Incredible match at the Parc des Princes: Under the downpour, everyone starts in the second half with the double English advantage signed by Grealish and Haaland. Then, Parisian remuntada with the high notes of Dembélé, Barcola, João Neves and Gonçalo Ramos. Real Madrid beat Salzburg 5-1, while Bayern Munich fell badly 3-0 in Rotterdam against Feyenoord. Arsenal also had a hat-trick against Fabio Cannavaro’s Dinamo Zagreb. Celtic prevailed in the 86th minute against Young Boys and qualified for the playoffs.
PSG-Manchester City 4-2
Gol: 50′ Grealish (P), 53′ Haaland (M). 56′ O. Dembélé (P), 60′ Barcola (P), 78′ João Neves (P), 90’+3 Gonçalo Ramos (P).
Crazy comeback by PSG against Manchester City, from 0-2 to 4-2 with development taking place entirely during the second half. In the 50th minute, substitute Grealish beats Donnarumma in a back-and-forth in the penalty area; 3′ after Haaland, following a deflection into the area by João Neves at the suggestion of the usual Grealish, puts it in the back of the bag from two steps. Then the light goes out for Guardiola’s band: already in the 56th minute, a right goal by Ousmane Dembélé following a gallop to the left by Barcola who, in the 60th minute, scores into an empty net off the crossbar hit by Doué’s right-footed shot. João Neves made it 3-2 in the 78th minute with a diving header from a free kick from the right by Vitinha. Finally, in full injury time, 4-2 scored by Gonçalo Ramos, who angles the right plate a lot. The latter goal was validated after a long VAR check which established that the Portuguese, apparently offside on his return, had actually been served by a shoulder shot from Gvardiol. Luis Enrique reaches 10 points, overtaking Guardiola himself, with 90′ to go, at 8, out of the playoff zone. The last match was decisive, at home against Club Bruges.
Pep Guardiola’s frustration during PSG-Manchester City
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Real Madrid-RB Salzburg 5-1
Gol: 23′ and 34′ Rodrygo (R), 48′ Mbappé (R), 55′ and 77′ Juonior Vinicius (R), 85′ Bidstrup (S).
MADRID – Everything was easy for Ancelotti’s Real Madrid, who beat Salzburg and moved to 12 points, -2 from the top 8 with 90′ to go. Extraordinary Rodrygo and Junior Vinicius, authors of a brace and supported by the assists of the various Bellinghams (double assist, the one from the heel of the momentary 2-0), Modric and Valverde. In the middle, for the 3-0, Mbappé also scored, taking advantage of a mix-up with the feet of the opposing goalkeeper Blaswich. The guest flag’s goal came with a hand volley from Bidstrup in the 85th minute following an assist from the right by Dedic. At the Bernabéu it ends 5-1.
Vinícius Jr. during Real Madrid-Salzburg.
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Feyenoord-Bayern Monaco 3-0
Gol: 21′ and 45’+10 Santiago Gimenez (F), 89′ Ueda (F)
ROTTERDAM – Feyenoord surprisingly scores a hat-trick against Vincent Kompany’s Bayern Munich. The match was suspended for a few minutes in the first half due to fog from smoke bombs from a De Kuip seething with passion. Local advantage in the 21st minute with Santiago Giménez: the Mexican striker receives a long pass from Smal, makes fun of a cumbersome former Napoli player Kim and beats Neuer on the way out. Jiménez who made it 2-0 on a penalty during injury time in the first half and awarded for a trip by Guerreiro (who replaced the injured Davies) on Stengs. The Japanese Ueda closes the score, well served by Milambo. Brian Priske’s Feyenoord, on 13, overtakes Bayern, who remains on 12.
Feyenoord
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The others
The other hat-trick of the day was given by Arsenal to Fabio Cannavaro’s Dinamo Zagreb, making his debut on the Croatian bench. Martinelli scored at the start of the match, Havertz (header on an assist from Martinelli himself) and captain Ødegaard, with a knee in full recovery and an assist from Trossard’s little hand. Gunners third on 16 points, Croatians who – at 8 – can still hope for a playoff place in case of victory (in Zagreb) in the last match against Milan.
Celtic saw Furuhashi’s 3 goals canceled out, wasted a penalty with Engels (neutralized by Keller), but then averted the haunted evening in the 86th minute with Benito’s own goal, winning 1-0 over Young Boys and seizing the playoffs by hooking Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Juventus are on 12 points.
Celtic’s Adam Idah (L) celebrates with Reo Hatate after an own goal by Young Boys’ Loris Benito makes it 1-0 during a UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD7 match between Celtic and BSC Young Boys at Celtic Park, on January 22, 2025, in Glasgow,
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In the matches at 6.45pm, Leipzig’s first three points: 2-1 at home to Sporting Lisbon, at 10 points and still one step away from the playoffs. Shakhtar Donetsk is still hoping, rising to 7 points by beating Brest 2-0. French at 13 and already certain of the playoffs and with still a chance to play for direct passage to the round of 16.
Shakhtar Donetsk-Brest
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