On Tuesday, Tottenham Hotspur came from behind to defeat Marseille 2-1 and advance to the knockout stage of the Champions League, where they were joined by Eintracht Frankfurt following their victory against Sporting Lisbon.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg scored the game-winning goal in the 95th minute.
Napoli’s undefeated start to the season was halted by Liverpool with a 2-0 victory at Anfield, but the Italian team performed well enough to take first place in Group A.
With a defeat to Porto, Atletico Madrid was eliminated from the competition entirely, while Bayern Munich defeated Inter Milan to make it six victories in a row.
Tottenham knew they would advance at the noisy Velodrome if they could overcome Marseille, but manager Antonio Conte was forced to watch from the sidelines after receiving a red card in last week’s thrilling draw with Sporting.
For the bulk of the first half, Spurs were confined to their own half. Chancel Mbemba’s header from Jordan Veretout’s cross shortly before halftime gave the opposition the lead.
Clement Lenglet scored the equalizer in the 54th minute as the Premier League team significantly improved after the break.
Sead Kolasinac, a former Arsenal left-back, missed a wonderful chance to put Marseille through wide with a late nudge.
He was forced to pay when Hojbjerg scored on the break to give Spurs the group title and deny Marseille the chance to qualify for the Europa League.
Antonio is exhausted since it’s unusual for him to watch from the stands, according to Tottenham assistant coach Cristian Stellini in a statement to BT Sport. He spent a lot of energy in vain.
That Hojbjerg goal preserved Sporting in the European tournament while dropping Eintracht, who also won 2-1, to second place in Group D.
Sporting, like Tottenham, simply needed a point to advance, and they did that six minutes before halftime when Arthur Gomes scored on a volley at the back post.
Daichi Kamada converted a penalty in the 62nd minute that was given for a handball as Frankfurt, competing in the tournament for the first time since losing the 1960 European Cup final to Real Madrid, would not give up.
The winning play was made by Randal Kolo Muani, who grabbed Ansgar Knauff’s looped pass and slammed the ball into the far corner.
Following the holders of the Europa League’s most recent European victory, the players erupted in jubilation on the field, leaving Sporting coach Ruben Amorim speechless from the sidelines.
Sebastian Rode, a midfielder for Frankfurt, remarked, “We didn’t start the game properly.
However, we are a squad that can fight back; we gave all we had in the second half and earned a spot in the next round.
Liverpool ended Napoli’s 21-game undefeated streak, however they were unable to win by four goals to seize the lead.
Both clubs had already locked up a spot in the elimination round.
Liverpool put Saturday’s unexpected Premier League home loss to Leeds behind them as late goals from Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah helped them partially avenge their September 4-1 defeat in Naples. Salah scored for the seventh consecutive Champions League game.
Reds manager Jurgen Klopp remarked, “I would have really liked the game even without the goals.”
We shown a response tonight, and being compact is crucial.
Ajax defeated Rangers 3-1 at Ibrox to hand the Scottish powerhouses their sixth consecutive loss in Group A.
Earlier, despite losing 2-1 to Porto, Atletico Madrid failed to place third in Group B and avoid elimination from the Europa League as Bayer Leverkusen took third place as a result of their goalless draw with Club Brugge.
Despite Ivan Marcano’s own goal in stoppage time, Atletico, the runners-up in 2014 and 2016, were defeated by early goals from Mehdi Taremi and Stephen Eustaquio.
Bayern defeated Inter 2-0 at the Allianz Arena to win Group C with a perfect record.
After Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting slammed in his eighth goal in six games, Benjamin Pavard headed in a corner.
Barcelona defeated bottom-of-the-table team Viktoria Plzen 4-2 to complete their terribly dismal competition.
One of the favorites to win the Europa League will have to do for Barcelona.
The goal is to fight for it, get to the finals, and win it, according to coach Xavi Hernandez. “We’re one of the contenders, and the Europa League is looking like a nice competition,” he said.
In addition to Marcos Alonso and the young midfielder Pablo Torre, Ferran Torres scored two goals.