Former FC Barcelona player, Neymar, PSG’s 222 million euro ($263 million) world record signing, will line up against Madrid on the left, but right back Carvajal is suspended for the game.
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Ronaldo claimed the Ballon d’Or for a fifth time last month and is among the six nominees for the prestigious Laureus award, which he has never won.
The Spaniard said this was to avoid a lack of squad depth as they compete on multiple fronts
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
The result sees Liverpool finish top of Group E, while Spartak Moscow are condemned to Europa League football
Victory for Barca ends a two-match winless run in European competition without scoring and also saw them strengthen their grip on top spot, which they were under no risk of relinquishing on the final matchday
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
The big-spending French club, who had won 5-0 at Parkhead on match day one, were even more ruthless in the second half with goals from Marco Verratti, Cavani and Dani Alves compounding the Hoops’ misery
Barca star Lionel Messi started the Group D clash from the bench, marking the first time since October 16 of last year he had not begun a Barca match by manager’s choice
Jose Mourinho’s team had the better of the chances in the opening 45 minutes, but through a mix of bad luck, some decent defending in the final third by Basel and strong play by Tomas Vaclík in net, no goals ever came
The match turned decisively in the English champions’ favour midway through the first half when Qarabag’s captain, Rashad Sadygov, was dismissed for pulling down Willian in the box, allowing Eden Hazard to convert coolly from the spot
The victory strengthened their push to reach the knockout stages while shattering the Portuguese side’s chances
The Ligue 1 champions were bottom of the group prior to kickoff with just two points from their four games so far and got off to a nightmare start against their opponents
A Citizens side far from their free-flowing best, showing six changes from their last outing, left it until the 88th minutes to find a way through a compact visiting defence
The phrase “a game of two halves” certainly applied at the Ramon Sanchez Pizhuan stadium on Tuesday night as the Reds were rampant in the first half, storming to a 3-0 lead inside half an hour, but their Spanish opponents came out fighting in the second and pulled off a comeback
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
The Chelsea winger has missed the last eight games due to a hamstring issue
Just two weeks on from thrashing the same opponents 7-0 in Slovenia, the Reds found things more difficult on home soil but second-half strikes from Mohamed Salah, Emre Can and Daniel Sturridge ensured that they came away with all three points
The Spanish giants found themselves three goals down on an incredible night at Wembley Stadium, before Cristiano Ronaldo pulled one back late on to blemish what was otherwise a perfect 90-minute performance from the hosts