Blissful or not, Kylian Mbappé continues to attain objectives for Paris Saint-Germain.
Manchester Metropolis, in the meantime, simply isn’t the identical with out Erling Haaland.
Nonetheless, Metropolis — regardless of a 0-0 draw at FC Copenhagen — joined holder Actual Madrid on Tuesday as the primary groups to advance to the knockout part of the Champions League.
On the identical day when experiences emerged that Mbappé is annoyed at PSG and desires to go away in the course of the January switch window, the France striker transformed a penalty in a 1-1 draw with Benfica.
It was Mbappé’s document thirty first aim for PSG within the competitors, passing Edinson Cavani for the membership document.
Mbappé had been near becoming a member of Actual Madrid on a free switch this summer season however lastly agreed to remain at PSG for 2 extra years with an choice for an additional season.
The 23-year-old Frenchman celebrated his newest aim by holding his arms out large and speeding towards the stands at Parc de Princes — with no outward signal of discontent.
Mbappé additionally had an acrobatic potential later winner waved off by the VAR, leaving PSG stage on factors with Benfica atop Group H.
CITY STOPPED
With Haaland rested, 10-man Metropolis was held to a 0-0 draw at FC Copenhagen, a group languishing within the backside half of the Danish league.
Copenhagen grew to become the primary group to cease Metropolis from scoring this season in a match overshadowed by early video-review selections.
A kind of VAR calls resulted in a crimson card for Metropolis left again Sergio Gomez within the thirtieth minute for pulling again Hákon Arnar Haraldsson because the final man, harming the guests attacking ambitions on the atmospheric Parken Stadium.
Nonetheless, Metropolis leads Group G with 10 factors, adopted by Borussia Dortmund (7), Sevilla (2) and Copenhagen (2).
Metropolis, like Madrid, has superior with two rounds of matches nonetheless remaining within the group part.
BELLINGHAM’S CONSISTENCY
At 19, England midfielder Jude Bellingham has scored in all 4 of Dortmund’s Champions League video games this season.
Younger gamers took heart stage as Sevilla took the lead with a header from 20-year-old defender Tanguy Nianzou earlier than Bellingham knocked in Thomas Meunier’s low cross for a 1-1 draw.
Solely Haaland (5 objectives) and Mbappé (4) have scored extra Champions League objectives this season.
Bellingham additionally turn into the highest-scoring English teenager in a single Champions League season, overtaking Wayne Rooney’s document of three objectives in 2004-05.
RUDIGER TO THE RESCUE
Antonio Rudiger had his face bloodied as he scored a stoppage-time equalizer for Madrid in a 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.
Additionally, Timo Werner scored his first Champions League aim since returning to Leipzig to assist safe a 2-0 win at Celtic.
Madrid leads Group F with 10 factors, adopted by Leipzig (6), Shakhtar (5) and Celtic (1).
SURGING CHELSEA
Chelsea was on the backside of Group E however two straight victories over Serie A champion AC Milan has seen it transfer into pole place to progress to the spherical of 16.
Chelsea moved to the highest of the group on with a 2-0 win at Milan, which performed a lot of the match with 10 males after former Blues defender Fikayo Tomori was despatched off within the 18th minute after additionally freely giving a penalty.
Jorginho transformed the spot kick and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doubled the guests’ benefit within the thirty fourth.
Chelsea moved some extent above Salzburg, which drew 1-1 at Dinamo Zagreb within the different Group E match. Milan and Dinamo are three factors beneath Chelsea.
JUVENTUS CRISIS
Juventus descended additional into disaster and was left on the verge of elimination from the Champions League following a 2-0 loss at Maccabi Haifa that additionally included an harm to key winger Ángel Di María.
Omer Atzili scored two first-half objectives as Haifa earned its first Champions League win in twenty years.
Juventus was left third in Group H behind PSG and Benfica with two video games to play.