The Champions League’s first part is drawing to a detailed however there may be nonetheless lots to play for throughout the continent.
England’s high two have been in motion on Wednesday and each on the hunt for 3 large factors to solidify their locations in the direction of the highest eight.
Arsenal overcame Monaco, beating them 1-0 on the Emirates, whereas Manchester Metropolis misplaced once more, this time by the hands of Juventus.
The opposite headline act of the night time was in Germany as Borussia Dortmund took on Barcelona.
Each groups sit throughout the high eight locations having misplaced one sport, nevertheless it was all to play for in entrance of BVB’s well-known Yellow Wall.
Learn on to see how these European giants, in addition to the opposite groups in motion, bought on.
Borussia Dortmund 2-3 Barcelona
⭐️⭐️⭐️ FULL TIME! ⭐️⭐️⭐️#BVBBarça | @ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/Exn2JGwRw5
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 11, 2024
Dortmund and Barcelona performed out a thriller, with the guests popping out on high.
Barca took the lead by means of Raphinha early within the second half, earlier than Serhou Guirassy hit again a couple of minutes later.
Ferran Torres’ aim was then cancelled out by Guirassy once more however the Spaniard netted an Eighty fifth-minute winner for Hansi Flick’s males.
Atletico Madrid 3-1 Slovan Bratislava
Atletico Madrid continued their cost in the direction of the highest eight with a win towards Slovan Bratislava.
The Spanish aspect went two objectives forward by means of strikes from Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann earlier than David Strelec pulled one again from the penalty spot.
However a second aim from Griezmann ensured Diego Simeone’s aspect picked up all three factors.
Lille 3-2 Sturm Graz
Lille adopted within the footsteps of Atletico by scoring three and profitable their match.
The French aspect beat Sturm Graz 3-2 because of objectives from Osame Sahraoui, Mitchel Bakker and Hakon Arnar Haraldsson.
Otar Kiteishvili and Mika Biereth bought on the scoresheet for the guests nevertheless it was not sufficient for them to return away with any factors.
AC Milan 2-1 Pink Star Belgrade
A late, late winner and we take all 3 factors! 🤩#ACMFKCZ #UCL #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/LRxKkOJYDS
— AC Milan (@acmilan) December 11, 2024
AC Milan moved inside touching distance of the highest eight within the Champions League by beating Pink Star Belgrade.
Rafael Leao opened the scoring within the forty second minute earlier than the Italian aspect have been pegged again by Nemanja Radonjic.
However Tammy Abraham got here to the rescue within the 87th minute to earn the Rossoneri all three factors.
Benfica 0-0 Bologna
Benfica and Bologna performed out a goalless attract Portugal.
The hosts managed 15 pictures however solely manufactured two large probabilities.
Bologna had an xG of 0.24, whereas Benfica had 1.23.
Feyenoord 4-2 Sparta Prague
Loved the trip. 🙂↕#feyacs • #UCL pic.twitter.com/GLu6MiG6qM
— Feyenoord Rotterdam (@Feyenoord) December 11, 2024
Feyenoord scored 4 to beat Sparta Prague at dwelling.
There have been 4 completely different goalscorers for the Dutch aspect, with three of their objectives coming within the first half.
Sparta Prague tried to rally, scoring both aspect of half-time nevertheless it was not sufficient to dent a hungry Feyenoord aspect.
VfB Stuttgart 5-1 Younger Boys
German aspect Stuttgart made simple work of Younger Boys.
5 objectives from 5 completely different scorers put the sport to mattress early within the second half, regardless of the hosts going 1-0 down six minutes in.
An equaliser within the twenty fifth minute adopted by 4 second-half objectives marked a dominant efficiency from the Bundesliga membership.
