Manchester City came from behind to beat Club Brugge 3-1 and secure their place in the Champions League playoffs, as big guns Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain also won to progress, ...

Meanwhile, the teams that finished outside the automatic qualification spots have now confirmed their places in the knockout phase play-offs.

When UEFA announced that the Champions League was expanding from 32 to 36 teams, and that the classic four-team group structure would be dismantled and replaced by something called a ‘Swiss system’ – ...