Lens will measure up to Paris Saint-Germain this weekend at a time when the club who came close to winning the Ligue 1 title two seasons ago appear to be losing their way.The team from France's far north with one of the country's most passionate supports finished just one point behind PSG in 2023,
Aston Villa, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Inter Milan joined the likes of Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League last 16.
Arsenal secured a spot in the Champions League round of 16 as it rallied from a goal down to win 2-1 at Girona; Paris St Germain beat VfB Stuttgart 4-1 to move into the next round.
Goals from Jorginho and Ethan Nwaeri saw us come from behind to beat Girona and secure a spot in the Champions League last-16
Arsenal take on Girona in the Champions League tonight without David Raya, who misses out in a huge injury concern before clashes with Manchester City and Newcastle. It is the Gunners’ final game of the new-look league phase,
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So in terms of the Champions League permutations for tonight, Arsenal head into the last round of league phase fixtures sitting third after last week’s 3-0 win at home to Dinamo Zagreb and could yet finish in second if they beat Girona and Barcelona lose at home to Atalanta.
Dembélé’s hat trick in a 4-1 victory over Stuttgart on Wednesday took him to 16 goals overall, which is already a career best. He has taken 25 games to reach that mark, a far better ratio than his previous best of 14 in 42 for Barcelona in 2018-19.
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PSG will play a fellow Ligue 1 side, either Monaco or Brest, in February's two-legged play-offs and will find out their opponents when the draw is made in Nyon, Switzerland at 11:00 GMT on Friday.
A frantic second half ended with the game tied, Barcelona 2nd in the table and Atalanta missing out on automatic qualification to the Round of 16