Liverpool eased to a 3-0 win in Marseille within the Champions League on Wednesday as Harry Kane’s double earned Bayern Munich a 2-0 victory towards Union Saint-Gilloise that secured a spot within the final 16 for the German giants.
Arne Slot’s Liverpool prolonged their unbeaten run to 13 matches in all competitions since a 4-1 hammering at house by PSV Eindhoven within the Champions League in November.
Mohamed Salah made his first look for his membership since coming back from the Africa Cup of Nations, however he was not among the many scorers.
As a substitute it was Dominik Szoboszlai who bought the breakthrough simply earlier than half-time with a intelligent free-kick that went underneath the wall.
“I did my homework and bought informed that if nobody is mendacity down, then I can hit it underneath the wall. I attempted it and it labored out,” the Hungarian mentioned.
Hugo Ekitike hit the bar earlier than the second objective arrived on 72 minutes when Jeremie Frimpong’s ball into the center went in off goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli.
Substitute Cody Gakpo wrapped up the win on the loss of life, leaving Liverpool fourth within the 36-team standings, and ready to clinch a last-16 place by beating Qarabag subsequent week.
In the meantime, Bayern joined table-toppers Arsenal in guaranteeing a top-eight end with a recreation to spare, and subsequently a last-16 spot, as they noticed off the Belgian champions on the Allianz Enviornment.
Kane headed in to open the scoring early within the second half, then received and transformed a penalty on 55 minutes.
Kim Min-jae was despatched off for the house facet earlier than Kane squandered the prospect to attain a hat-trick by sending one other penalty off the woodwork — he nonetheless has seven targets in seven Champions League video games this season, and 34 in all competitions.
“We scored on the proper occasions, had been a bit unfortunate with the crimson card however even after that after we went right down to 10 males we managed the sport properly and earned the three factors,” Kane informed DAZN.
Newcastle, Chelsea, Barca win
Newcastle United had been too robust for PSV at St James’ Park, operating out 3-0 winners after Yoane Wissa bought an early opener and Anthony Gordon made it two on the half-hour.
Harvey Barnes then fired within the third on 65 minutes, and Newcastle are within the high eight earlier than finishing the league part away to reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain subsequent week.
Chelsea are eighth after edging out Cypriot minnows Pafos 1-0 at Stamford Bridge due to a Moises Caicedo header within the 78th minute — as new coach Liam Rosenior loved a win in his first Champions League recreation.
Barcelona are among the many groups concerned within the struggle for direct last-16 entry after they got here from behind to defeat Slavia Prague 4-2.
The Czech facet had not scored in any of their earlier 5 European outings however went forward via Vasil Kusej’s early objective.
Fermin Lopez scored twice to show the sport round, just for the unfortunate Robert Lewandowski to place via his personal web and make it 2-2 on the interval.
Nonetheless, an excellent Dani Olmo strike restored Barca’s lead simply after the hour and Lewandowski sealed the win together with his first Champions League objective this season.
Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 away to Galatasaray in Istanbul, with Giuliano Simeone placing the guests forward early on just for a Marcos Llorente personal objective to revive parity.
Atalanta’s top-eight hopes had been hit as they misplaced 3-2 at house to Athletic Bilbao, with the Basque facet reviving their hopes of creating the play-off spherical.
Gianluca Scamacca headed Atalanta in entrance however Gorka Guruzeta equalised earlier than the break and Nico Serrano and Robert Navarro added additional targets within the second half. Nikola Krstovic then pulled one again late on.
Juventus continued their Champions League restoration with a 3rd straight European win, beating Benfica 2-0 due to second-half targets by Khephren Thuram and Weston McKennie.
Vangelis Pavlidis missed a penalty in spectacular vogue for Benfica, and Jose Mourinho’s facet now look set to be eradicated.
Nonetheless, shock bundle Qarabag are heading in the right direction to make the play-offs after beating Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 in Baku.
Colombian Camilo Duran scored twice for the house facet both facet of a Can Uzun effort and a Fares Chaibi penalty. Bahlul Mustafazade then received it for the Azeri membership in harm time.
All 18 matches within the closing spherical of video games will likely be performed concurrently subsequent Wednesday, January 28.
Revealed – January 23, 2026 05:52 am IST
