Champions League Debrief: Liverpool book their place in the last 16
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Liverpool qualify for the Champions League's last 16 but Aston Villa have work to do.
Kelly Cates is joined by senior football reporter Ian Dennis, former Liverpool left-back Stephen Warnock and former Tottenham forward Andros Townsend to reflect on Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Lille and Mo Salah scoring his 50th European goal for the club.
Aston Villa remain in the top eight, on goal difference, despite their 1-0 defeat at Monaco and Barcelona have booked their place in the knockout stages after a 5-4 victory at Benfica.
Correspondent John Murray and the former Arsenal defender Matt Upson join the pod from a restaurant in Paris ahead of Manchester City’s crucial league-phase match against PSG.
TOPICS:
00:48 – Liverpool guaranteed top-eight spot after 2-1 win over Lille.
04:19 – Another milestone for Mo Salah
07:20 – Arne Slot on his Liverpool side's performance
10:33 – How the Champions League league phase system works
12:26 – Barcelona win nine-goal thriller and a round-up of the rest of the Champions League action
16:45 – Unai Emery on his Aston Villa side’s defeat to Monaco
21:00 – John Murray and Matt Upson preview PSG v Manchester City from Paris
25:33 – Erling Haaland on his new contract and how he measures his sleep this season
29:06 – Pep Guardiola on how he’s managed Phil Foden and helped him regain his form
5 Live and BBC Sounds commentaries this week:
Wednesday 22nd January:
PSG v Manchester City – Champions League – 8pm KO – 5 Live
Celtic v Young Boys - Champions League – 8pm KO – 5 Sports Extra
Thursday 23rd January:
Manchester United v Rangers – Europa League – 8pm KO – 5 Live
Saturday 25th January:
Aston Villa v Manchester City – WSL – 12pm KO – 5 Sports Extra
Wolves v Arsenal – Premier League – 3pm KO – 5 Live
Manchester City v Chelsea – Premier League - 5.30pm KO – 5 Live
Sunday 26th January:
Tottenham v Leicester – Premier League – 2pm KO – 5 Live
Crystal Palace v Brentford – Premier League – 2pm KO – 5 Sports Extra
Aston Villa v West Ham – Premier League - 4.30pm KO – 5 Live
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| 0:44.3 | On the Football Daily Podcasts, the Champions League debrief. |
| 0:49.0 | With Kelly Kitts. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:53.3 | Liverpool earned a 2-1 victory over 10-man Lille and they've guaranteed their place in the top eight of the Champions League League phase table with one game to spare. |
| 1:03.3 | And it means they'll progress through to the knockout stages without having to go through the playoffs. |
| 1:07.8 | Aston Villa are still in the top eight despite a 1-0 defeat at Monaco and there was a nine-goll |
| 1:13.9 | thriller, Barcelona, four winners at Benfica. |
| 1:17.9 | We'll reflect on all of that. |
| 1:19.5 | First though, we'll start at Anfield. |
| 1:21.1 | Ian Dennis and Stephen Warner are there and Russ Townsend has also been watching this one. |
| 1:25.5 | And Deno, tell us how they did it. Well, Liverpool, the only side with a |
| 1:29.0 | 100% winning record, are now guaranteed to finish among the top seeds. And the significance of finishing |
| 1:34.1 | first and second is that those two clubs can't face each other until the final. This was Liverpool's |
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