Not a bad day for English clubs in the Champions League. The last round of the league phase is completed.
Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa finished in the top 8, meaning they're going directly to the next stage without having to participate in the play-offs. This is a success particularly for Villa, who beat Celtic 4-2 today and grabbed the last, 8th place in the direct promotion zone.
as expected, English teams are still doing really well this time with a strong representative that looks like the most likely to winning this edition of the champions league already qualifying with just a single loss to this round. arsenal and Aston villa have equally joined the party and even though Liverpool have stolen the show right from time, qualifying to this round show that they are good and have what it takes to winning this league, who know.
Man City was outside the playoffs before today, but they didn't disappoint their fans and beat Club Brugge 3-1 at home. The first half wasn't the most impressive on their part, but I'd rather have them playing ugly and winning than playing nicely and losing points.
even though the rout out of the playoff looks like one that will be rough as man city will have to go through real Madrid to the next round, this does not look like an impossible task for city as they have what it takes to getting the result. Liverpool defeated real Madrid and apart from defeating them, they were better at everything, Barca did same twice and for Manchester city that is seen to be in the same class with these clubs, this will be a test to show what kind of a team they are and if they are able to pull this victory through, it will mean a lot for them.