W ith the UEFA Champions League about to enter its knockout phase next week after the final round of league phase play last week, Europe's top clubs had big decisions to make rega

Elsewhere among the eight ties, Celtic meet Bayern Munich and there is an all-French contest between minnows Brest and serial domestic champions Paris Saint-Germain. The first legs of the play-off matches will take place on February 11 and 12, with the returns a week later.

Manchester City scored three second half goals to come back from the brink of elimination and advance to the UEFA Champions League’s inaugural knockout round playoffs following a thrilling 3-1 victory over Club Brugge on Wednesday night.

The weekend is already off to a busy start with the UEFA Champions League draw for the knockout phase playoffs, and that's before an exciting batch of matches takes place across Europe. I'm Pardeep Cattry with an end-of-week check-in.

Now, following the last-16 play-off round draw on Friday morning, it has been confirmed that Manchester City will face Real Madrid across two legs for a place in the last-16, with

Despite their longstanding dominance, both teams have had their struggles in the competition's new format, which expanded to 36 teams this season.

Manchester City welcome Club Brugge to Etihad Stadium for their biggest game of the season, looking to avoid a catastrophic early exit.

Unai Emery has confirmed new signings Andres Garcia and Donyell Malen will be left out of the Aston Villa squad for the Champions League’s knockout rounds.UEFA rules dictate that a maximum of three

Unai Emery has left Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia out of Aston Villa’s squad for the Champions League knockout phase. Villa signed Malen from Borussia Dortmund last month in a deal worth €23 million (£19m) plus €3m (£2.