Matchday Six saw the final places and qualifiers decided with some surprises and mistakes which led to positives and some near disasters on a programme that saw eight dismissals including three in one game as the competition leaves the group stage and moves on to the last 16 with the draw commencing on Monday.
A
Manchester United ensured that they topped the group after a 1-0 win over Shakthar with centre back Phil Jones hitting the winner in the 67th minute and they will be joined in the next stage by Bayer Leverkusen who defeated Real Sociedad 1-0 with a winner from Toprak in the 49th minute.
B
Real Madrid finished unbeaten as group winners with a 2-0 win away to Copenhagen with goals from former Spurs midfielder Luka Modric and a record strike from Ronaldo who hit his ninth of the campaign and even missed a late penalty. Galatasaray and Juventus made history by playing their 90 minutes over two days after the match was abandoned on Tuesday due to heavy snow with the score at 0-0, Wednesday afternoon saw the game resume and the Turks secured qualification to the next round thanks to an 85th minute winner from Sneijder.
C
PSG had already qualified but a defeat to Benfica saw their unbeaten campaign ended as they went down 2-1 despite taking the lead through Cavani but Limar levelled with a penalty on half-time with Gaitan sealing the win in the 58th minute but they missed out on qualification for the next stage due to an inferior head-to-head record against Olympiakos.
The Greek champions ensured that they reached the next stage with a bad-tempered 3-1 win against Anderlecht., Saviola gave them a 33rd minute lead with Kijestan levelling six minutes later but the sending off of Kouyate four minutes into the second half soon saw Olympiakos lead again with Saviola's second just before the hour mark. Anderlecht seemed to lose their focus in the final minutes as N'Sakala and Proto were both sent off with the latter seeing his error punished by a Dominguez penalty to seal the win.
D
Manchester City came from 2-0 down away to reigning champions Bayern Munich to win 3-2 but fell short of topping the group due to a miscalculation as the required score of 4-2 was not known and as a result they will not face a tougher draw in the next stage.
The Germans saw Muller and Gotze put them in control in the 5th and 12th minutes but it was game on when Silva struck on the half-hour, Kolarov levelled the tie with a penalty on the hour and minutes later Milner completed the comeback to give City the win but the single goal win meant that the Germans would top the group.
Plzen ensured they secured a Europa League place with a 2-1 win over CSKA despite going behind to a Musa strike with Dzagoev sent off minutes later, Plzen took advantage and levelled through Kolar in the 76th minute with Wagner sealing the win in the final minute with Wernbloom sent off for the visitors.
E
Chelsea topped the group after an unconvincing 1-0 win over Schalke with Demba Ba hitting the winner in the tenth minute with Schalke sealing second place in the group with a 2-0 win over Basel who saw Ivanov sent off on the half-hour and two goals in seven second half minutes from Draxler and Matip seal the win for the German side.
F
Arsenal knew they would qualify as long as they avoided a 3-0 defeat to Napoli but came minutes from a disaster as they lost 2-0 with the Italians scoring through Higuain and Callejon sandwiching the sending off of Arteta which saw them drop to second as Dortmund went from third to first in the final minutes.
Dortmund took the lead though Lewandowski but saw Marseille level through Diawara who then saw Payet dismissed in the 34th minute but as the tie entered the final five minutes, Dortmund were on their way out due to Napoli leading 1-0 and got lucky as substitute Großkreutz struck with three minutes to go to ruin the mood over in Italy despite Napoli hitting their second goal as Arsenal survived in second and Napoli had to settle for a Europa League place.
G
Atletico Madrid finished top of the group and finished the group stage unbeaten with a 2-0 win over Porto with goals from Garcia and Costa while Zenit qualified with them despite losing 4-1 away to Austria Vienna who went behind to a Kerzakhov strike before levelling through Hosiner and then taking the lead via Jun, Hosiner hit a third with Kienast completing the rout in the final minute.
H
AC Milan secured qualification with a 0-0 draw against Ajax despite playing nearly 70 minutes with ten men after Montolivo was sent off in the 22nd minute while Barcelona crushed Celtic 6-1 to ensure the Scottish champions finished bottom after Pique gave the Catalans the lead in the ninth minute with Pedro adding a second in the 39th minute. Neymar hit a 14 minute hat-trick either side of half time to make it 5-0 with Tello hitting a sixth on 72 minutes but there was some solace for Celtic as Samaras scored a consolation in the 88th minute.
So there you have it the group stage is over and the qualifiers are as follows...
Winners - Man Utd, R Madrid, PSG, B Munich, Chelsea, Dortmund, A Madrid and Barcelona.
Runners Up -Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Olympiakos, Man City, Schalke, Arsenal, Zenit and Milan.
Europa League - Shakthar, Juventus, Benfica, Plzen, Basel, Napoli, Porto and Ajax.
The draw for the next stage will be posted on Monday afternoon as the competition takes a winter break until February 2014.
A
Manchester United ensured that they topped the group after a 1-0 win over Shakthar with centre back Phil Jones hitting the winner in the 67th minute and they will be joined in the next stage by Bayer Leverkusen who defeated Real Sociedad 1-0 with a winner from Toprak in the 49th minute.
B
Real Madrid finished unbeaten as group winners with a 2-0 win away to Copenhagen with goals from former Spurs midfielder Luka Modric and a record strike from Ronaldo who hit his ninth of the campaign and even missed a late penalty. Galatasaray and Juventus made history by playing their 90 minutes over two days after the match was abandoned on Tuesday due to heavy snow with the score at 0-0, Wednesday afternoon saw the game resume and the Turks secured qualification to the next round thanks to an 85th minute winner from Sneijder.
C
PSG had already qualified but a defeat to Benfica saw their unbeaten campaign ended as they went down 2-1 despite taking the lead through Cavani but Limar levelled with a penalty on half-time with Gaitan sealing the win in the 58th minute but they missed out on qualification for the next stage due to an inferior head-to-head record against Olympiakos.
The Greek champions ensured that they reached the next stage with a bad-tempered 3-1 win against Anderlecht., Saviola gave them a 33rd minute lead with Kijestan levelling six minutes later but the sending off of Kouyate four minutes into the second half soon saw Olympiakos lead again with Saviola's second just before the hour mark. Anderlecht seemed to lose their focus in the final minutes as N'Sakala and Proto were both sent off with the latter seeing his error punished by a Dominguez penalty to seal the win.
D
Manchester City came from 2-0 down away to reigning champions Bayern Munich to win 3-2 but fell short of topping the group due to a miscalculation as the required score of 4-2 was not known and as a result they will not face a tougher draw in the next stage.
The Germans saw Muller and Gotze put them in control in the 5th and 12th minutes but it was game on when Silva struck on the half-hour, Kolarov levelled the tie with a penalty on the hour and minutes later Milner completed the comeback to give City the win but the single goal win meant that the Germans would top the group.
Plzen ensured they secured a Europa League place with a 2-1 win over CSKA despite going behind to a Musa strike with Dzagoev sent off minutes later, Plzen took advantage and levelled through Kolar in the 76th minute with Wagner sealing the win in the final minute with Wernbloom sent off for the visitors.
E
Chelsea topped the group after an unconvincing 1-0 win over Schalke with Demba Ba hitting the winner in the tenth minute with Schalke sealing second place in the group with a 2-0 win over Basel who saw Ivanov sent off on the half-hour and two goals in seven second half minutes from Draxler and Matip seal the win for the German side.
F
Arsenal knew they would qualify as long as they avoided a 3-0 defeat to Napoli but came minutes from a disaster as they lost 2-0 with the Italians scoring through Higuain and Callejon sandwiching the sending off of Arteta which saw them drop to second as Dortmund went from third to first in the final minutes.
Dortmund took the lead though Lewandowski but saw Marseille level through Diawara who then saw Payet dismissed in the 34th minute but as the tie entered the final five minutes, Dortmund were on their way out due to Napoli leading 1-0 and got lucky as substitute Großkreutz struck with three minutes to go to ruin the mood over in Italy despite Napoli hitting their second goal as Arsenal survived in second and Napoli had to settle for a Europa League place.
G
Atletico Madrid finished top of the group and finished the group stage unbeaten with a 2-0 win over Porto with goals from Garcia and Costa while Zenit qualified with them despite losing 4-1 away to Austria Vienna who went behind to a Kerzakhov strike before levelling through Hosiner and then taking the lead via Jun, Hosiner hit a third with Kienast completing the rout in the final minute.
H
AC Milan secured qualification with a 0-0 draw against Ajax despite playing nearly 70 minutes with ten men after Montolivo was sent off in the 22nd minute while Barcelona crushed Celtic 6-1 to ensure the Scottish champions finished bottom after Pique gave the Catalans the lead in the ninth minute with Pedro adding a second in the 39th minute. Neymar hit a 14 minute hat-trick either side of half time to make it 5-0 with Tello hitting a sixth on 72 minutes but there was some solace for Celtic as Samaras scored a consolation in the 88th minute.
So there you have it the group stage is over and the qualifiers are as follows...
Winners - Man Utd, R Madrid, PSG, B Munich, Chelsea, Dortmund, A Madrid and Barcelona.
Runners Up -Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Olympiakos, Man City, Schalke, Arsenal, Zenit and Milan.
Europa League - Shakthar, Juventus, Benfica, Plzen, Basel, Napoli, Porto and Ajax.
The draw for the next stage will be posted on Monday afternoon as the competition takes a winter break until February 2014.
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