Champions League matchday eight: live coverage of the final league phase

Live, goal-by-goal coverage of Champions League matchday eight — the final night of the league phase — with all 36 teams in action across 18 simultaneous fixtures, all kicking off at 8pm on Wednesday, according to the live coverage. This is the sophomore season of the Champions League’s Swiss model.

The top eight teams go straight through to the round of 16; teams finishing ninth to 24th go into a playoff round (the draw for which takes place on Friday); and teams finishing 25th to 36th are eliminated. For example, with the current positions Manchester City (11th) and Atletico Madrid (12th) would play either Monaco (21st) or PSV Eindhoven (22nd), and the winners of those ties would then play Spurs (5th) or Paris Saint-Germain (6th) in the last 16.

The table is tight: only two points separate Real Madrid in third and Atalanta in 13th. Arsenal and Bayern Munich have already qualified for the last 16, while the rest remain with work to do. City are the only English team outside the top eight going into tonight’s games.

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