Rounding Up the Champions

10/27/2022 Rounding Up the Champions

By: Jeff Yoder

Liverpool, FC Porto & Inter Join the Champions League Knockout Stage With Group D Still Up For Grabs

Another day of matches over in Europe gave us a clearer picture of the Champions League bracket-to-be. Matchday 5 of the Group Stage saw three more teams punch their tickets to the knockout rounds — including Liverpool, FC Porto, and Inter — with a trio of shutouts. Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayer Leverkusen were eliminated by day’s end, and one group remains in a stalemate with one matchday left. Group D has no official winners just yet, and all four teams are separated by just two points after Tottenham and Sporting played to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday.

 

Group D Standings

Tottenham (8 points)

Sporting (7 points)

Eintracht Frankfurt (7 points)

Marseille (6 points)

 

Matchday 5 Highlights

Inter def. Viktoria Plzen (4-0)

Porto def. Club Brugge (4-0)

Bayern def. Barcelona (3-0)

Eintracht Frankfurt def. Marseille (2-1)

Liverpool def. Ajax (3-0)

Atletico Madrid draw Leverkusen (2-2)

Tottenham draw Sporting (1-1)

Napoli def. Rangers (3-0)

 

Teams Advanced to Knockout Stage (12)

Napoli, Club Brugge, Bayern, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City, PSG, Benfica, Liverpool, Inter, FC Porto, Dortmund

 

Teams in Contention for Remaining 4 Spots (10)

Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, Milan, RB Salzburg, Tottenham, Sporting, Eintracht Frankfurt, Marseille

 

Additional Storylines

ESPN: Liverpool’s Win Over Ajax Proves Early Champions League Setback Was a Blip

The Guardian: Barcelona Humiliated, Relegated, Then Defeated by Bayern

 

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