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Lionel Messi scored his 106th goal in the Champions League
Paris Saint-Germain won a major victory in the so-called "death group" of the Champions League and placed Liverpool in the race. The French champions beat last season's finalists 2-1 on Wednesday night, allowing them to reach the last sixteen games. The English are only third in the standings before the last lap.
Leading the group is Napoli, who won the game at home by beating Red Star Belgrade 3-1. The Italians have nine points, followed by PSG with eight goals and Liverpool with six. On the last day of the match, December 11, Liverpool will face Napoli at Anfield, while PSG will be in last place in Belgrade.
The ticket for the round of 16 in the bag after Wednesday's matches Atletico Madrid (2-0 against Monaco), Borussia Dortmund (0-0 against Bruges), Schalke 04 and FC Porto, who beat Gelsenkirchner 3: 1, Barcelona were already ahead of a 2-1 win at PSV Eindhoven – Lionel Messi scored his 106th goal in the queen category – as promoted. Tottenham kept his chance with a 1-0 home victory over Inter Milan.
Liverpool offered his star attack in Prince Park with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino. But the emphasis has been on PSG from the start. The French champions were very early rewarded in the 13th minute, when Juan Bernat moved to the center and hit the Liverpool goalkeeper, Alisson, on the wrong foot, with a low shot.
In Paris, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe were among the starting eleven. The duo had returned to training after injuries on an international mission only Monday. In a firm offer, both superstars made a preliminary decision. After a double pbad with Neymar Mbappe has moved to the left. After his center, Edinson Cavani, always failed Alisson, Neymar was dusted (37.).
Liverpool had to see until the break little. Angel di Maria gave the "Reds" an impetuous attack on Mane, but his luck was still in focus. James Milner (45. + 1) beat Gianluigi Buffon safely in stoppage time. The guests were back in the game and improved in the second half of the game. PSG had to fight for success, the offensive was seen only very little by the French. They applauded the euphoric final whistle.
In Naples, the guests were able to convince. Captain Marek Hamsik (11) quickly advanced Napoli into a corner. Napoli did not concentrate after that, but another goal from Dries Mertens (33.) showed conditions on the pitch. Mertens continued after the break from the side before Red Star got shorter.
Koke started
Atletico set the rise against Monaco. A deflected shot of Koke entered the second door in the Monégas gate. Antoine Griezmann broke in the 24th minute. In the second half, Atletico went back. After 83 minutes Radamel Falcao replaced his old club with a penalty for the hand. Dortmund faced Bruges with a pulled handbrake. The draw was enough for Borussia, so the local team acted accordingly. Bruges was also deeply involved in his half of the match. Tor did not want to fall in love with the leader of the Bundesliga.
Barcelona was allowed to call before the start in Eindhoven already KO. The Catalans acted with restraint. Samuel Umtiti was gone, the French world champion is suffering from knee exhaustion. In 44 minutes of play, the Dutch faced the metal twice in the space of a short time. Lionel Messi had seen enough. After trading with Ousmane Dembele, the Argentine has found the gap between three defenders and reduced (61.). Gerard Pique (70.) scored 2 – 0 after a free kick by Messi. Luuk de Jong (83) shortened the score on arrival.
Tottenham surprised
Behind Barcelona, Tottenham beat Inter for the expected win. Christian Eriksen scored in the 80th minute at Wembley for the "Spurs", who are now tied for points in Milan. At the end of the group, Tottenham will be in Barcelona, Inter will host Eindhoven.
Porto against Schalke was from the start a duel between two clubs, which had the round of eight in eight. The second group match that had previously taken place between Lok Moscow and Galatasaray was over on a score of 2: 0 for the Russians. At Schalke, Alessandro Schöpf was sitting on the bench, Guido Burgstaller was not in the team. The attacker was suffering from an irritation of the Achilles tendon, as Schalke announced shortly before kick-off.
Porto scored after a scoreless first half from Eder Militao (52) and Jesus Corona (55) in double decisive strokes. Schöpf came into play after one hour. More than the late goal by Nabil Bentaleb, the penalty missed the royal blues. On arrival, Porto scored the third goal.
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