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Liverpool ended the league phase of the Champions League top of the table and is the favourite in the odds to lift the trophy.

Liverpool fell to PSV on the final day of the Champions League league phase with a number of key starters absent from the matchday squad.

The UEFA Champions League returns on Wednesday with Matchday 8 and it has the potential to be a historically chaotic day in terms of results that the sport has ever seen. All 36 teams will be in action as 17 games will take place simultaneously at 3 p.

Liverpool became the first team to guarantee a place in the last 16 of the new Champions League format by beating Lille 2-1 on Tuesday, while Barcelona fought back from two goals down to stun Benfica 5-4 in a thriller.

Arne Slot says Liverpool defender Amara Nallo must learn from his “cruel” red card in Wednesday’s 3-2 defeat to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League. The academy graduate’s first-team debut lasted just four minutes at Philips Stadion as he was sent off late in the second half for a professional foul on Johan Bakayoko.

Liverpool managed to reduce one of Barcelona's best players to tears with a dominant display at Anfield previously.

Having already secured a spot in the round of 16, Barcelona host Atalanta hoping to challenge for the top spot of the Champions League league phase.

The Champions League league phase is done and dusted, a thrilling catalogue of games seeing Manchester City narrowly avoid elimination, Liverpool top the table and big names struggle on their way to the playoffs.

La Liga giants Barcelona could this evening close out the first-ever newly-formatted Champions League campaign with table-topping status in the league phase.Hansi Flick’s troops are of course

FC Barcelona star Raphinha said he understood his teammate Lamine Yamal's anger with Hansi Flick during the 2-2 Champions League draw with Atalanta on Wednesday.