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Champions League- Manchester United, Basel, Roma & Juventus all qualify for the round of sixteen
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Group A
Manchester United came from behind to register a 2-1 win over CSKA Moscow and to secure themselves as Group A winners. CSKA took a shock lead on the stroke of half-time through Vitinho, but United fought back in the second half with two well-taken goals in two minutes through Lukaku and Rashford.
Basel booked their place in the round of sixteen with an impressive 2-0 away victory at Benfica. The Swiss side opened the scoring through the head of Mohamed Elyounoussi in the opening five minutes and secured the win just on the hour mark from the head of Dimitri Oberlin. As for Benfica they finish bottom of the group, having not registered a single point.
Group B
Bayern Munich brought the previously undefeated in the Champions League PSG back to earth with a hard-fought 3-1 win on Tuesday night. The Bundesliga leaders opened the scoring through Robert Lewandowski and then doubled their lead on the 37th minute via midfielder Tolisso. The Parisians pulled one back through the head of Mbappe on the 50th-minute mark, before Tolisso grabbed his second to seal a famous win for the Bavarians. Despite the defeat, PSG finished top due to superior goal difference.
Celtic qualified for the Europa league in third place despite losing 1-0 at home to Anderlecht. The Belgian side took the lead on the hour mark in fortuitous circumstances when Celtic defender Šimunović bundled the ball into the back of the net. Brendan Rodgers now march onto the Europa league, due to a superior head to head record over Anderlecht.
Group C
Roma qualified for the next stage of the Champions League with a 1-0 home win over bottom of the group Qarabag. The Azerbaijani side held out to the second half before Roma striker Diego Perotti nodded in the vital goal for Eusebio Di Francesco’s side.
Already qualified Chelsea played out a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid. The visitors took the lead early in the second half through midfielder Saúl Ñíguez, however, disaster struck for Diego Simeone’s side when Stefan Savić put the ball into his own net to level the match with fifteen minutes left to play. The draw means that Atletico has qualified for the last 32 of the Europa League.
Group D
Juventus booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a comfortable 2-0 win away to Olympiacos. Goals in either half from Juan Cuadrado and Federico Bernardeschi ensured that last season’s finalists made it to the knock out stages with relative ease.
Already qualified Barcelona eased to a 2-0 win over Sporting Lisbon, to ensure they finished the group stages undefeated. Paco Alcácer headed in the opener on the hour mark, before former Barca defender Jérémy Mathieu slotted into his own goal in second-half stoppage time.