Man U joins Brit parade
Manchester United advanced to the Champions League knockout stage after rallying to beat CSKA Moscow 2-1 on Tuesday to remain unbeaten at Old Trafford for a club recordequalling 40 successive games.
Basel joined United in the next phase from Group A by downing Benfica 2-0.
England could have five teams in the last 16 for the first time if Liverpool advances on Wednesday.
Last year’s runner-up, Juventus, had to wait until the last group game to qualify. Juve won at Olympiakos 2-0 and joined group winner Barcelona, a 2-0 winner against Sporting Lisbon 2-0.
GROUP A
Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford scored in a 66-second span midway through the second half for United, which became the third English team to finish at the top of its group. Manchester City and Tottenham were already assured of first place heading into their final group games on Wednesday.
Basel forward Mohamed Elyounoussi headed in a cross by Michael Lang five minutes into the game and Dimitri Oberlin scored with another header in the 65th.
GROUP B
Paris Saint-Germain won Group B despite losing at Bayern Munich 3-1, finishing with a record 25 goals in six group games after Kylian Mbappe headed home.
Robert Lewandowski got Bayern off to a flying start and Corentin Tolisso doubled Bayern’s lead before the break. But Bayern needed just two more in the second half to top the group, but Mbappe dented those hopes soon after the break.
GROUP C
Roma beat Qarabag 1-0 to top Group Cahead of already-qualified Chelsea. The latter was held to 1-1 at home by Atletico Madrid, which was eliminated after reaching the final in two of the past four years.
Diego Perotti scored in the second half for Roma against Qarabag.
Demoted to the Europa League, Atletico will miss the Champions League knockout phase for the first time in five years.
But even if Atletico had held onto the lead secured in the 56th minute by Saul Niguez, it would not have been enough to finish in the top two due to Roma’s victory. Chelsea equalized to finish second in the 75th minute; defender Stefan Savic turned Eden Hazard’s shot into his own net.
GROUP D
Juventus, a finalist in two of the past three seasons, secured its berth in the next phase courtesy of goals from Juan Cuadrado and Federico Bernardeschi. Cuadrado lunged forward to meet a cross from Alex Sandro and beat Olympiakos goalkeeper Silvio Proto in the 15th minute. Bernardeschi sealed the win in the 90th.