Bayern Munich cruised previous Viktoria Plzen 4-2, placing them by way of to the knockout stage of the Champions League after punishing the Czech champions throughout a ruthless first-half show.
The victory mixed with Barcelona’s 3-3 draw with Internazionale put Bayern by way of to the knockout stage whereas confirming the hosts’ exit. Bayern, who’ve now gone a record-extending 32 group matches within the competitors with out defeat, struck first after 10 minutes when Sadio Mané performed a one-two with Leon Goretzka earlier than placing the ball within the web.
An unmarked Thomas Müller doubled the guests’ lead, earlier than Goretzka nabbed two targets to spherical off the scoring for Bayern. Adam Vlkanova and Jan Kliment pulled targets again for the house aspect within the second half.
Napoli saved up their 100% report within the Champions League group section and secured progress to the knockout levels by beating Ajax 4-2 on the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.
Early targets from Hirving Lozano and Giacomo Raspadori put the Serie A leaders comfortably forward by the 16-minute mark and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia added a second-half penalty after Davy Klaassen had pulled one again for Ajax.
The Dutch membership made a determined bid for a share of the spoils as Steven Bergwijn transformed an 83rd-minute penalty to carry the rating again to 3-2 however a horrible defensive error allowed Victor Osimhen to attain Napoli’s fourth within the remaining minute.
Napoli’s 12-point haul means they’re assured a top-two end in Group A, having scored 17 targets in 4 matches. Elsewhere within the part, Liverpool demolished Rangers 7-1 to place themselves some extent away from qualification.
Membership Brugge reached the knockout spherical after a 0-0 draw in opposition to Atlético Madrid assured them a top-two spot in Group B. Atlético squandered a string of probabilities as they prolonged their winless streak within the competitors to a few video games.
Elsewhere within the group, Porto’s Galeno scored one aim and earned two penalties for Mehdi Taremi to transform as they cruised to a 3-0 victory at Bayer Leverkusen, taking on second place with two matches remaining.
With supervisor Xabi Alonso making his Champions League debut on the Leverkusen bench, the German aspect shortly discovered themselves a aim behind after six minutes. Strive as they may the hosts couldn’t get again into the sport with Porto keeper Diogo Costa pulling off a number of excellent saves.
Porto’s win lifted them into second place on six factors, Leverkusen are in fourth place on three factors with solely an outdoor probability of qualifying. Atlético are third on 4.
In Group D, Marseille boosted their possibilities of reaching the final 16 with a 2-0 victory at nine-man Sporting. Mattéo Guendouzi and Alexis Sánchez scored earlier than the break as Sporting, who misplaced Ricardo Esgaio and Pedro Gonçalves to crimson playing cards both aspect of the interval.
The end result put Marseille in second place on six factors, one behind Tottenham who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2. Sporting are third on six factors, two forward of Eintracht.
