The knockout stages are here, and there were plenty of storylines to digest. We hand out honours and dishonours from the latest round of action Feyenoord ..read more

Dortmund win 3-0 in Portugal; Mbangula lifts Juve Dembélé takes Brest apart to show PSG are contenders Serhou Guirassy scored one and set up another in Borussia Dortmund’s 3-0 victory at Sporting in their Champions League playoff first leg to put last year’s finalists in the driving seat for a spot in the last 16. The top scorer in this season’s Champions League headed in his 10th goal of the competition on the hour mark before providing Pascal Gross with a perfect assist to double the lead in the 68th minute ..read more

Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are among the teams fighting for a place in the last 16 By Ben McAleer for WhoScored Familiar foes face off in the first Champions League playoff game this week as Brest take on PSG at the Stade de Roudourou​ in Guingamp.​ Brest’s ground did not meet Uefa’s requirements, so they will continue to play at the home of their local rivals. The Bretons will hope to extend their fine debut run in the Champions League, and they have won their last two matches, beating Troyes in the Coupe de France and Nantes in Ligue 1 ..read more

Bayern go nine points clear at top of Bundesliga with win Kolo Muani seals late Juventus victory against Como Bayern Munich eased past Werder Bremen 3-0 on Friday with two goals from Harry Kane for their seventh league win in succession, to move nine points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. The Bavarians, who face Celtic in their Champions League playoff first leg next week for a spot in the round of 16, had their best chance of the first half through Kane but his stoppage-time header narrowly missed the target ..read more

Lewandowski goal earns Barça 1-0 home victory De Vrij pounces in stoppage time at San Siro Barcelona closed the gap on La Liga leaders, Real Madrid, to four points, but were reliant on Robert Lewandowski’s second-half goal to beat struggling Alavés. The home side dominated possession with Alavés, who sit in 18th place, happy to sit back and defend. Barça almost scored near the half-hour mark when Manu Sánchez’s attempt to clear Raphinha’s cross went to Lewandowski, but the Polish striker put his shot wide ..read more

The final night of the group stage produced plenty of drama. We hand out honours and dishonours from the latest round of action Manchester City ..read more

Today’s fluff is just a shot away from you Manchester City may have already spent in excess of £120m this month but they haven’t finished yet, with Andrea Cambiaso of Juventus a potential full-back recruit and Atalanta’s Éderson, rated at £70m, among the midfielders they have their eye on. The Mill knows what you’re thinking, but beyond the one at Atalanta and the one already at City there are no other Edersons playing top-flight football anywhere, so sadly the dream of a team full of them is destined never to be realised. If City fail to land Éderson No 2 they might sign their former player D ..read more

Bundesliga strugglers win 4-2 and add to Dortmund woes Milan recover to win at Como and Juventus draw again Struggling Holstein Kiel scored three times in a dominant first half but had to survive a late comeback from Borussia Dortmund before beating the visitors 4-2, capped by a breakaway fourth goal into an empty net, in a second straight Bundesliga loss for the Ruhr valley club. The result saw Dortmund, who had also lost 3-2 to Bayer Leverkusen on Friday, drop to eighth in the standings while piling more pressure on already-embattled coach Nuri Sahin ..read more

His 15th league goal of season keeps Bayern clear at top In Serie A, Atalanta miss chance to go level with Napoli Harry Kane netted a penalty to give Bayern Munich a 1-0 victory at Borussia Mönchengladbach in their first Bundesliga match after the winter break, keeping them four points clear of second-placed Bayer Leverkusen. The England captain sent Gladbach keeper Moritz Nicolas the wrong way in the 68th minute to break the deadlock and bag his 15th league goal this season to maintain his status as the Bundesliga’s top scorer ..read more

Today’s rumours think about your dumb face all the time Manchester United seem to be plotting a double raid on Paris Saint-Germain, after identifying Randal Kolo Muani as the answer to their striking problems and Nuno Mendes as their ideal left-back, though neither transfer looks straightforward. Muani, who moved to the Parc des Princes for £77m only 16 months ago and has scored twice in 14 appearances this season, could be available on loan and is also interesting Tottenham while also finding himself on a three-man shortlist drawn up by Juventus, where he is joined by United’s own Joshua Zirk ..read more