Mark Lythgoe: Fielding a much stronger team than I was expecting tonight. Surprised to see Salah, Fabinho, Jota and Trent AA! Big congrats to Trent for the captaincy!

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It is a massive night for Real Madrid.

Zinedine Zidane's side are facing the real possibility of elimination from the Champions League at the group stage for the first time.

Only a win against Borussia Monchengladbach tonight will guarantee Real's progress.

A point will be enough for the 13-times champions as long as Inter Milan overcome Shakhtar Donetsk at San Siro. However, Real will finish bottom if both they and Shakhtar lose.

Every team in the wide-open group still has the chance to progress.

Seven teams in action tonight still have the chance to clinch a last-16 place.

They are: Real Madrid, Ajax, Shakhtar Donetsk, Borussia Monchengladbach, Atletico Madrid, RB Salzburg and Atalanta.

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Paris St-Germain's Champions League game against Istanbul Basaksehir will resume this evening after it was abandoned yesterday with a match official accused of using a racist term towards one of the away side's backroom staff.

Istanbul allege fourth official Sebastian Coltescu used the language towards their assistant coach Pierre Webo, who was shown a red card in an exchange on the touchline.

Istanbul players walked off the pitch in protest, with PSG players following.

The incident happened just 14 minutes into the Group H tie, which was still goalless. The match will recommence from the 14th minute, with kick-off at 17:55 GMT.

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Liverpool have finished top of their Champions League group for the third time in the past four seasons.

A victory tonight will see them win as many as five matches in a single Champions League group stage for the first time in the competition.

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reckons his side would have been "lost" without their young players this season.

Injuries to senior players Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Thiago Alcantara, Alisson and Trent Alexander-Arnold have forced Klopp to play some youngsters.

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher and defenders Rhys Williams and Nathaniel Phillips made their senior debuts, while Neco Williams and Curtis Jones also featured regularly.

"They were well prepared," said Klopp. "When one door closes another opens up but you need the right kids to use - and how the boys did it."

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Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City are the three Premier League teams to have secured their places in the last 16.

They have been joined by nine other teams, with four places still up for grabs.

The 12 teams confirmed into the knockouts are:

Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Porto, Liverpool, Chelsea, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Barcelona, and Juventus, RB Leipzig, and Paris Saint-Germain.

Trent Alexander-Arnold gets the honour of captaining Liverpool for the first time tonight.

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Liverpool have already qualified as group winners so make eight changes to the side that thumped Wolves 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday.

Teenage midfielder Leighton Clarkson gets his first Champions League start and only his third appearance overall for the Reds.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Rhys Williams, Kostas Tsimikas, Naby Keita, Takumi Minamino, Diogo Jota and Divock Origi all come in.

Nico Williams, Joel Matip, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Curtis Jones, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane all drop out.

Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, R Williams, Fabinho, Tsimikas, Clarkson, Keita, Minamino, Salah, Jota, Origi.

Things didn't exactly go to plan for Manchester United as they crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage last night.

There's no such fears for tonight's two Premier League sides in European action with both Liverpool and Manchester City having already progressed to the last 16 with a game to spare.

Feet up time? Or a chance to maintain momentum?