The UEFA Champions League 2024–25 was underway yesterday, Wednesday, November 27, for Matchday 5 of 8. A total of nine matches were played: FK Crvena zvezda vs VfB Stuttgart, SK Sturm Graz vs Girona FC, Aston Villa vs Juventus, Monaco vs Benfica, PSV Eindhoven vs Shakhtar Donetsk, Liverpool vs Real Madrid, Celtic vs Club Brugge KV, Bologna vs Lille, and Dinamo Zagreb against Borussia Dortmund.
The biggest game of the day was obviously Liverpool vs Real Madrid. The Reds, who are currently top of the Premier League table, got their best revenge for the beating they received in the 2017/18 UEFA Final when Real humiliated them 3-1, that time when Gareth Bale came off the bench and scored a spectacular bicycle kick at the 64th minute. Last night, they defeated the La Liga giants and a record fifteen times Champions League winners 2-0, with goals coming from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo as Kylian Mbappe and Mo Salah missed penalties.
In the other matches: Crvena zvezda defeated VfB Stuttgart 5–1; SK Sturm Graz won against Girona 1–0; Monaco was beaten by Benfica 2–3; PSV won 3–2; Celtic vs. Club Brugge ended in a 1–1 draw; Bologna suffered 1–2; Dinamo Zagreb lost 0–3; and Aston Villa nearly shook the world of football by almost beating Juventus 1–0, but the goal was cancelled, resulting in a 0–0 tie.
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UEFA Champions League table and standings 2024-25
Find out which football teams are now leading the pack or at the foot of the table in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) on BT.
We’ll only be showing you the top 10 teams, hoping that you know that the UCL now features 36 teams, up from 32 last season, and that the group stage was replaced with a league system with each team now playing eight games, four home and four away, against eight different teams.
* MP – Matches Played
* W – Won
* D – Draw
* L – Lost
* Pts – Points
| No. | Team | MP | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1. | Liverpool | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2. | Inter | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 3. | Barcelona | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 4. | Dortmund | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 5. | Atalanta | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 6. | Leverkusen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 7. | Arsenal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 8. | Monaco | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 9. | Aston Villa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Sporting | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
The top eight teams in the league phase will qualify directly for the round of 16. Teams finishing in positions 9-24 will enter the knockout round. This will be a two-legged play-off, starting with random matchups. The teams finishing 9th to 16th will have a mini-draw for the second leg at home, facing one of the teams from positions 17th to 24th.
The eight clubs that win their knockout play-offs will advance to the round of 16. They will each face one of the top eight teams from the league phase. The round of 16 will be followed by quarter-finals, semis and the final.
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