Champions League LIVE SCORES: Liverpool CONFIRM place in Last 16, Barcelona BEAT Benfica 5-4 in thriller – updates
LIVERPOOL have confirmed their place in the Champions League Last 16 after beating Lille 2-1.
The Reds made it seven wins out of seven with the victory over Lille to reach 21 points and guarantee automatic progression.
Liverpool can still be caught for the top spot though in the final matchround - after second-placed Barcelona defeated Benfica 5-4 in incident-packed classic.
While Aston Villa blew their chance to all-but confirm their Last 16 place after losing 1-0 at Monaco.
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71 - GOAL! BOLOGNA 1-1 Dortmund
Bologna are level and THIJS DALLINGA has it!
67 - GOAL!! LIVERPOOL 2-1 Lille
The Reds restore their lead through HARVEY ELLIOTT!
A corner from the left into the box isn't dealt with and it comes to Elliott 22 yards from goal and he strikes towards goal but it takes a wicked deflection and wrong foots the keeper, flying into the opposite corner.
65 - GOAL! Benfica 3-2 BARCELONA
Game on in Lisbon as RAPHINHA gets Barca back in it via a quite incredible goal!
An absolute howler from Trubin in goal who fired a driven pass out from his own box, which thumps Raphinha in the head 25 yards from goal and into the back of the net.
A freak goal!
Champions League - latest scores
Atletico Madrid 1-1 Leverkusen
Benfica 3-1 Barcelona
Bologna 0-1 Dortmund
Club Brugge 0-0 Juventus
Liverpool 1-1 Lille
Red Star 0-3 PSV
Slovan Bratislava 0-2 Stuttgart
62 - GOAL!! Liverpool 1-1 LILLE
Would you believe it!? The ten men from France have found an equaliser.
Guess who? The main man JONATHAN DAVID has it with the side's FIRST effort on target!
Great from Gudmondsson who works a great one-two with Cabella before bullying Bradley in a foot race to the byline.
He cuts it back and when the initial effort is blocked by Tsimikas, it falls kindly to David eight yards out who smashes into the roof of the net.
56 - Atletico Madrid 1-1 Leverkusen
Joe Cole has called the Atletico play-acting and theatrics 'embarrassing and disgusting'.
Let me tell you, that's being kind.
59 - RED CARD - AISSA MANDI (Lille)
A second yellow card for the Lille defender for hacking down Luis Diaz when he looked to break.
The referee had no option there and the defender knew it.
Liverpool should be comfortable now.
52 - GOAL! ATLETICO MADRID 1-1 Leverkusen
The 10 men are level through JULIAN ALVAREZ but what a counter attack.
Frimpong's cross is blocked inside the Atletico half and the hosts clear it out to Griezmann. He goes long over the top of Tah, who has a five-yard head-start on Alvarez but the striker beats him to it.
Grimaldo is on the cover but Alvarez gets it out his feet inside the box and strikes across goal with his left foot into the far corner. Game on!
51 - RED CARD - RYAN FLAMINGO (PSV)
This looks ridiculously harsh!
The goal scorer is at right back and with his opponent running at him, there looks to be very slight contact which bundles him over.
The striker is never getting there, either. Such a weird decision.
The referee is absolutely sure, the red card comes straight out.
47 - Liverpool 1-0 Lille
Two changes as well at the break for the hosts, with Curtis Jones amongst them who was hurt in that first half.
- OFF: Jones & Gravenberch
- ON: Elliott & Mac Allister
46 - Liverpool 1-0 Lille
It should be 2-0 and that's really poor from Salah.
The Reds break towards the edge of the box through their talisman and they're 4v2 in a the breakaway but he opts to go alone and when trying to curl towards the far post but sends it well, well, well wide.
Second half
They're back out at Anfield and across Europe for the second halves of tonight's action.
HALF TIMES!
We've reached the interval across Europe and some interesting score lines so far.
- Atletico Madrid 0-1 Leverkusen
- Benfica 3-1 Barcelona
- Bologna 0-1 Dortmund
- Club Brugge 0-0 Juventus
- Liverpool 1-0 Lille
- Red Star 3-0 PSV
- Slovan Bratislava 0-2 Stuttgart
45+2 - Atletico Madrid 0-1 Leverkusen
The typical, boring dark arts of Atletico Madrid have started.
The referee needs half time here as his head has gone and he's crumbling to the pressure.
Crying for yellow cards for nothing, diving and throwing themselves to ground looking for yellow cards - give us peace. Embarrassing.
Four yellow cards from the 44th minute to half-time.
45+1 - GOAL! Atletico Madrid 0-1 LEVERKUSEN
The Germans make the most of the extra man on the stroke of half time!
Atletico defend the first cross and shot really well but they come again through Mukiele.
He dinks a clever cross from the right, right to the back post on the corner of the six-yard box and PIERO HINCAPIE is there to nod it back across goal beyond Oblak.
43 - GOAL! Red Star 0-3 PSV
A stellar first half for the Dutch side as PSV score a SPECIAL third from a corner!
Veerman's cross is only half-punched away by the keeper and RYAN FLAMINGO on the edge of the box smashes it back in on the volley, at ferocious pace into the roof of the net. Cracking technique.
44 - Liverpool 1-0 Lille
CLOSE FOR SALAH!
He is put through again down the right and gets in behind with just the keeper to beat and his effort ends up a yard wide of the far post.
39 - Liverpool 1-0 Lille
Good move from Liverpool again and Nunez picks out Salah on the right edge of the area.
He again has room to work space for a shot but opts to try a clipped cross with the outside of his foot which is headed clear from just a few yards out.
36 - GOAL! Slovan Bratislava 0-2 STUTTGART
Another double on the night, JAMIE LEWELING with his and Stuttgart's second!
Millot runs in behind and is picked out by a long pass over the top and strikes at goal which is well saved. It falls at Leweling's feet and he has a tap-in into an empty net. He almost makes a mess of it as he hits it at the keeper but it scrambles across the line.
Latest scores
Atletico Madrid 0-0 Leverkusen
Benfica 3-1 Barcelona
Bologna 0-1 Dortmund
Club Brugge 0-0 Juventus
Liverpool 1-0 Lille
Red Star 0-2 PSV
Slovan Bratislava 0-1 Stuttgart
34 - LIVERPOOL 1-0 Lille
WHO ELSE? MO SALAH PUTS LIVERPOOL IN FRONT!
Tsimikas nicks the ball off David midway inside the Liverpool half and it lands to Jones in the centre circle.
He quickly fires a through ball for Salah who was already on his bike and in clean through on goal. Chevalier comes off his line to the edge of the box but is in no man's land. Salah with a typically clever clipped effort beyond him into the far corner for the opener.
30 - GOAL! BENFICA 3-1 Barcelona
An incredible half an hour hat trick from VANGELIS PAVLIDIS!
This third goal coming from the spot after Wojciech Szczęsny charges off his line and wipes out Akturkoglu.
The veteran stopper would be as well sitting writing this and letting me play in goals. He's having a shocker.
Pavlidis sends him the wrong way.
From Ken Lawrence watching Liverpool vs Lille
Not one of your raucous Anfield nights. More cat and mouse and stealth for Arne Slot’s side.
They were up against, after all, a Ligue 1 side that had the confidence of knowing they had set a club record of 21 games unbeaten in all competitions.
And after all, only one point was needed for guaranteed qualification for the group stages no matter that the Reds started out as the top team in the Champions League table.
So softly, softly was the approach of a side that had four changes from Sunday’s late, late 2 – 0 win at Brentford…with two-goal time added on hero Darwen Nunez starting.
RED CARD - PABLO BARRIOS
Atletico Madrid are down to 10 men in their game with Bayer Leverkusen.
Pablos Barrios with a tackle almost from behind which catches the back of the leg of his opponent in front of the dugouts.
The referee gives yellow but VAR asks him to check the monitor and the red card comes out.
24 - GOAL! Red Star 0-2 PSV
Speaking of players with two on the night, LUUK DE JONG doubles the PSV lead with an almost identical goal.
Again it's a corner from Joey Veerman, this time from the opposite side.
It's floated in and De Jong meets it eight yards out to plant a header into the bottom corner. Red Star didn't learn their lesson!
