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Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have confirmed their trip to the knockout stage of the European Champions League on Wednesday. Arsenal are straight into the last 16.
Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa also made it to the top eight. Liverpool and Barcelona were in the top two positions. These eight teams will not have to play the play-off round of the new format.
18 matches of the tournament were held on the same day at the same time. City, who needed to avoid defeat to stay in the competition, beat Club Brugge 3-1. PSG won 4-2 over Stuttgart.
Similarly, Arsenal defeated Girona 2-1. Inter beat Monaco 3-0 to stay in fourth place, while Atletico beat Salzburg 4-1. Leverkusen won 2-0 against Spartak Prague.
Lille remained the only French team in the top eight and easily beat Fynwood 6-1. Villa, who are playing in Europe's top competition after 42 years, beat Celtic 4-2 thanks to Morgan Rodgers' hat-trick.
Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid and AC Milan are all one point away from the top eight. PSV Eindhoven, Benfica, Monaco, Brest, Fynwood, Juventus, Celtic, Sporting Lisbon and Club Brugge entered the play-off draw.
