Liverpool remain the only team with a 100 per cent record in the Champions League after five rounds, but Inter and Atalanta are very close to securing qualification while Milan leapfrog Juventus.
The top eight will go directly into the Round of 16, while the teams from ninth to 24th will face each other in a play-off stage.
As for the sides in the bottom sector, they are simply eliminated from Europe at the end of this phase.
Liverpool beat Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid 2-0 this evening and are on 15 points, so effectively already guaranteed at the very least a play-off spot.
epa11742487 Mateo Retegui (ATA) scores his side’s fourth goal beside Mohamed Ali Camara (YB), right, and Sandro Lauper (YB) during the UEFA Champions League soccer match between Switzerland’s BSC Young Boys and Italy’s Atalanta Bergamo, at the Wankdorf stadium in Bern, Switzerland, 26 November 2024. EPA-EFE/PETER KLAUNZER
The biggest surprises are Real Madrid on six points and Paris Saint-Germain with just four, on the verge of elimination in January.
There are another three games to be played in this Champions League phase.
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