3-2, 3-1! Haaland scored, Manchester City reversed, and Barcelona locked up the first place in advance
The 2023/24 Champions League season continues, and this season the Champions League has already qualified for the knockout stage with six teams, but only Bayern Munich has secured the first place in the group. In the early hours of this morning, the fifth round of Group E to Group H was in full swing, with defending champions Manchester City hosting RB Leipzig to fight for the top spot in the group. La Liga giants Barcelona take on Porto at home to the Camp Nou, and the battle between the two teams is the battle for the top spot. Atletico Madrid faced Feyenoord away, and the major giants had mixed joys and sorrows, a few happy and a few sad.
Manchester City 3-2 RB Leipzig
Manchester City, as the defending champion, won all four games in the Champions League group stage this season, and joined hands with RB Leipzig to advance to the round of 16 knockout rounds. As Manchester City will face strong rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the next round of the Premier League, Pep Guardiola rotated some of his main players in the Champions League to prepare for the league. RB Leipzig have just lost in the Bundesliga and will need to win first place in the group not only by an away win over Manchester City, but also by a score greater than 3-1.
In the game, Leipzig goalkeeper Blaswisi assisted Opponda to score a solo goal in the first half, and then Xavi Simons assisted Opponda to score a solo goal. Yibian fought again, Haaland scored, Foden made a pass, Carvalho scored a goal, Simmons went off injured, and Alvarez won. In the end, Manchester City 3-2 Leipzig. In the standings, Manchester City has 15 points to lock the top spot, Leipzig has 9 points, and both teams have qualified in advance.
Haaland scored 12 goals in the Champions League and won the Champions League Golden Boot, has scored four goals in the group stage this season, and has scored 39 goals and provided five assists in 34 Champions League appearances in his career, which is behind Mbappe's 42 goals, but has played far fewer games than Mbappe. Mbappe made 65 appearances, scoring 42 goals and providing 26 assists. In this game, Haaland scored 1 goal, and the number of Champions League goals exceeded 40.
Barcelona 2-1 Porto
Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League group stage for the second season in a row, setting the worst record for Champions League participation in the club's history, and Xavi will be keen to make a breakthrough in the Champions League this season. Barcelona's form in La Liga has been up and down this season, having been held to a draw away by Rayo Vallecano in the last round, four points behind Real Madrid in the standings, making it more difficult to defend the league title. Porto are level on points with Barcelona and see hope of finishing first in the group, but Barca's instability at the back makes this game full of uncertainty.
In the game, Pepe Jr. broke the deadlock in the first half, Cancelo equalized, Pedri assisted, and in the second half, Felix overtook after hitting the frame, and Cancelo retired injured after passing. In the end, Barcelona reversed Porto 2-1 at home, and in the Group H standings, Barcelona qualified ahead of schedule with 12 points, and entered the Champions League knockout round after two seasons, with Porto ranking second with 9 points.
Feyenoord 1-3 Atletico Madrid
In Group E, Atletico Madrid, Lazio and Feyenoord competed for a place in both groups, while Celtic missed out on the knockout rounds. Feyenoord are seeded in this group and will be aiming for three points to turn things around when they return to home. Atletico Madrid renewed Simeone's contract this season, Atletico Madrid changed the previous defensive counterattack tactics, played more open, and the number of goals in the first 4 rounds tied with Manchester City for the first, which shows how good Atletico Madrid's attack is, and Atletico Madrid can advance as long as they win in this round.
During the match, in the first half, Marcos Llorente created an own goal for Giltruida. Atletico led Feyenoord 1-0 at half-time. Hermoso netted in the second half and Weifer pulled one back, before Santiago Jimenez scored an own goal to give Atletico a 3-1 win over Feyenoord. At the end of this round, Atletico Madrid topped the group with 11 points, five points ahead of third-place Feyenoord, and Atletico Madrid qualified from the group one round earlier.