Watch highlights as Chelsea returned to London with a positive result in their Champions League
knockout stage tie against PSG
Not exact matches
We've advanced to the
knockout stages of the CL against a very mediocre team in Monaco and, in the league, we're
tied for 4th.
Algeria
tied the match and advanced to the
knockout stages.
While the earlier games including group
stages and other
knockout ties tickets can bought from the respected club's official websites or ticket exchange sites like Viagogo.co.uk and ticketmaster.com.
UEFA Champions League resume this week with the first
knockout stage (round of 16) matches including some very high profile
ties set to be played over the next couple of weeks.
Chelsea are drawn against FC Barcelona and they play important games around both Champions League
ties in February which means Chelsea need to have enough lead over the top 4 rivals to risk dropping a few points when
knockout stages begin.
Tottenham has made the Round of 16 once this decade, Liverpool hasn't gotten out of the group
stage since 2009, City made the semis in 2015 but otherwise haven't won a
knockout tie, and Arsenal — well, information regarding the symptoms of Stockholm syndrome is widely available for fans.
Its the glamour
tie of this matchday and all eyes will be on this game however not much to play for as both teams have comfortably qualified for the
knockout stages.
On the other hand, the problem is that these three German internationals will be cup
tied anyways and their arrival will not strengthen Gunners squad for CL
knockout stages, plus why will they want to leave if their teams are still in CL.
However, they have been triumphant in each of their two previous
knockout ties, defeating Rapid Wien in the third round of the 1997/98 UEFA Cup (3 - 0 aggregate) and Sturm Graz at the same
stage of the same competition five years later (3 - 2 agg).
Foden also started in City's first defeat of the season, away to Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League group
stage, but both could benefit from the experience of pitting themselves against Basel in a
knockout tie.
I also watched four of Ajax's CL group
stage games last season (Real Madrid and Lyon home and away) and both legs of their
knockout tie with United the year before.
Thanks to dumb and arbitrary rules that are only now being changed because they are dumb and arbitrary, Aubameyang is unfortunately cup
tied to Dortmund who, like CSKA Moscow, were bounced from the group
stage of the Champion's League and were given a berth in the Europa League
knockout stages as a consolation prize.
Portugal scrapped past group
stages, just barely and they face Croatia in the first
knockout tie a team which has impressed the most in the tournament so far.