Paulo Fonseca, AC Milan coachcommented on the Rossoneri club’s official channels on the 3-2 victory over Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League: “We won well, three victories in a row in the Champions League is positive. It’s true that we had some problems, especially in the first half, but we should have won tonight. At 3-2 there was a clear foul and the referee made a mistake. We could have had a better goal difference.”
On continuity in Europeadds Fonseca: “We won the last three, this is important. Now we have three more very important games. Today we changed many players, some struggled, but today we had to win and we did it.” The Milan coach concludes by focusing on the upcoming matches: “We have many matches. We have to manage the players. Maybe we can see some differences, but I’m satisfied with those who played.”
The updated Champions League standings
1. Liverpool 12 (dr +9)
2. Sporting CP 10 (dr +7)
3. Monaco 10 (dr +6)
4. Brest 10 (dr +6)
5. Inter 10 (dr +6)
6. Barcelona 9 (dr +10)
7. Borussia Dortmund 9 (dr +7)
8. Aston Villa 9 (dr +5)
9. Atletico Madrid 9 (right +2)*
10. Milan 9 (DR +2)*
11. Atalanta 8 (dr +5)
12. Manchester City 7 (dr +6)
13. Juventus 7 (dr +2)
14. Arsenal 7 (dr +2)
15. Bayer Leverkusen 7 (dr +1)
16. Lille 7 (dr +1)
17. Celtic 7 (dr 0)
18. Dinamo Zagreb 7 (dr -2)
19. Bayern Munich 6 (dr +4)
20. Real Madrid 6 (dr +2)
21. Benfica 6 (dr +2)
22. Feyenoord 6 (dr -3)
23. Club Brugge 6 (dr -3)
24. PSV 5 (r +2)
25. Paris Saint-Germain 4 (dr -2)
26. Stuttgart 4 (dr -3)
27. Shakhtar 4 (dr -3)
28. Sparta Prague 4 (dr -9)*
29. Girona 3 (dr -4)
30. Salzburg 3 (dr -7)
31. Bologna 1 (dr -5)
32. RB Leipzig 0 (dr -5)
33. Sturm Graz 0 (dr -5)
34. Young Boys 0 (dr -10)
35. Red Star 0 (dr -12)
36. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -14)*
*one more game
The program and results for Tuesday 26 November
Slovan Bratislava-Milan 2-3
Sparta Prague-Atletico Madrid 0-6
9.00pm Inter-Leipzig
9.00pm Young Boys-Atalanta
9.00pm Bayern Munich-Paris Saint-Germain
9.00pm Manchester City-Feyenoord
9.00pm Sporting CP-Arsenal
9.00pm Barcelona-Brest
9.00pm Bayer Leverkusen-Salzburg
The program for Wednesday 27 November
18.45 Red Star-Stuttgart
18.45 Sturm Graz-Girona
9.00pm Aston Villa-Juventus
9.00pm Bologna-Lille
9.00pm Celtic Glasgow-Club Brugge
9.00pm Dinamo Zagreb-Borussia Dortmund
9.00pm Liverpool-Real Madrid
9.00pm Monaco-Benfica
21.00 PSV-Shakthar Donetsk
The rules: who advances to the round of 16?
The top eight teams in the championship phase will automatically qualify for the round of 16, while the teams ranked from 9th to 24th will compete in direct elimination play-offs with home and away matches to fill the round of 16 grid. Teams finishing 25th or lower will be eliminated without access to the UEFA Europa League.