PARIS — England has become the first country to have five teams in the knockout stage of the Champions League after Liverpool completed a sweep for Premier League clubs with a 7-0 thrashing of Spartak Moscow on Wednesday. Liverpool finished the group stage with 23 goals, just two goals shy of Paris Saint-Germain’s record of 25 this season. Both teams finished with 10 men after having a player sent off late in the first half. “It’s sad not to be continuing in the Champions League but that’s football. Madrid led 2-0 after Borja Mayoral opened the scoring and Ronaldo, the all-time leading scorer in the Champions League with 115 goals, netted his ninth in the competition this season.

Source: National Post December 06, 2017 23:37 UTC