There were storylines across all 18 simultaneous kick-offs – not to mention 64 goals in total – but Aston Villa and Lille securing automatic qualification for the round of 16, as well as Manchester City coming from the elimination zone to reach the knockout phase play-offs, were among the headlines. UEFA.com rounds up all the action.

It’s customary for the Champions League to overdeliver on drama but rarely quite like Tuesday night’s game between Barcelona and Benfica.

Goals from Harvey Elliott and Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool defeat French side Lille on a busy night in the Champions League on Tuesday. Salah opened the scoring for the Reds before Lille were reduced to 10 men with Aïssa Mandi shown a second yellow card after the break.

Liverpool became the first team to guarantee a place in the last 16 of the new Champions League format by beating Lille 2-1 on Tuesday, while Barcelona fought back from two goals down to stun Benfica 5-4 in a thriller. Harvey Elliott's bouncing ...

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Lille, meanwhile, sit 11th in the table and ... Benfica are in full control against Barcelona at half-time thanks to a first-half hat trick from Vangelis Pavlidis. The way things are headed ...

But Lille rallied and produced an unlikely equalizer ... The victory guarantees Liverpool a spot in the last 16, though Barcelona’s late win means that the top spot in the league phase is ...

Lille pulled level via Jonathan David, only for substitute Elliott to grab the winner in front of a delighted home crowd. The most exciting match took place over in Portugal as Barcelona defeated ...

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Liverpool became the first team to guarantee a place in the last 16 of the new Champions League format by beating Lille 2-1 on Tuesday, while Barcelona fought back from two goals down to stun ...

The new league phase of the Champions League has finished after a chaotic final gameweek, with Liverpool and Arsenal finishing first and third respectively.