The Round of 16 first legs culminated with late drama, as Porto’s talisman Galeno struck an injury time stunner to break Arsenal hearts. Elsewhere in Italy, it was a battle of the goalscoring number nines as Victor Osimhen cancelled out Robert Lewandowski’s first half strike to earn Napoli a 1-1 draw with Barcelona. We hear from Barca midfielder Ilkay Gundogan on the two world class strikers as well as Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Declan Rice, who is optimistic ahead of the 2nd leg despite his side’s narrow defeat. 

The Round of 16 continued with two more absorbing first leg encounters. In Milan, Inter overcame Atletico 1-0 at the San Siro courtesy of a late Marko Arnautovic strike. While in Eindhoven, PSV and Dortmund played out a evenly fought 1-1 draw with a Luke de Jong penalty cancelling out an early Donyell Malen strike for the Germans. We hear from Arnautovic as well as team-mate Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak. We also look ahead to Wednesday’s first leg encounters and hear from Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. 

The Round of 16 got underway in style with impressive first leg away victories for the competition’s last two winners, Manchester City and Real Madrid. City overcame a determined Copenhagen side 3-1 in Denmark thanks to goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden. While in Germany, a second half Brahim Diaz strike put Real in control of their tie against RB Leipzig. We hear from City manager Pep Guardiola, Copenhagen’s goalscorer Magnus Mattsson and Real Madrid’s French midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni. 

The final night of the UEFA Champions League group stage was full of drama, with Paris and Porto completing the line-up for the knockouts.

But whilst they progressed, it was heartbreak for Milan, Newcastle and Shakhtar with their journey in Europe’s elite club competition coming to an end.

Elsewhere, Atletico finished top of Group E with a win over Lazio. Celtic, Antwerp, Leipzig and Manchester City also secured victories.

We hear from Milan defender Fikayo Tomori, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe and Paris manager Luis Enrique. 

On a pulsating night of UEFA Champions League action, Copenhagen secured their spot in the knockout stage with victory over Galatasaray, whilst Napoli progressed by virtue of a 2-0 win against Braga.

Elsewhere, Manchester United’s European season ended with defeat to Bayern. Madrid, Benfica and Lens finished their group stage campaigns with victories, whilst PSV and Arsenal played out an entertaining 1-1 draw.

We hear from Copenhagen goalkeeper Kamil Grabara, Bayern’s talismanic striker Harry Kane, and Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag.

Arsenal and PSV both confirmed their qualification for the last 16 from Group B. The Gunners impressed by beating Lens 6-0, while PSV pulled off a sensational comeback against Sevilla. In Group A, Galatasaray and Manchester United played out a pulsating 3-3 tie, and Copenhagen held Bayern to a goalless draw, setting up a fascinating battle for the final spot on Matchday 6. Napoli’s defeat to Real Madrid, and Braga’s draw mean they will also fight it out for a place in the Round of 16. We hear from Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus, Madrid’s Jude Bellingham and PSV’s Johan Bakayoko

Four more teams confirmed their places in the Champions League Round of 16, after impressive Matchday 5 wins for Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Lazio. In the Parc des Princes, Kylian Mbappe’s late penalty rescued a point for Paris to deny Newcastle a memorable away win and tee up a tense three way battle for second spot in Group F on Matchday 6 after Milan lost at home to Dortmund. In Group G, Manchester City sealed top spot with a 3-2 comeback win over Leipzig and in Group H, Barcelona beat Porto 2-1 to progress to the knockout stage, with Shakhtar setting up a winner takes all Matchday 6 clash with Porto after they overcame Antwerp 1-0 in Hamburg. We hear from Joe Hart, Memphis Depay, Phil Foden, Pep Guardiola, Alexander Isak, Luis Enrique and Raphael Wicky. 

Real Sociedad booked their place in the knockout stage for the first time since 2004 after impressively beating Benfica 3-1, becoming one of four teams to qualify for the last 16 on Wednesday. A Harry Kane brace ensured Bayern’s progression, while Real Madrid and Inter sealed their spots with victories. Elsewhere, Arsenal go top of Group B thanks to their win over Sevilla, and a late winner from 17 year-old Roony Bardghji made it a night to remember for Copenhagen as they beat Manchester United 4-3. We hear from Harry Kane, Real Sociedad’s Mikel Merino and Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Leandro Trossard

On a massive night in Group F, Milan and Dortmund register vital victories over Paris and Newcastle respectively. Meanwhile, Manchester City and Leipzig become the first teams to progress to the last 16, while there were impressive wins for Shakhtar, Porto, Lazio and Atletico. We hear from City’s Pep Guardiola, Leipzig Player of the Match Lois Openda and Dortmund attacker Karim Adeyemi.