It was an action-packed night in the Champions League last night, as we saw comebacks, two 3-2 away wins and mixed results for the three P...
It was an action-packed night in the Champions League last night, as we saw comebacks, two 3-2 away wins and mixed results for the three Premier League sides in action.
From a Newcastle perspective, it was a night that saw Liverpool (1-0 win at Inter Milan), Spurs (3-0 win over Slavia Praha), Atletico Madrid (3-2 win at PSV) and Barcelona (2-1 win over Frankfurt) overtake us in the league table.
All four have, of course, played one game more, with our game in hand being tonight’s 8pm kick-off at Bayer Leverkusen, but results last night saw us drop to 15th in the table and three points behind the top eight pace.
See last night’s results in full below, followed by the latest standings and all of tonight’s remaining games:
Last night’s results
- Kairat Almaty 0-1 Olympiacos
- Bayern Munich 3-1 Sporting CP
- Inter Milan 0-1 Liverpool
- Barcelona 2-1 Frankfurt
- Atalanta 2-1 Chelsea
- Tottenham 3-0 Slavia Praha
- PSV 2-3 Atletico Madrid
- Monaco 1-0 Galatasaray
- Union SG 2-3 Marseille
Current standings
Tonight’s games
- Villarreal vs Copenhagen (17:45)
- Qarabağ vs Ajax (17:45)
- Dortmund vs Bodø/Glimt (20:00)
- Leverkusen vs Newcastle (20:00)
- Benfica vs Napoli (20:00)
- Juventus vs Pafos (20:00)
- Club Brugge vs Arsenal (20:00)
- Athletic Club vs PSG (20:00)
- Real Madrid vs Man City (20:00)
Looking at the table and those around us, we would move above Barcelona, Sporting, Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool and Atletico with a win, with a victory also enough to go above Man City IF they fail to win at Real Madrid.
Our strong goal difference would also mean that a point (which would take us to 10 overall) would be enough for us to move above Barcelona, Sporting and Chelsea.
Looking over our shoulder, however, Bayer Leverkusen (currently on eight points) would leapfrog us with a win, while Marseille and Monaco are now level with us on nine after both won last night.
Napoli (Benfica away) and Juventus (Pafos at home) are also two to keep an eye on tonight as they could go to 10 and nine points respectively should they win.
So, it’s all to play for and it’s a big night for Newcastle, who could move a major step closer to the knockout stages with a positive result in Germany this evening.
Howay the lads!
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