Postpublished at 20:59 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January
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Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter at Villa Park
There were clearly a number of Celtic fans celebrating in the home end.
Real Madrid through to knockouts with comfortable Brest win
Real Madrid must go through the Champions League play-offs and a tie against either Manchester City or Celtic after failing to finish in the top eight despite comfortably beating Brest.
A Rodrygo double and Jude Bellingham's strike secured a win for the reigning champions, who needed a win in France to stand a chance of an automatic place in the round of 16.
But results elsewhere mean Carlo Ancelotti's side must play an extra two-legged tie if they are to defend their title.
Brest also go into the knock-out play-offs in their debut Champions League campaign.
After a slow start, Madrid assumed control in Guingamp and deservedly took the lead after 27 minutes through a fine goal from Rodrygo.
The Brazilian, who now has 10 goals in as many matches, cut inside a defender on his right foot, before shimmying back onto his left and striking a low effort in off the far post.
Madrid suffered a mighty scare as Ludovic Ajorque squeezed home a shot deflected off Aurelin Tchouameni, only to be determined narrowly offside following a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) review.
Instead, Bellingham made it 2-0 after 57 minutes when he finished from Lucas Vazquez's cutback, and Rodrygo added a third by turning in the rebound from a Marco Bizot save.
Victories for Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa meant it was mathematically impossible for Madrid to reach the top eight no matter their result.
Instead the European champions finish 11th, and will face one of Manchester City or Celtic in the play-offs with the draw to be made on Friday.
Brest come 18th, and will face Benfica or Ligue 1 rivals Paris St-Germain in the next round.
Rodrygo (left) has scored 10 goals across his last 10 Real Madrid matches
Madrid have been in fine form of late, and have now won their last five games while scoring 20 goals in the process.
But their slow start to this Champions League campaign, in which they lost three of their first six matches, has ultimately cost them automatic progress to the round of 16.
Their vaunted attack in particular has found their touch too late - Rodrygo is now scoring at will, but only after going two and a half months without a goal.
Similarly Mbappe now seems to have adapted to his Real role as a central number nine, but the teething problems that were so evident earlier this campaign - such as the damaging loss at Liverpool - have still cost Madrid in the end.
It means Madrid must now go through an extra two play-off games in order to defend the title they regard as their birthright. While they will be well fancied to reach the last 16 and go further, it will be a sore point for Europe's most successful side that they have to take this road at all.
Brest, by comparison, will be thrilled to have reached the knockout stages of their first ever Champions League campaign.
The French side made a blistering start by going unbeaten in their first four league stage matches, but four winless games in the back half have cost them a top eight finish.
Eric Roy's side did have a tough draw - they are the first debutants to lose to Real Madrid and Barcelona in the same Champions League campaign since Leeds in 2000-01.
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Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
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2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 19 |
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3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
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4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
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5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 18 |
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6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
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7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 16 |
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8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
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9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 15 |
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10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
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11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
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12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
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13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
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14 | PSV | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
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15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
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16 | Benfica | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 13 |
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17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
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18 | Brest | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
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19 | Feyenoord | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 13 |
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20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
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21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 12 |
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22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 11 |
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23 | Sporting CP | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
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24 | Club Brugge | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
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25 | Dinamo Zagreb | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 11 |
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26 | Stuttgart | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 10 |
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27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 7 |
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28 | Bologna | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
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29 | Red Star Belgrade | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 6 |
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30 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 6 |
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31 | Sparta Prague | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 4 |
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32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 3 |
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33 | Girona | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 3 |
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34 | Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 3 |
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35 | Slovan Bratislava | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -20 | 0 |
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36 | Young Boys | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | -21 | 0 |
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Manager: Éric Roy
Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Éric Roy
Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Brest have already lost to Barcelona in this season’s UEFA Champions League, with the last team to lose to both Real Madrid and Barça in their debut campaign in the competition being Leeds United in 2000-01.
Real Madrid have lost exactly half of their 14 away games against French opposition in the UEFA Champions League (W5 D2 L7), only posting a higher away loss rate versus Russian opponents in the competition (57% - P7 W2 D1 L4).
Real Madrid have only lost three of their last 29 games when facing a side for the first time in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (W23 D3), although one of those did come this season, also away from home against a French opponent (0-1 v Lille in October).
Among teams to have played 50+ games in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid are the club with the highest all-time win percentage (59.9% - 296 wins in 494 games).
Brest will be the 58th different team Carlo Ancelotti has faced in the UEFA Champions League, the most of any side. He has beaten 53 of the 57 teams he’s faced, also an outright high of any manager, although one of the four sides he hasn’t beaten is French club Lille in three attempts (D1 L2).
Real Madrid have kept just three clean sheets in their last 18 away UEFA Champions League matches, having kept five in their previous six away games beforehand.
After going unbeaten in their first four matches in the UEFA Champions League this season (W3 D1), Brest have since lost two of their last three (W1), while failing to score in both defeats – 0-3 v Barcelona on MD5 and 0-2 v Shakhtar Donetsk on MD7 last time out.
Since the start of the 2021-22 campaign, Vinícius Júnior has been directly involved in 40 goals in 41 appearances for Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League (24 goals, 16 assists); the most of any player in the competition in this period.
Kylian Mbappé has only faced one French side in the UEFA Champions League, playing against Lille on MD2 this season for Real Madrid and failing to score. The only other nation’s clubs he has faced and not scored against are Russian teams (two games vs. CSKA Moscow), although he has scored nine goals in 10 games against Brest in all competitions.
Abdallah Sima has scored 30% of Brest’s goals in the UEFA Champions League this season (3/10). However, he hasn’t netted in the competition since last October (v RB Salzburg), with his three goals this term all coming within the first two matchdays.