The final matchday of the League phase of the UEFA Champions League played out on Wednesday night, with the fates of every club being decided in the crucial fixtures.
The first edition of the newly formed Champions League group stage, which is now the League phase, has come to its conclusion, with the 36 teams finding out who made the top eight, who made the play-offs and whose UCL journey comes to an end.
For Manchester City, their match against Club Brugge was one of the most vital fixtures of their season so far, and anything less than a win would be sending the 2023 champions out in an early exit, due to their poor run of results in the competition.
With this round now over with, we are left with 24 clubs in this season's Champions League. Eight have already booked their place in the last round of 16, while the others must go through a play-off round to accompany the top eight to make up the last 16.
Matchday Eight results
Manchester City 3-1 Club Brugge
Inter Milan 3-0 Monaco
Barcelona 2-2 Atalanta
RB Salzburg 1-4 Atletico Madrid
Bayern Munich 3-1 Slovan Bratislava
Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 AC Milan
Young boys 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
Stuttgart 1-4 Paris Saint-Germain
LOSC Lille 6-1 Feyenoord
Girona 1-2 Arsenal
Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Shakhtar
Stade Brest 0-3 Real Madrid
Leverkusen 2-0 Sparta Prague
PSV Eindhoven 3-2 Liverpool
Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Bologna
Juventus 0-2 Benfica
Aston Villa 4-2 celtic
Sturm Graz 1-0 RB Leipzig
Despite going 1-0 down in the first half, Manchester City got the all-important job done by going on to score three goals in the last 45 minutes to get out of the elimination zone and secure a play-off place.
Champions League top eight
The teams that come in the top eight have automatically qualified for the round of the 16.
1. Liverpool - 21pts
2. Barcelona - 19pts
3. Arsenal - 19pts
4. Inter Milan - 19pts
5. Atletico Madrid - 18pts
6. Leverkusen - 16pts
7. LOSC Lille - 16pts
8. Aston Villa - 16pts
Champions League teams in the play-offs
9-24 are still in the competition and will have to go through an extra round to qualify for the last 16.
9. Atalanta - 15pts
10. Borussia Dortmund - 15pts
11. Real Madrid - 15pts
12. Bayern Munich - 15pts
13. AC Milan - 15pts
14. PSV Eindhoven - 14pts
15. Paris Saint-Germain - 13pts
16. Benfica - 13pts
17. Monaco - 13pts
18. Stade Brest - 13pts
19. Feyenoord - 13pts
20. Juevntus - 12pts
21. celtic - 12pts
22. Manchester City - 11pts
23. Sporting Lisbon - 11pts
24. Club Brugge - 11pts
Champions League eliminated teams
25-36 are out of this season's UCL.
25. Dinamo Zagreb - 11pts
26. Stuttgart - 10pts
27. Shakhtar - 7pts
28. Bologna - 6pts
29. Red Star Belgrade - 6pts
30. Sturm Graz - 6pts
31. Sparta Prague
32. RB Leipzig - 3pts
33. Girona - 3pts
34. RB Salzburg - 3pts
35. Slovan Bratislava - 0pts
36. Young boys - 0pts
Manchester City have ended the league phase of the UCL in 22nd place, meaning they'll have to go through the play-offs to try to secure a spot in the last 16.
Manchester City will either take on Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the play-offs. It is safe to say a huge fixture that many wouldn't have predicted to happen so early on. If they are successful in that matchup, the last round of 16 tie would be against either La Liga's Atletico Madrid or German champs Leverkusen.
The draw for the play-offs takes place on Friday, the 31st of January and after the play-offs, the draw for every stage of the competition until the final will be on Friday the 21st of February.