PSG and Bayern hit knockout stage
GENEVA— Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich are the first teams in the Champions League knockout rounds after the group rivals both won Tuesday to advance with two games left.
PSG routed Anderlecht 5-0 — with defender Layvin Kurzawa scoring three to outshine Neymar — and Bayern won 2-1 at Celtic, with Javi Martinez scoring the decider in the 77th minute.
Manchester United, like PSG, won a fourth straight game but beating Benfica 2-0 was not yet enough to ensure advancing from Group A.
Roma started early, scoring after 40 seconds in a 3-0 win against Chelsea that seized leadership of Group C from coach Antonio Conte’s team. Atletico Madrid is still winless after being held 1-1 by visiting Qarabag.
Barcelona — 0-0 at Olympiakos — and Juventus — 1-1 at Sporting Lisbon both had away draws that kept up their steady progress in Group D.
At Old Trafford,18-year-old Benfica goalkeeper Mile Svilar conceded an own goal for the second straight game against United. This time, Svilar was unlucky when Nemanja Matic’s 45th-minute shot ricocheted off the post and rebounded into the net off the goalkeeper’s shoulder.
United’s second goal came from a penalty by defender Daley Blind.
Basel would have joined United in the Round of 16 by beating CSKA Moscow, but lost 2-1. CSKA’s Alan Dzagoev scored the equalizer in the 65th minute before Pontus Wernbloom forced the winner in the 79th. CSKA and Basel both have six points. United will advance by avoiding defeat at Basel on Nov. 22.