In addition to Bayern Munich, Juventus Turin also advanced to the Champions League round of 16. The Italian record champions prevailed 4: 2 (1: 1) against Zenit St. Petersburg in front of their own audience on Tuesday evening and can no longer be displaced from the first two places in Group H.
Defending champions FC Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel have the move into the knockout phase after the 1-0 (0-0) at the Swedish champions Malmö FF 1-0 (0-0) – and FC Barcelona breathes a sigh of relief. In the second game under interim coach Sergi Barjuan, the Catalans struggled with national goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen to a 1-0 (0-0) at Dynamo Kiev and are second in the Bayern group behind the Munich team.
The troubled English record champions Manchester United averted a setback thanks to the 138th and 139th Premier League goals by Cristiano Ronaldo at 2-2 (1-1) at Atalanta Bergamo. The team of the criticized team manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is now second in the table in Group F, the Europa League winners FC Villarreal after a 2-0 (1-0) against the Young Boys trained by ex-Schalke coach David Wagner Bern is cited.
In Wolfsburg Group G, French champions OSC Lille moved up to second place after a 2: 1 (1: 1) at FC Sevilla, the Wolves are in second place after beating leaders Salzburg (2: 1) with two remaining Play third.
Paulo Dybala (11th / 58th), Federico Chiesa (74th) and Alvaro Morata (82nd) scored the goals for Juve, who like Munich have a flawless record after four matchdays after the 5-2 win against Benfica Lisbon. For Chelsea, Hakim Ziyech (56th) was successful against an extremely low host, national player Kai Havertz gave the Blues back the center forward in the absence of the further injured Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku.
While top talent Ansu Fati (70th) redeemed FC Barcelona for the returned ex-Dortmund Ousmane Dembele in a tough duel with Kiev after the break, in Bergamo Ronaldo was Manchester’s life insurance: In his 180th CL game, he met briefly before the break (45th + 1) and in stoppage time (90th + 1).