ADAM Idah made Irish Champions League history on Wednesday despite Celtic ultimately falling short vs Aston Villa. He temporarily silenced the home fans at Villa Park with a three-minute brace to

Manchester City scraped into the play-offs, Lille gatecrashed the top eight and Liverpool finished at the summit despite losing after a breathless final night of the new-look Champions League group phase.

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Celtic now know they’ll face either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in a ruthless knockout playoff. It’s a glamour tie for the Scottish Premiership giants but it will be difficult over two legs. For Idah, though, these are the moments he is in football for.

Manchester City scraped into the Champions League play-offs and Liverpool finished at the summit despite losing to PSV Eindhoven. Aston Villa sank Celtic to finish in the top eight and go straight through to the last 16,

The inaugural ‘league phase’ of the revamped Champions League concluded after Matchday 8 unfolded across Europe last night. Despite their first European defeat under Arne Slot, Liverpool finished atop the 36-team table.

Although they eventually progressed reasonably comfortably, it was anything but for Man City at the Etihad. The 2023 European champions were exposed just before halftime when Raphael Onyedika brilliantly finished off a Brugge sweeping move.

Liverpool’s 100 per cent record in the Champions League ended as it lost 3-2 at PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday but Arne Slot’s side still finished top of the group stage.

Adam Idah has become the first Irishman to score twice in a game in the European Cup or Champions League since Ronnie Whelan for Liverpool against Benfica in March 1984.

Celtic lost to Aston Villa despite making a superb fightback from an early setback where the Premier League club took a quick two-goal lead.

Celtic produced a battling performance against a strong Aston Villa side on Wednesday, eventually going down 4-2 to the English Premier League side. The Hoops had already secured their knockout