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Leading the group is Napoli, who won the scheduled home win with a 3-1 victory over Belgrade Red Star. 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 and could rise thanks to a 1-0 win over the Italians. PSG is basically in Belgrade.
The ticket for the knockout phase in the bag was placed after penultimate round Atletico Madrid (2-0 against Monaco), Dortmund (0-0 against Bruges), Schalke and Porto, who beat Gelsenkirchner 3 : 1. Barcelona were already ahead of a 2-1 victory at PSV Eindhoven – Lionel Messi scored his 106th goal in CL – as promoted. Tottenham kept his chance with a 1-0 win over Inter Milan.
PSG rewards early
Liverpool attacked Prince Park with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino. However, the focus has been on PSG since the beginning, which has also been rewarded early. In the 13th minute, after a torrent, Juan Bernat moved to the center and hit Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson from a low shot on the wrong foot.
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 game also offering toughness, the two superstars took care of the second goal. After a double pass with Neymar Mbappe has moved to the left. After his cross, Edinson Cavani still failed Alisson, Neymar dusting himself off (37.).
Liverpool only manages to connect
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 (53 ') rose to 3: 0 after the break before Red Star was shortened by Ben El Fardou (57').
The Atletico against Monaco in safety
Atletico set the rise against Monaco. A deviated shot by Koke came in the second minute to the Monégas gate. Antoine Griezmann broke in the 24th minute. In the second half, Atletico went back. His substitute, Radamel Falcao, missed the game after 83 minutes, after having traded a penalty for the hand.
Dortmund faced Bruges with a pulled handbrake. The draw was enough for BVB, so the local team acted accordingly. Bruges was also deeply involved in his half of the match. A goal did not succeed the leaders of the German Bundesliga, with the entry into the round of 16, the first goal of the season without glory in recent weeks has been reached.
Tottenham preserves promotion opportunity
Barcelona was allowed to call before the start in Eindhoven already KO. The Catalans acted with restraint. In 44 minutes of play, the Dutch faced the metal twice in the space of a short time. Lionel Messi had seen enough. After playing with Ousmane Dembele, the Argentinean 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.
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 ensures the group victory
Porto against Schalke was from the start a duel between two clubs, which had the passage in the knockout phase in the bag. The second group match that had previously taken place between Lok Moscow and Galatasaray ended on a score of 2: 0 for the Russians, the Portuguese were like the Germans. At Schalke, Alessandro Schöpf was sitting on the bench, Guido Burgstaller was not in the team. The striker suffered from an Achilles tendon irritation, as Schalke had announced before the 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. Porto still managed the third goal thanks to Moussa Marega (94).
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