AS Monaco edged out Aston Villa 1-0 at home in the Champions League on Tuesday with an early goal from Wilfried Singo as the Ligue 1 side secured its first victory of the year.
Atalanta have earned first win since before Christmas, and, unsurprisingly, Charles De Ketelaere has been at the heart of it, with another Champions League goal. In putting his side 3-0 up against Sturm Graz,
Barcelona miss the chance to finish top of the league phase of the Champions League as they draw with Atalanta, who drop into the play-off round.
The evergreen Robert Lewandowski, 36, is top of the competition's scoring charts this season - but at the other end of the age scale, it is 17-year-old Lamine Yamal, a star for Spain at Euro 2024, who has been conjuring up memories of Lionel Messi with his performances.
Liverpool may have missed out on perfection but Arne Slot's side still topped the Champions League league phase table. Having won their opening seven games, defeat by PSV Eindhoven prevented the Reds from becoming the competition's 14th team to win all of their group-stage games in a season.
Find out who is missing through injury and who is in a race against time to prove their fitness in the next round of the UEFA Champions League.
They will await the winners of eight two-legged knockout play-off ties featuring the clubs ranked from ninth to 24th. Those finishing between ninth and 16th will be seeded and face a team placed 17th to 24th, with the advantage of playing the second leg at home.
Arsenal have turned their attention to Ollie Watkins as the Gunners try to secure January reinforcements for Mikel Arteta's attack. The Gunners are long term admirers of Watkins, who has scored 69 goals in 169 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa since joining the club in the summer of 2020.
Wednesday’s mouth-watering UEFA Champions League showdown between Barcelona and Atalanta is a landmark occasion for the home side. Indeed, La Dea will become a competition-record 159th different
Diego Carlos had the raw materials and pedigree when he signed - his time at Villa was punctuated by extreme highs and lows