AC Milan and Atalanta miss out as Aston Villa and Lille squeeze by means of

AC Milan and Atalanta slipped out of the automated qualifying locations for the Champions League spherical of 16 tonight as Aston Villa and Lille changed them within the prime eight.

Milan began the day in sixth place however went down 2-1 at Dinamo Zagreb. Martin Baturina’s Nineteenth-minute aim put the hosts in entrance and the dismissal of Yunus Musah six minutes earlier than the break made issues even tougher for the Rossoneri.

Christian Pulisic equalised eight minutes into the second half just for Marko Pjaca to win it for the house aspect on the hour mark.

Atalanta produced a batting show towards Barcelona however a 2-2 draw was not sufficient.

Lamine Yamal and Ronald Araujo netted for Hansi Flick’s aspect with Ederson and Mario Pasalic on the right track for the Europa League winners.

Liverpool take the highest spot 📈
Aston Villa safe automated qualification ✅
Man Metropolis are within the play-off levels 🤝

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Rogers downs Celtic

Atalanta would have been hoping for a Celtic win at Villa Park however it was to not be as a Morgan Rogers hat-trick was the inspiration behind the house aspect’s 4-2 win.

Lille produced an much more emphatic win, hammering Feyenoord 6-1 with Gernot Trauner scoring two personal targets.

Manchester Metropolis bought the win they wanted to safe a playoff place, hitting again from 1-0 down at half-time to beat Membership Brugge 3-1 because of efforts from Mateo Kovacic and Savinho both aspect of a Joel Ordonez personal aim. 

Membership Brugge did sufficient earlier within the competitors to additionally qualify.

Stuttgart have been the aspect to overlook out after a 4-1 defeat at dwelling to rejuvenated Paris Saint-Germain, for whom Ousmane Dembele scored a hat-trick.

Liverpool end prime

Liverpool completed prime regardless of shedding 3-2 at PSV Eindhoven, Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott on the right track for a much-changed Liverpool aspect.

Rodrygo scored twice and Jude Bellingham as soon as as Actual Madrid received 3-0 at Brest whereas Harry Kane was among the many scorers as Bayern Munich beat Slovan Bratislava 3-1.

Automated qualifiers for the spherical of 16

Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa

Playoff seeded groups

Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Actual Madrid, Bayern. Munich, AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica 

Playoff unseeded groups

Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Manchester Metropolis, Sporting CP, Membership Brugge

Eradicated

Dinamo Zagreb, Stuttgart, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bologna, Pink Star Belgrade, Sturm Graz, Sparta Prague, RB Leipzig, Girona, Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava, Younger Boys