Champions League football doesn’t get much better than this. Football, in general, doesn’t get much better than this! Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain served up a mouth-watering match at Etihad Stadium, a match that had everything. The English team showed all their quality and managed to recover from an unlikely Kylian Mbappe opener to go on and win it and cement their top spot in Group A.As expected, both teams demonstrated top class passing, positioning and tactical movement. But what went missing is goals. City were the better team in the first half and were unlucky not to take the lead. Captain Ilkay Gundogan came the closest with a shot from the edge of the area that bounced of Keylor Navas’ left stanchion.Manchester City – 12 pointsPSG – 8 pointsCity secure top spot of their UCL group heading into the last matchday 💪 pic.twitter.com/NWMPdMQ2jB— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) November 24, 2021 Mbappe, who’s had a shot off target in the first half made amends shortly after the break when he finished off a lovely passing move and squeezed the ball through the legs of onrushing Ederson. The match was sparked to life!Pep Guardiola’s men wouldn’t be deterred and their attacks just kept on coming. Like a machine that keeps working regardless of the condition, the Citizens kept searching for openings and succeeded in turning the game around. Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus were on hand to put the ball behind Navas after a couple of countless City attacks – and the champions of England were ahead.Mauricio Pochettino’s stars did try to mount a late comeback, but this was City’s night. Guardiola looked over the moon at the final whistle and rightly so. They’ve won the 2El Gasico’.RB Leipzig annihilated Club Brugge in Belgium to ensure a third-place finish and qualify for the Europa League knockout stage. With the kind of performance they produced tonight, you can’t help but wonder why didn’t they do that earlier. But it was never going to be easy with Manchester City and PSG in their group. Brugge started their campaign with an excellent draw with the Parisians, but their results since haven’t been good enough.Former European champions AC Milan struck late in their clash at Atletico Madrid and got the priceless points that saw them overtake Diego Simeone’s team in third. The last matchday will decide which of the greats will miss out on the Europa League knockout stage slot.Thiago Alcantara picked up where he left off at the weekend and delivered another terrific performance and a spectacular goal that gave Liverpool a win over Porto at Anfield. Mohamed Salah added the second with 20 minutes remaining to kill the game off.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEGroup stageTuesdayDynamo Kyiv – Bayern 1-2 (0-2)/Garmash 70 – Lewandowski 14, Coman 42/Villareal – Manchester United 0-2 (0-0)/Ronaldo 78, Sancho 90/Barcelona- Benfica 0-0Young Boys – Atalanta 3-3 (1-1)/Siebatcheu 39, Sierro 80, Hefti 84 – Zapata 10, Palomino 51, Muriel 87/Lille – Salzburg 1-0 (1-0)/David 31/Sevilla – Wolfsburg 2-0 (1-0)/Jordan 12, Mir 90+7/Chelsea – Juventus 4-0 (1-0)/Chalobah 25, James 55, Hudson-Odoi 58, Warner 90+5/Malmo – Zenit 1-1 (1-0)/Rieks 28 – Rakitskiy 90+2/WednesdayBesiktas – Ajax 1-2 (1-0)/Ghezzal 22 pen – Haller 54, 69/Inter – Shakhtar 2-0 (0-0)/Dzeko 62, 67/Club Brugge – RB Leipzig 0-5 (0-4)/Nkunku 12, 90+3, Forsberg 17 pen, 45+1, Andre Silva 27/Manchester City – Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 (0-0)/Sterling 63, Jesus 77 – Mbappe 50/Atletico Madrid – Milan 0-1 (0-0)/Messias 86/Liverpool – Porto 2-0 (0-0)/Alcantara 52, Salah 70/Sporting – Dortmund 3-1 (2-0)/Goncalves 30, 39, Porro 81 – Malen 90+3/Sheriff Tiraspol – Real Madrid 0-3 (0-2)/Alaba 30, Kroos 45+1, Benzema 55/
