Barcelona wins a very complicated match in Dortmund and qualifies for the next round Champions Leagueby virtue of the advantage over 24th place, occupied by Dinamo Zagreb. Arsenal are also close to passing, rising to third place overall in the rankings with tonight’s success, while Milan and Juve are on the rise, now in 12th and 14th place. Among them, curiously, Atalanta: the three Italian teams will be expected by two final rounds of fire with a view to qualifying among the top eight. Mathematically outside Leipzig, Slovan Bratislava and Young Boys: for them only defeats and after six matchdays, it is not enough to continue in the competition. This is the Champions League standings following the evening’s results:
The updated ranking
1. Liverpool 18 (dr +12)
2. Barcelona 15 (dr +14)
3. Arsenal 13 (dr +9)
4. Bayer Leverkusen 13 (dr +7)
5. Aston Villa 13 (dr +6)
6. Inter 13 (dr +6)
7. Brest 13 (dr +4)
8. Lilac 13 (dr +3)
9. Borussia Dortmund 12 (dr +9)
10. Bayern Munich 12 (dr +9)
11. Atletico Madrid 12 (dr +4)
12. Milan 12 (dr +3)
13. Atalanta 11 (dr +9)
14. Juventus 11 (dr +4)
15. Benfica 10 (dr +3)
16. Monaco 10 (dr +2)
17. Sporting 10 (dr +2)
18. Feyenoord 10 (dr -1)
19. Bruges 10 (dr -2)
20. Real Madrid 9 (dr 1)
21. Celtic 9 (dr 0)
22. Manchester City 8 (dr +4)
23. PSV 8 (r +2)
24. Dinamo Zagreb 8 (dr -5)
25. PSG 7 (dr 0)
26. Stuttgart 7 (dr -3)
27. Shakhtar Donetsk 4 (dr -8)
28. Sparta Prague 4 (dr -11)
29. Sturm Graz 3 (dr -5)
30. Girona 3 (dr -6)
31. Stella Rossa 3 (dr -9)
32. Salzburg 3 (dr -15)
33. Bologna 2 (dr -6)
34. Leipzig 0 (dr -7)
35. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -16)
36. Young Boys 0 (dr -19)
Wednesday 11 December
Atletico Madrid – Slovan Bratislava 3-1
(16′ Alvarez, 42′, 57′ Griezmann (A), 51′ Strelec (S))
Lille – Sturm Graz 3-2
(38′ Sahraoui (L), 45+2′ Bakker (L), 45+4′ Kiteishvili (S), 47′ Biereth (S), 81′ Haraldsson (L))
Juventus – Manchester City 2-0
(53′ Vlahovic, 75′ McKennie)
Milan – Red Star 2-1
(42′ Leao (M), 67′ Radonjic (S), 86′ Abraham (M))
Benfica – Bologna 0-0
Borussia Dortmund – Barcelona 2-3
(53′ Raphinha (Ba), 60′, 78′ Guirassy (Bo), 75′, 85′ Torres (Ba))
Arsenal – Monaco 3-0
(35′, 78′ Saka, 88′ Havertz)
Stuttgart – Young Boys 5-1
(6′ Lakony (Y), 25′ Stiller (S), 53′ Millot (S), 62′ Fuhrich (S), 66′ Vagnoman (S), 76′ Keitel (S))
Feyenoord – Sparta Prague 4-2
(8′ Trauner (F), 10′ Paixao (F), 30′ Hadj (F), 43′ Rrahmani (S), 63′ Gimenez (F), 79′ aut. Beelen (S))