⚽ 2024/25 UEFA Champion’s League Matchday 8: Preview, Stats, Results, Live Updates and More

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Four wins in a row for Arsenal

They secure 3rd place

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3 goals
3 points

Real Madrid finish in the knockout phase play-offs

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Imagine these KO playoff matchups

Monaco vs. PSG
Man City vs. Real Madrid
Juventus vs. Milan

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17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri picked up the Player of the Match award on his first Champions League start

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Atleti finish in 5th after 5 wins in a row

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MAN CITY COULD EITHER PLAY REAL MADRID OR BAYERN MUNICH IN THE KO PLAYOFF

THIS FORMAT IS SCENES!

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Lautaro Martínez Ousmane Dembélé Morgan Rogers

Hat-trick heroes with Player of the Match awards

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GNK Dinamo end the league phase with a win

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28 goals in 8 games

No team scored more than Barcelona in the UCL group phase

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The league phase is complete

*Real Madrid finish ahead of Bayern München in the league phase standings on away wins.

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| STAT LEADERS

Most in the #UCL tonight:

xG – Lautaro Martínez (1.84)
xA – Désiré Doué (1.02)
Shots – Leroy Sané (8)
Big chances missed – Kylian Mbappé (4)
Key passes – Florian Wirtz (7)
Accurate passes – Manuel Akanji (148)
Successful dribbles – Kevin (7)
Touches in pen. area – Florian Wirtz (15)
Goals prevented – Thibaut Courtois (1.65)

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64 - There were 64 goals scored in the UEFA Champions League tonight, with only one day of European Cup action ever seeing more goals scored (66 on 16 September 1970). Nintendo.

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22 - Morgan Rogers (22y 187d) tonight became the second-youngest Englishman to score a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League, after Wayne Rooney against Fenerbahçe in September 2004 (18y 340d). Star.

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35 - Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 35 UEFA Champions League home games (W30 D5), with only Bayern Munich (43 – 1969-1991) and Barcelona (38 - 2013-2020) recording longer streaks without a home defeat in the European Cup. Resilience.

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17 - Ethan Nwaneri (17y 314d) tonight became the second youngest Englishman to score a UEFA Champions League goal, after Jude Bellingham (17y 289d v Manchester City in April 2021). Special.

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Liverpool are the first side to finish top of the table in the new Champions League phase.

The Slot machine is paying out.

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Ethan Nwaneri is the second youngest Englishman to score a Champions League goal after Jude Bellingham

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18-year-old Amara Nallo made his Liverpool debut off the bench vs. PSV in the Champions League.

Four minutes later, he was sent off for this challenge on Johan Bakayoko

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Raphinha had the most goal contributions out of any player in the Champions League league phase (13)

Leading second-place Barcelona into the Round of 16

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Inter lost just once and conceded only one goal in the entire Champions League league phase.

They still only finished fourth