Youngster Ademola Lookman put the Blues – who were already eliminated from the competition, along with their hosts, ahead of kickoff – on course for their first and only win of the group phase with a brace in the first half, before summer signing Nikola Vlasic added a second in the dying stages of the match
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The Premier League side had already guaranteed top spot in Group H before the encounter
The Citizens, previously without defeat in 227 days since going down 2-1 to Arsenal in last season’s FA Cup semi-finals, were two behind inside 32 minutes
Real Madrid entered the match having already qualified for the round of 16 as Group H runners-up, but Dortmund needed a favour from section winners Tottenham Hotspur in a bid to secure third position ahead of APOEL
The result sees Liverpool finish top of Group E, while Spartak Moscow are condemned to Europa League football
While Atletico will drop into the Europa League, Chelsea face the prospect of playing either Barcelona or Paris Saint-Germain at the last-16 stage of this competition after Christmas
The Group A leaders were all but guaranteed a place in the knockout stages before kickoff, although they could have still mathematically – if not realistically – missed out in a three-way playoff with Basel and CSKA
Defeat for Dortmund leaves the German outfit battling it out with APOEL for a Europa League place, but Peter Bosz’s side only have to match the result of the Cypriot club in order to progress
Evra is also leaving the French Ligue 1 club by mutual consent as his career looks set for an ignominious end
The Gunners, who went into the match with a 100 per cent record in this season’s competition, were unable to find the breakthrough against their Serbian visitors, who came closest to scoring when they hit the crossbar in the first half
Sturridge joined Liverpool in 2013 and the club have since qualified for the Champions League twice, starting with the 2014/2015 season.
The incident was during a melee which broke out during Thursday’s Europa League game at Goodison Park
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 31 Premier League matches against newly-promoted sides (W26 D5), collecting 83 points from a possible 93 since losing 1-2 to QPR in March 2012
The Old Trafford club earned revenues of £581.2 million ($783 million, 659 million euros) in the 12 months to the end of June and made an operating profit of £80.8 million.
The European match was due to kick off at 8.05pm, but was delayed for an hour after thousands of ticketless German supporters attempted to gain access to the Emirates Stadium
It was not until after the break – and a switch to a 4-2-3-1 formation from three at the back – that the Gunners were able to display the dominance expected of them in their first season outside of the Champions League in 19 years
Both English sides face difficult tasks to advance to the knockout stages when the group phase begins on September 14.
While silverware was added to the trophy cabinet with success in the EFL Cup and Europa League, boss Jose Mourinho knows that far more will be required in the top flight in his second term at the helm
Man United have three days to appeal the decision from UEFA
However, Sanchez has told Chilean media that he wants to play in the Champions League, whereas Arsenal will play in the lower Europa League