After a frantic last round of action Wednesday, the inaugural 36-team league phase in Champions League history is over.

LONDON — Here's the state of play after the conclusion of the first stage of the Champions League: Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa

PSV beat Liverpool on a night to rememberEINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – JANUARY 29: Johan Bakayoko of PSV Eindhoven celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25

Our writers pick 10 talking points from the final day of the league phase of the Champions League, as 18 games were played simultaneously

Arsenal have successfully booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League. The Gunners fought back to secure a 2-1 win over Girona in their final league phase outing in Spain on Wednesday night,

Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain each faces a shocking early exit from the Champions League for ,the first time in more than a decade when the final round of games Wednesday decide the new 36-team standings.

In today's USMNT rumors, Ricardo Pepi's injury could end talk of West Ham move, Gio Reyna has a new manager at Borussia Dortmund and Caleb Wiley is set to join Watford on loan from Chelsea.

His beautifully taken goal for Lille in their win over Feyenoord gave him six goals in the Champions League and makes him Canada’s all-time leading scorer in the CL. Our neighbors to the north will hope he can replicate that form when Canada co-hosts the World Cup next year.

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UEFA introduced this new format to replace the group system which had been in place for two decades before now.