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Aston Villa, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Inter Milan joined the likes of Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League last 16.
UEFA Champions League: Arsenal and Atletico Madrid through to last 16 (AP)
Arsenal and Atletico Madrid secured a spot in the Champions League round of 16 as Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain got seeded spot in the playo-offs.
Girona Vs Arsenal
Arsenal rallied from a goal down to win 2-1 at Girona on Wednesday thanks to goals from Jorginho and Ethan Nwaneri. The north London side picked up their sixth win in eight games to finish third in the league phase with 19 points and avoid a two-legged playoff in the next round.
Arsenal looked dominant from the outset but it was the hosts who opened the scoring in the 28th minute when Arnaut Danjuma capitalised on a poor run by goalkeeper Neto to strike into the far corner.
Jorginho equalised with a clinical spot kick 10 minutes later following an Arnau Martinez foul on Thomas Partey before Nwaneri put the visitors ahead with a superb curling effort from the edge of the box in the 42nd minute.
Girona pushed for an equaliser late in the game and Cristhian Stuani thought he had pulled the score level but saw his 76th-minute strike disallowed for offside.
Raheem Sterling squandered a golden chance to add a third goal for Arsenal in stoppage time when he saw his penalty kick saved by goalkeeper Pau Lopez after a clear handball by Alejandro Frances.
RB Salzburg Vs Atletico
Atletico Madrid booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a top-eight finish and automatic qualification after a decisive 4-0 win over RB Salzburg on Wednesday including a double from Antoine Griezmann.
The win left Atletico fifth in the standings, with their opponents in the next round to be determined after the playoffs.
Salzburg, 34th and third from bottom, exit the competition with just three points from eight games.
Giuliano Simeone, son of coach Diego Simeone, got Atletico off to a dream start, opening the scoring with a right-footed shot inside the first five minutes, assisted by Julian Alvarez.
The 22-year-old winger was again instrumental eight minutes later, sending in a brilliant cross that Griezmann converted.
Griezmann struck again on the stroke of half-time, finishing off a Samuel Lino counter-attack.
Marcos Llorente rounded off the scoring on 63 minutes with a right-footed shot into the bottom left-hand corner after a quick break by Rodrigo de Paul. The hosts grabbed a consolation goal in the 91st minute through Adam Daghim.
VFB Stuttgart Vs PSG
Ousmane Dembele scored a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain romped to a 4-1 win at Stuttgart on Wednesday and qualified for the Champions League knockout stages.
PSG were at risk of elimination after a disappointing group stage, with three losses and a draw, but were utterly dominant against an outclassed Stuttgart side as they confirmed their place in the play-off round.
Bayern Vs Slovan Bratislava
Bayern Munich eased past Slovan Bratislava 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday but the Germans missed out on a top-eight finish and automatic qualification and will go into a playoff for a spot in the Round of 16.
UEFA Champions League results
- Sporting Lisbon (POR) 1 (Harder 77) Bologna (ITA) 1 (Pobega 21)
- Manchester City (ENG) 3 (Kovacic 53, Ordonez 62-og, Savinho 77) Club Brugge (BEL) 1 (Onyedika 45)
- Aston Villa (ENG) 4 (Rogers 3, 5, 90+1, Watkins 60) Celtic (SCO) 2 (Idah 36, 38)
- Juventus (ITA) 0 Benfica (POR) 2 (Pavlidis 16, Kokcu 80)
- Young Boys (SUI) 0 Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 1 (Kanga 69)
- Inter Milan (ITA) 3 (Martinez 4-pen, 16, 67) Monaco (FRA) 0
- Girona (ESP) 1 (Danjuma 28) Arsenal (ENG) 2 (Jorginho 38-pen, Nwaneri 42)
- Borussia Dortmund (GER) 3 (Guirassy 17, 44, Bensebaini 79) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1 (Marlon 50)
- Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 2 (Baturina 19, Pjaca 60) AC Milan (ITA) 1 (Pulisic 53)
- Brest (FRA) 0 Real Madrid (ESP) 3 (Rodrygo 27, 78, Bellingham 56)
- Bayern Munich (GER) 3 (Mueller 8, Kane 63, Coman 84) Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 1 (Tolic 90)
- Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 2 (Wirtz 32, Tella 64) Sparta Prague (CZE) 0
- Barcelona (ESP) 2 (Yamal 47, Araujo 72) Atalanta (ITA) 2 (Ederson 67, Pasalic 79)
- Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) 1 (Daghim 90+1) Atletico Madrid (ESP) 4 (Simeone 5, Griezmann 13, 45+1, Llorente 63)
- PSV Eindhoven (NED) 3 (Bakayoko 35, Saibari 45, Pepi 45+6) Liverpool (ENG) 2 (Gakpo 28-pen, Elliott 40)
- Stuttgart (GER) 1 (Fuehrich 77) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 4 (Barcola 6, Dembele 17, 35, 54)
- Sturm Graz (AUT) 1 (Malic 42) RB Leipzig (GER) 0
- Lille (FRA) 6 (Sahraoui 4, Trauner 38-og, 76-og, Gomes 57, David 74, Cabella 80) Feyenoord (NED) 1 (Gimenez 14)
- Location :
London, United Kingdom (UK)
