UEFA Champions League: Matchday Six Review

Here, we are taking a look back at all of the enthralling action to have take place across the continent of Europe on the Sixth Matchday of this season’s absorbing League Phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League.

The sixth round of action in the League Phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League is now over, and here we are going to take a look back at all of the matches involving Premier League Clubs over the course of Tuesday 11th, and Wednesday 12th December 2024. We will also take a glance at the results from the other games to take place across Europe this week.

Liverpool managed to secure yet another victory – their sixth in succession – in this year’s UEFA Champions League’s League Phase with a 1 – 0 win away from home against Spanish side Girona on Tuesday. Arne Slot’s Reds are the only unbeaten team in the entire competition so far.

There was a crucial win for Unai Emery’s Aston Villa in Germany as they faced RB Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena, where the victory for the Birmingham outfit saw them take a step closer and be in touching distance of qualification for the Round of 16, a feat already accomplished by Liverpool.

As for Manchester City, their chances of a top eight finish did take a setback when they were on the wrong end of the result against Italian Giants, suffering a defeat against The Old Lady in Turin. As for Arsenal, they too are a step closer to a top eight finish and automatic qualification for the Round of 16 thanks to an emphatic victory at the Emirates Stadium, beating France’s AS Monaco in North London.

Let’s now take a deeper look at the matches in the UEFA Champions League this week that were involving English Premier League teams across Europe.

Girona (Spain) 0 – 1 Liverpool (England) – Tuesday 10^th December, Estadi Montilivi

We will start with Liverpool’s trip to Spain to face La Liga outfit Girona at the Estadi Montilivi on Tuesday evening. In the end, it was a crucial 1 – 0 victory away from home for Arne Slot’s Reds, who have extended their unbeaten record in this season’s UEFA Champions League competition to remain top of the tree.

The winning goal was scored by their talismanic Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah, who found the back of the Girona net from the penalty spot (63’).

RB Leipzig (Germany) 2 – 3 Aston Villa (England) – Tuesday 10^th December, RB Arena

The next game that we will be taking a look at saw German Bundesliga Club RB Leipzig, led by their Head Coach Marco Rose, take on Unai Emery’s Aston Villa on Wednesday evening at the Red Bull Arena. Aston Villa won 3 – 2 in what was a thrilling game in the German state of Saxony.

John McGinn gave Villa the lead in the early stages thanks to a close range header (3’), before a mistake from Emiliano Martinez led to the equalising goal from Leipzig striker Lois Openda with almost half an hour gone (27’). Jhon Duran gave Aston Villa the lead again with a spectacular long range strike in the early stages of the second half (52’), before Christoph Baumgartner got the German outfit’s second equalising goal just ten minutes later (62’). It was Ross Barkley who gave Villa their winning goal in the closing stages of the match (85’).

Aston Villa are now up to 5^th place in the League Phase, now with 13 points from their 6 matches, and they also knocked RB Leipzig out of this season’s competition with this victory.

Juventus (Italy) 2 – 0 Manchester City (England) – Wednesday 11^th December, Allianz Stadium

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City were on the end of defeat again in the UEFA Champions League’s League Phase on Wednesday night, this time against Italian Serie A heavyweights Juventus at the Allianz Stadium in Turin.

Dusan Vlahovic gave the Old Lady the lead early on in the second half (53’), before United States International central midfielder Weston McKennie gave them the second goal to ultimately win the game for the hosts on the night (75’).

Manchester City are now 22^nd in the table with 8 points, with a gap of 5 points between themselves and the top eight. As for Juventus, they are now in 14^th place with 11 points, 2 points off the top eight at the moment.

Arsenal (England) 3 – 0 AS Monaco (France) – Wednesday 11^th December, Emirates Stadium

Finally, we move on to Arsenal’s game against French Ligue 1 outfit AS Monaco at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night, and in their 3 – 0 victory, they not only rose to 3^rd place in the UEFA Champions League’s League Phase Standings, they became the third English Premier League Club to record victory in this season’s competition this week alone.

Mikel Arteta and Arsenal took the lead through Bukayo Saka just after half an hour had gone (34’), before the England international forward then managed to double his and Arsenal’s tally for goals with his second goal in the latter stages of this match in North London (78’). Kai Havertz then rounded off this crucial and emphatic victory just ten minutes later in this match (88’).

Other Matches

Below are all of the remaining League Phase matches that took place on the sixth matchday of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League this week.

• Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 0 – 0 Celtic (Scotland)
• Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 1 – 0 Inter Milan (Italy) – Nordi Mukiele (90’).
• Atalanta (Italy) 2 – 3 Real Madrid (Spain) – Charles De Ketelaere (45’+2 – Penalty), & Ademola Lookman (65’); Kylian Mbappe (10’), Vinicius Junior (56’), & Jude Bellingham (59’).
• Club Brugge (Belgium) 2 – 1 Sporting CP (Portugal) – Eduardo Quaresma OG (24’), & Casper Nielsen (84’); Geny Catamo (3’).
• Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 1 – 5 Bayern Munich (Germany) – Kevin (5’); Konrad Laimer (11’), Thomas Muller (45’), Michael Olise (70’ – Penalty, 90+3’), & Jamal Musiala (87’).
• RB Salzburg (Austria) 0 – 3 Paris Saint-Germain (France) – Goncalo Ramos (30’), Nuno Mendes (72’), & Desire Doue (85’).
• Brest (France) 1 – 0 PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) – Julien Le Cardinal (43’).
• Atletico Madrid (Spain) 3 – 1 Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) – Julian Alvarez (16’) & Antoine Griezmann (42’, 57’); David Strelec (51’ – Penalty).
• LOSC Lille (France) 3 – 2 Sturm Graz (Austria) – Osame Sahraoui (37’), Mitchel Bakker (45+2’), & Hakon Arnar Haraldsson (81’); Otar Kiteishvili (45+4’) & Mika Biereth (47’).
• Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 2 – 3 FC Barcelona (Spain) – Serhou Guirassy (60’ – Penalty, 78’); Raphinha (53’), & Ferran Torres (75’, 85’).
• Benfica (Portugal) 0 – 0 Bologna (Italy).
• AC Milan (Italy) 2 – 1 Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) – Rafael Leao (42’) & Tammy Abraham (87’); Nemanja Radonjic (67’).
• Feyenoord (Netherlands) 4 – 2 Sparta Praha (Czech Republic) – Gernot Trauner (8’), Igor Paixao (10’), Anis Hadj Moussa (30’), & Santiago Gimenez (63’); Albion Rrahmani (43’) & Thomas Beelen OG (79’).
• VFB Stuttgart (Germany) 5 – 1 BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) – Angelo Stiller (25’), Enzo Millot (53’), Chris Fuhrich (61’), Josha Vagnoman (66’), & Yannik Keitel (75’); Lukasz Lakomy (6’).

Next Up for Premier League Clubs

Below are the matches involving English Premier League Clubs on the penultimate matchday (Matchday Seven) of the UEFA Champions League’s League Phase, which gets underway on Tuesday 21^st January 2025:

• AS Monaco (France) vs. Aston Villa (England) – Tuesday 21^st January 2025, Stade Louis II, 17:45 KO.
• Liverpool (England) vs. LOSC Lille (France) – Tuesday 21^st January 2025, Anfield, 20:00 KO.
• Paris Saint-Germain (France) vs. Manchester City (England) – Wednesday 22^nd January 2025, Stade de France, 20:00 KO.
• Arsenal (England) vs. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) – Wednesday 22^nd January 2025, Emirates Stadium, 20:00 KO.

Excitement and anticipation are building ahead of the start of the sixth round of action to finally get underway in the latest Matchday of the League Phase in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League.

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