten in Monaco and Barcelona rally to stun Benfica in a nine-goal thriller. Arne Slot’s men need a point from their final game away to PSV Eindhoven next week to be certain of topping the league phase but are already guaranteed of a top-eight finish.
Liverpool beat Lille 2-1 on Tuesday to maintain their perfect record in this season's Champions League and clinch qualification for the last 16, while Barcelona produced a stunning comeback to beat Benfica 5-4 in a classic to secure their own place.
Atalanta have secured a place in the knockout league phase play-offs but look well placed to get a ticket for straight access into the round-of-16, while Bologna became the first Serie A team to be