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There are 18 games in the Champions League on Wednesday as the league phase reaches its climax and BBC Sport will bring you every moment.

Kick-off times 20:00 GMT

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Liverpool 2-0 Qarabag

Liverpool are well in control here and a third goal seems to be coming. Florian Wirtz shows off his sharp footwork before his effort is charged down and Dominik Szoboszlai's follow up shot is turned behind.

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Atletico Madrid 1-1 Bodo/Glimt

Bodo/Glimt, who beat Manchester City 3-1 last time out, have equalised through Fredrik Sjovold.

That means Atletico Madrid drop to ninth in the league table and Tottenham are back in the top eight.

Maradona-esque from Vergara

Napoli 1-1 Chelsea

Nizaar Kinsella

BBC Sport Chelsea reporter

Not many people will have heard of Antonio Vergara before kick-off, but they will now.

Not least Wesley Fofana, who was turned—reminiscent of Diego Maradona’s swivel against England in 1986—before Vergara guided his shot into the far corner beyond goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.

What a way for the locally born No.10 to score his first goal for his boyhood club.

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PSG 1-0 Newcastle

Just under 10 minutes to go until the break and if Newcastle can get in just 1-0 down would be something of a positive outcome for them given just how dominant PSG have been.

'Wonderful piece of individual skill from Vergara'

Napoli 1-1 Chelsea

Leon Osman

Former Everton midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Chelsea have left themselves stretched and they never really recover, and this is a wonderful piece of individual skill from Vergara. He picks up the ball and running at the Chelsea defence, Fofana tries to get back but can't quite get there and gets done.

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Man City 2-0 Galatasaray

Pep Guardiola has just had a go at Rayan Cherki for taking too many touches.

One minute you're the goal hero, the next you're getting a rollocking off the boss.

'Game has settled for Newcastle'

PSG 1-0 Newcastle

Chris Sutton

Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Parc des Princes

Things seem to have settled down for Newcastle now. I shouldn't say that because PSG will then just carve them open.

As it stands...

Napoli's goal has now knocked Chelsea out of the top eight.

So far this evening, the west London club is in-and-out of the top eight.

Will they still be in the automatic positions by the end of play?

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Benfica 0-1 Real Madrid

Real Madrid take the lead and in doing so secure up their spot in the top eight.

Raul Asencio delivers a fine curling cross to the back post where Kylian Mbappe nods the ball into the net.

Record winners Real Madrid are third as things stand. Benfica are heading out.

GOAL - Napoli 1-1 Chelsea

Antonio Vergara (33 mins)

WOW!

Great scenes in Naples as Antonio Vergara drags his side back into this one and a play-off spot is back on the cards.

He picks the ball up, drives into the box and beats Wesley Fofana with a lovely pirouette before finding the far corner.

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PSG 1-0 Newcastle

Newcastle haven't had many chances but they should do better now as Joe Willock finds Anthony Elanga at the back post with a cross, but Elanga gets his hooked attempt all wrong and PSG deal with the danger.

'Chelsea need a period of possession'

Napoli 0-1 Chelsea

Leon Osman

Former Everton midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Chelsea have been under a bit of pressure in the last five minutes or so. They just need to get a period of possession in the Napoli half.

'Beautiful finish'

Man City 2-0 Galatasaray

Michael Brown

Former Manchester City midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live at Etihad Stadium

Cherki gets into good areas and his feet are incredible. Doku picks him out on the edge of the area, a really good reverse pass, Cherki shapes to go for the far post finish and chops it into the near. Beautiful finish.

Cushion for City

Man City 2-0 Galatasaray

Shamoon Hafez

Football news reporter at Etihad Stadium

That's an unerring finish from Rayan Cherki, but the Frenchman had so much time to pick his spot.

City are in total control now and have that cushion they needed before half-time.

It's another assist for Jeremy Doku too.

If Spurs draw, they will definitely still finish in the top eight if no more than three of the nine teams who could then overtake them win.

There are also numerous other permutations should Tottenham draw. For instance, they could afford for three of the teams on 13 points to win, along with Inter Milan and Juventus – both a point further back – as long as the latter two sides don't win by more than one and three-goal margins respectively.

Should that sequence of results happen but Inter and Juventus both match Tottenham's goal difference, the next two tiebreakers are total goals scored and away goals scored. Thomas Frank's side are currently top or joint top for those among the three sides but it's too close to call.

A shock home defeat for Liverpool against Qarabag would mean Spurs climb above them with a point. In that scenario, Thomas Frank's side could afford for four teams to overtake them and still finish in the top eight.

The same applies if Spurs draw and Real Madrid lose heavily – realistically by a four-goal margin – to Benfica. If that happens AND Liverpool lose, it would need six teams to overtake Tottenham and deny them automatic qualification for the last 16.

Still with us? Though unlikely, Spurs could lose and still end up in the top eight. The Lilywhites' favourable goal difference means they can afford a two-goal defeat in Germany provided PSG v Newcastle doesn't end in a draw and no more than two of the other nine chasing sides win – or three teams if one of those is Borussia Dortmund and they don't triumph with a four-goal swing in their favour.

Additionally, a two-goal defeat for Spurs and a draw for Chelsea would mean the two sides are level on points and goal difference, so could be split by goals scored; Tottenham currently have one more.

Whatever happens, Spurs are guaranteed to finish in the top 16 and will therefore be seeded if they're involved in the play-off round, giving them home advantage in the second leg.

Tottenham's Czech keeper Antonin Kinsky, 22, and Chelsea's French defender Axel Disasi, 27, have had West Ham United looking at loan deals but the Hammers will have to send Brazilian defender Igor Julio, 27, back to Brighton to help make both deals happens. (Guardian), external

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Tottenham manager Thomas Frank says French forward Randal Kolo Muani is "fine" after being involved in a "minor accident".

Pictures circulated on social media on Tuesday showing the 27-year-old and Wilson Odobert standing next to a damaged Ferrari, although the Spurs winger was travelling in his own car and stopped to assist his team-mate.

The accident happened as the pair were on their way to the airport for the club's trip to Germany and Wednesday's final Champions League group phase match at Eintracht Frankfurt (20:00 GMT).

Both Kolo Muani and compatriot Odobert were due to fly out later on Tuesday and boss Frank, speaking in his pre-match news conference, said "everyone else involved in the accident was fine".

"It was a tyre blowing up, so, they are little bit delayed, but they will land later tonight," he added.

Kolo Muani is on loan at Spurs from Paris St-Germain and has scored twice and assisted twice in Europe this season.

Frank "fully expects" both the frontman and Odobert to be available for the Frankfurt tie, where victory for his men will confirm a top-eight spot in the standings.

Spurs, however, will be without full-back Pedro Porro, who has a hamstring injury and "will be out for four weeks". Centre-back Micky van de Van has also not travelled due to a "minor thing", but could return for Sunday's Premier League home match with Manchester City (16:30 BST).

Tottenham have completed the Premier League double over Manchester City nine times so far, more than they have any other opponent. Meanwhile, only Chelsea (10) have done so more against the Citizens.

Man City have won their last two away league games against Spurs, last winning three in a row between February 1973 and August 1974.

Tottenham Hotspur are winless in five Premier League matches (D3 L2), their fourth run of 5+ winless games in the last two seasons. They only had four runs of five or more winless games across their previous 12 seasons combined from 2012-13 to 2023-24.

In the last two seasons, Manchester City rank sixth for points won away from home in the Premier League (46 in 30 games – an average of 1.53 per game). In the two seasons beforehand in 2022-23 and 2023-24, City won the joint most away points (81 in 38 games – 2.13 points per game).

In the last two seasons, the only ever-present sides to pick up fewer Premier League points than Tottenham (66) are Wolves (50) and West Ham (63), with Spurs’ 31 defeats second only to Wolves (37) in that time. Another defeat would mean Spurs have lost 10+ games for eight consecutive seasons since 2018-19 – in their eight seasons beforehand (2010-11 – 2017-18) this only happened twice.

Man City faced as many shots as they had themselves last time out against Wolves (11 each), the seventh time this season they’d either had fewer or as many attempts as their opponents in a Premier League game, the joint most in a season under Pep Guardiola. They are only averaging 4.7 more shots per game than their opponents this season, their smallest difference in a season under the Spaniard.

Man City’s Pep Guardiola has lost more league games against Spurs than any other opponent in his managerial career (8).

Thomas Frank has won just four of his last 22 home Premier League matches, with an identical record (W2 D3 L6) across his last 11 games with Brentford as in his first 11 with Spurs (W4 D6 L12 overall). Frank has the worst points per game at home of any Spurs boss in Premier League history (0.82).

Omar Marmoush netted his first Premier League goal of the season in Man City’s 2-0 win over Wolves but all eight of his goals in the competition have been scored at home – he’s failed to score with all 20 of his attempts in 12 games away from home.

Man City’s Antoine Semenyo has scored five goals in his last eight Premier League appearances, the joint most of any player in that timeframe (15 December onwards). One of those was a late winner against Spurs for Bournemouth in January, with only Eric Cantona in 1992-93 (Leeds and Man Utd) and Benito Carbone in 1999-00 (Sheff Wed and Aston Villa) scoring against Spurs for two teams in a single season.

Once again, it feels like Thomas Frank is on the brink.

Despite Cristian Romero's late equaliser, he and his Tottenham team were booed off by the away end after a 2-2 draw at Burnley - the continuation of a backing track that looks unlikely to stop any time soon.

Spurs fans appear almost universal in their displeasure at the football being offered up, and it is hard to look beyond his next defeat being his last.

They are simply not creating the quality of chances to win games. Only Sunderland (23.12) and the bottom two of Wolves (20.69) and Burnley (19.93) have created less than Spurs' expected goals (xG) of 23.95.

Frank's Brentford were setup to feed the ball to their fast and direct attackers - such as Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa - as quickly as possible, and finished the 2024-25 season with the league's eighth-best xG.

Whereas he previously has forward players he could rely upon to provide consistent output, Spurs' highest Premier League goalscorer this season is Richarlison with seven.

Joint second with four each are the central defensive pairing of Romero and Micky van de Ven, while none of offensive summer signings Mohammed Kudus, Xavi Simons, Randal Kolo Muani has scored more than twice in the league.

To address the balance, Frank has tried to build a solid defence to provide the bedrock to win Premier league points, but this only makes him more vulnerable to criticism from the fanbase when results do not follow.

Only Wolves (7) and Everton (12) have made fewer that Tottenham's Opta-defined 13 fast breaks so far this campaign, in sharp contrast to Keith Andrews' Brentford who lead the division on 43.

A midweek win over Borussia Dortmund and a late equaliser at Burnley on Saturday may show the players have not downed tools on Frank, but they remain inconsistent and ill-disciplined.

Despite not picking up any at Turf Moor, Spurs have received the most cards in the Premier League this season - 60 (58 yellows and two reds).

Yellows for tactical fouls to stop fast breaks and for game management to see through results are an inevitable by-products of the modern game, but such a tally in such a poor season shows a frustration and lack of control.

This is not a squad of players who have turned on their manager, but it is one that lacks identity, direction and, above all, belief.

Liverpool are unlikely to sell left-back Andy Robertson to Tottenham in the transfer window as things stand.

After considering an offer worth £5m from Spurs for Robertson, who is out of contract in the summer, the Reds have determined they are not able to proceed.

A deal was agreed in principle between the clubs last week that the move could happen after Liverpool's final Champions League league match on Wednesday.

However, the deal was also dependent on Liverpool being able to recall left-back Kostas Tsimikas from his loan at Roma, which they have not been able to do so far.

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