Newscenter Media News Liverpool have claimed the top spot of the Champions League league phase despite losing their final game against PSV in the Netherlands on Wednesday night.
The Reds, who had won their opening seven matches, fell to a 3-2 defeat to the Dutch champions after leading twice but conceding twice at the end of the first half in the game.
But Barcelona’s failure to beat Atalanta meant Arne Slot’s team finished top on 21 points, two ahead of their nearest rivals.
Liverpool are joined in the top eight by two other Premier League teams – Arsenal and Aston Villa – to progress directly to the last-16.
Meanwhile, heavyweights like Manchester City, Paris St-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern all made the playoffs as they couldn’t seal automatic spots.
Liverpool’s last-16 opponents will be the winners of a play-off involving Paris St-Germain, Benfica, Monaco and Brest.
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Atletico, Lille and Inter also clinched victories to qualify automatically for the last 16, then Benfica beat Juventus as both make the playoffs.
The draw for the playoffs and last 16 will take place on Friday.
Full Results on final matchday
Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic
Barcelona 2-2 Atalanta
Bayern 3-1 Slovan Bratislava
Brest 0-3 Real Madrid
Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 Milan
Dortmund 3-1 Shakhtar
Girona 1-2 Arsenal
Inter 3-0 Monaco
Juventus 0-2 Benfica
Leverkusen 2-0 Sparta Prague
Lille 6-1 Feyenoord
Man City 3-1 Club Brugge
PSV 3-2 Liverpool
Salzburg 1-4 Atletico
Sporting 1-1 Bologna
Sturm Graz 1-0 Leipzig
Young Boys 0-1 Red Star
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