Real Madrid, Manchester City Lock Up Champions League Last 16 Places
Actual Madrid and Manchester Metropolis each discovered the going powerful within the Champions League group stage on Tuesday night time however battled via to attracts that have been sufficient to qualify for the knockout phases. Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica additionally moved nearer to the final 16 with a draw at Parc des Princes, after Maccabi Haifa had earlier upset Juventus in the identical group. On a nasty night time for Italian titans, AC Milan performed virtually the entire match with 10 males as they misplaced at residence to Chelsea. In Copenhagen, Metropolis’s Riyad Mahrez wasted a twenty fifth minute penalty and 5 minutes later defender Sergio Gomez was despatched off. Pep Guardiola had rested a number of starters, together with Erling Haaland, with an eye fixed to the weekend’s assembly with Liverpool, and his staff failed to attain for the primary time in 24 video games, however the coach was content material. “To play one hour like that’s powerful. The gamers gave completely all the things,” Guardiola stated. Neither Copenhagen nor Sevilla has gained a recreation but in Group G and when the Spaniards drew 1-1 in Dortmund within the later match, it ensured Manchester…