The Champions League league phase wrapped up Wednesday, Jan. 29 as fans enjoyed 18 games kicking off simultaneously across Europe.

The first season of the league phase has been a rousing success with almost every Matchday 8 with something at stake

With all 36 teams in action on Wednesday and sky-high stakes for some of Europe's leading clubs, the final first round matchday of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season didn't disappoint.

Manchester City nearly crashed out, but came from behind in the second half, and in the end, all European giants reached the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

Manchester City scored three second half goals to come back from the brink of elimination and advance to the UEFA Champions League’s inaugural knockout round playoffs following a thrilling 3-1 victory over Club Brugge on Wednesday night.

The league phase of this year’s Champions League was concluded on Wednesday night. All the 18 games were played simultaneously around Europe. Here’s how the final group fixtures ended up: PSV 3-2 Liverpool Bayern Munich 3-1 Slovan Bratislava Dortmund 3-1 Shakhtar Donetsk Leverkusen 2-0 Sparta Prague Girona 1-2 Arsenal Barcelona 2-2 Atalanta Brest