Trailing 2-0, Paris SG revolted to beat Manchester City 4-2 in a crazy match on Wednesday at the Parc des Princes and moved closer to qualifying for the Champions League play-offs.
Luis Enrique’s team, which is moving up the list of play-offs, will try to validate its ticket on the Stuttgart pitch next Wednesday during the last day of the league phase.
Everything was decided in less than 20 minutes: Jack Grealish (50th) and Erling Haaland (53rd) scored for the English club, but Ousmane Dembélé (56th), entered after the break, Bradley Barcola (60th), Joao Neves ( 78th) and Gonçalo Ramos (90+3) offered a crucial success to the Parisians.
In Salzburg, the class of Real Madrid attackers cracked the opponent of the day who lost (5-1), to ensure the title holder at least a place in the play-offs one day from the end of the phase league.
Rodrygo scored two classy goals in the first period (23rd, 34th), then Mbappé (48th) and Vinicius (55th, 77th) increased the score. Mads Bidstrup saved the honor for Salzburg (5-1, 84th).
For their part, Inter Milan took a big step towards direct qualification for the round of 16 by beating Sparta Prague 1-0.
Thanks to this fifth victory in seven days of the league phase, Inter totaled points and moved back to 4th place. A draw against Monaco next week at the San Siro will be enough to secure their place in the top eight.
Here are also the results and the ranking after Wednesday’s matches
Tuesday January 21
Liverpool (ENG) – Lille (FRA) 2 – 1
Monaco (FRA) – Aston Villa (ENG) 1 – 0
Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – Stuttgart (GER) 1 – 3
Red Star Belgrade (SRB) – PSV Eindhoven (NED) 2 – 3
Club Bruges (BEL) – Juventus Turin (ITA) 0 – 0
Bologne (ITA) – Dortmund (GER) 2 – 1
Atlético Madrid (ESP) – Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 2 – 1
Benfica (POR) – FC Barcelone (ESP) 4 – 5
Atalante Bergamo (ITA) – Sturm Graz (AUT) 5 – 0
Wednesday January 22
Paris SG (FRA) – Manchester City (ENG) 4 – 2
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) – Brest (FRA) 2 – 0
AC Milan (ITA) – Girona (ESP) 1 – 0
Sparta Prague (CZE) – Inter Milan (ITA) 0 – 1
Real Madrid (ESP) – RB Salzburg (AUT) 5 – 1
Feyenoord (Netherlands) – Bayern Munich (Germany) 3 – 0
Arsenal (Angleterre) – Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 3 – 0
Celtic (SCO) – Young Boys (SUI) 1 – 0
RB Leipzig (GER) – Sporting Portugal (POR) 2 – 1
Ranking
Pts Bp Bc Dif
1. Liverpool (ENGLAND) 21 15 2 13
2. FC Barcelona (ESP) 18 26 11 15
3. Arsenal (England) 16 14 2 12
4. Inter Milan (ITA) 16 8 1 7
5. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 15 16 11 5
6. AC Milan (ITA) 15 13 9 4
7. Bergamo Attack (ITA)
8. Bayer Leverkusen (ALLEM) 13 13 7 6
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9. Aston Villa (ENGLAND) 13 9 4 5
10. Monaco (FRA) 13 13 10 3
11. Feyenoord (NED) 13 17 15 2
12. Lille (FRA) 13 11 9 2
13. Brest (FRA) 13 10 8 2
14. Dortmund (GER) 12 19 11 8
15. Bayern Munich (GER) 12 17 11 6
-16. Real Madrid (ESP) 12 17 12 5
17. Juventus Turin (ITA) 12 9 5 4
18. Celtic (SCO) 12 11 10 1
19. PSV Eindhoven (NED) 11 13 10 3
20. Club Bruges (BEL) 11 6 8 -2
21. Benfica (POR) 10 14 12 2
22. Paris SG (FRA) 10 10 8 2
23. Sporting Portugal (POR) 10 12 11 1
24. Stuttgart (Germany) 10 12 13 -1
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25. Manchester City (ANGLETERRE) 8 15 13 2
26. Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 8 10 18 -8
27. Shakhtar Donetsk (Royaume-Uni) 7 7 13 -6
28. Bologna (ITA) 5 3 8 -5
29. Sparta Prague (CZE) 4 7 19 -12
30. RB Leipzig (GER) 3 8 14 -6
31. Girona (ESP) 3 4 11 -7
32. Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 3 12 22 -10
33. Sturm Graz (AUT) 3 4 14 -10
34. RB Salzburg (AUT) 3 4 23 -19
35. Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 0 6 24 -18
36. Young boys (SUI) 0 3 23 -20
Program for the 8th and final day of the league phase
(all meetings simultaneously on January 29 at 9:00 p.m.)
Stuttgart (GER) – Paris SG (FRA)
Brest (FRA) – Real Madrid (ESP)
Lille (FRA) – Feyenoord (NED)
Inter Milan (ITA) – Monaco (FRA)
Sturm Graz (AUT) – RB Leipzig (GER)
RB Salzbourg (AUT) – Atlético Madrid (ESP)
PSV Eindhoven (NED) – Liverpool (ENG)
Juventus Turin (ITA) – Benfica (POR)
Young Boys (SUI) – Red Star Belgrade (SRB)
Gerone (ESP) – Arsenal (ANG)
Dortmund (GER) – Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – AC Milan (ITA)
Bayern Munich (GER) – Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER) – Sparta Prague (CZE)
FC Barcelona (ESP) – Atalanta Bergamo (ITA)
Sporting Portugal (POR) – Bologne (ITA)
Manchester City (ENG) – Club Bruges (BEL)
Aston Villa (England) – Celtic (Scotland)
Note that each club plays against eight different opponents (four home matches and four away matches). The top eight qualify directly for the round of 16. the clubs classified from 9th to 24th places play play-offs to reach the round of 16. Teams ranked higher than 24th are eliminated.
