Juventus, Barcelona, Chelsea and Sevilla all reached the knockout stage of the Champions League with two matches to spare on Tuesday. Alvaro Morata scored in injury time to send Juventus through with a 2-1 win at home over Hungarian team Ferencvaros, ensuring the Italian champions finished at least second in Group G.
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Barcelona top the group and booked their spot in the last 16 for the 17th straight season with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev despite the absence of Lionel Messi, Frenkie de Jong and a number of others. Both Chelsea and Sevilla left it late to advance from Group E. Chelsea won 2-1 at Rennes, and Munir El Haddadi scored in the final minute of stoppage time as Sevilla defeated Krasnodar 2-1 away. Elsewhere, Erling Haaland maintained his remarkable scoring pace with two goals to put Borussia Dortmund in touch of reaching the last 16 with a 3-0 win at home over Brugge.
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United States right-back Sergino Dest scored his first goal for Barca. Martin Braithwaite scored twice and Antoine Griezmann grabbed the other as Barcelona secured their fourth win in four games from Group G. They are three points ahead of Juventus.
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Sevilla qualifying for the last 16 means the Spanish side cannot defend their Europa League title, as only the third-place finishers in each group enjoy the cushion of playing in Europe’s secondary competition. It will be a strange feeling for the Spanish side, who already have a record six Europa League titles, all since 2006. "Qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League is fantastic,’’ coach Julen Lopetegui said.
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Olivier Giroud came off the bench to score an injury-time header as Chelsea won 2-1 at Rennes. Both Sevilla and Chelsea have 10 points in Group E, while Krasnodar and Rennes stayed at one point each after four matches.
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Haaland took his tally to 16 goals in 12 Champions League games in Dortmund’s 3-0 win over Brugge, while Jadon Sancho scored an eye-catching free-kick to put the German side on course to qualify from Group F. Dortmund next face second-placed Lazio on December 2. Former Dortmund forward Ciro Immobile scored twice on his return from the coronavirus in Lazio’s 3-1 win over Zenit St Petersburg. Dortmund have nine points, Lazio eight, Brugge four and Zenit one.
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Bruno Fernandes scored two early goals in Manchester United’s 4-1 win over Istanbul Basaksehir, keeping the Premier League team on track to qualify from Group H. Fernandes might even have scored a hat-trick, but he handed over spot-kick duties to Marcus Rashford, who had been brought down for the penalty, and the England forward converted to make it 3-0 at an empty Old Trafford. Daniel James scored the fourth as United made up for a surprise 2-1 loss in Istanbul.
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United now has nine points, three more than both Paris St-Germain and Leipzig. A penalty from Neymar was enough for a nervous-looking PSG to scrape a 1-0 win against Leipzig, who wasted a number of chances to equalise. PSG’s win gives them a better head-to-head record against Leipzig, thanks to grabbing an away goal from their previous game and not conceding any. PSG play United at Old Trafford on December 2 before hosting Basaksehir six days later.
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