AC Milan and Atalanta have slipped automatic qualification places for the Champions League of 16 tonight while Aston Villa and Lille replaced them in the top eight.
Milan started the day in sixth place, but dropped 2-1 in Dinamo Zagreb. The goal of Martin Baturina’s 19th minute put the hosts in front and the dismissal of Yunus Musah six minutes before the break, he made things even more difficult for the Rossoneri.
Christian Pulisic equalized eight minutes in the second half only so that Marko Pjaca won for the local team on time.
Atalanta produced a stick display against Barcelona, but a 2-2 draw was not enough.
Lamine Yamal and Ronald Araujo marked the side of Hansi Flick with Ederson and Mario Pasalic on the target for the winners of the Europa League.
Liverpool takes first place 📈
Aston Villa Secure Automatic Qualification ✅
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Rogers Downs Celtic
Atalanta would have hoped for a Celtic victory at Villa Park, but it should not be like a hat-trick by Morgan Rogers was the inspiration behind the 4-2 victory of the local team.
Lille produced an even more emphatic victory, hammering Feyenoord 6-1 with a Gernot traumor marking two its own goals.
Manchester City obtained the victory they needed to secure a place of playoffs, striking from 1-0 to half-time to beat the 3-1 club Brugge 3-1 thanks to the efforts of Mateo Kovacic and Savinho on each side of a goal from Joel Ordonnez.
The Brugge club did it enough earlier in the competition to also be qualified.
Stuttgart was the team to be missed after a 4-1 defeat at home to rejuvenate Paris Saint-Germain, for whom Ousmane Dembele marked a hat-trick.
Top Finite of Liverpool
Liverpool ended up at the top despite the loss of 3-2 at PSV Eindhoven, Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott on the target for a very changed Liverpool side.
Rodrygo scored twice and Jude Bellingham once when Real Madrid won 3-0 in Brest while Harry Kane was among the scorers while Bayern Munich beat Slovan Bratislava 3-1.
Automatic qualifiers for the 16 final
Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa
Seeds teams in the playoffs
Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Bayern. Munich, AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica
Non -session teams in playoffs
Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Manchester City, Sporting CP, Club Brugge
Eliminated
Dinamo Zagreb, Stuttgart, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bologna, Red Star Belgrade, Sturm Graz, Sparta Prague, RB Leipzig, Girona, Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava, Young Boys
