A win, a draw and a defeat. This is the balance of the three Italians in the Champions League but Tuesday in the cup also gave us the thud of Manchester City, defeated by the United manager, who will remain at Sporting until 11 November. The final was 4-1, with a hat-trick from Gyokeres, increasingly decisive. Below are the rankings, results and Wednesday’s program.
The updated ranking.
1. Liverpool 12 (dr +9)*
2. Sporting 10 (dr +7)*
3. Monaco 10 (r +6)*
4. Borussia Dortmund 9 (dr +7)*
5. Aston Villa 9 (dr +6)
6. Manchester City 7 (dr +6)*
7. Brest 7 (dr +5)
8. Inter 7 (dr +5)
9. Arsenal 7 (dr +3)
10. Juventus 7 (dr +2)*
11. Bayer Leverkusen 7 (dr +1)*
12. Lilac 7 (right +1)*
13. Celtic 7 (dr 0)*
14. Dyn. Zagreb 7 (dr -2)*
15. Barcelona 6 (dr +7)
16. Benfica 6 (dr +3)
17. Real Madrid 6 (right +2)*
18. Milan 6 (DR +1)*
19. Feyenoord 6 (dr -1)
20. Atalanta 5 (dr +3)
21. PSV 5 (dr +2)*
22. Stuttgart 4 (dr -1)
23. PSG 4 (dr -1)
24. Sparta Prague 4 (dr -2)
25. Bayern 3 (dr +3)
26. Girona 3 (dr -4)*
27. Club Brugge 3 (dr -4)
28. Atl. Madrid 3 (dr -5)
29. Shakhtar 1 (dr -4)
30. Bologna 1 (dr -5)*
31. RB Leipzig 0 (dr -5)*
32. Sturm Graz 0 (dr -5)*
33. Red Star 0 (dr -9)
34. Salzburg 0 (dr -9)
35. Young Boys 0 (dr -9)
36. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -13)*
*one more game
The results for Tuesday 5 November
PSV – Girona 4-0
Slovan Bratislava – Dinamo Zagreb 1-4
Bologna – Monaco 0-1
Celtic – RB Leipzig 3-1
Dortmund – Sturm Graz 1-0
Lille – Juventus 1-1
Liverpool – Bayer Leverkusen 4-0
Real Madrid – Milan 1-3
Sporting – Manchester City 4-1
The program for Wednesday 6 November
6.45pm Club Brugge – Aston Villa
6.45pm Shakhtar Donetsk – Young Boys
9.00pm Bayern Munich – Benfica
9.00pm Feyenoord – Salzburg
9.00pm Inter – Arsenal
9.00pm PSG – Atletico Madrid
9.00pm Sparta Prague – Brest
9.00pm Red Star – Barcelona
9.00pm Stuttgart – Atalanta