Picture: Sporting Lisbon’s Colombian forward #97 Luis Suarez celebrates scoring his second goal during the UEFA Champions League league phase day 7 football match between Sporting CP and Paris Saint Germain at Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon on January 20, 2026. Picture: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP Manchester Citywere on the wrong side of one of the biggest shocks inChampions Leaguehistory on Tuesday, while holdersParis Saint-Germainalso stumbled but Gabriel Jesus helped keepArsenalperfect. Pep Guardiola’s Man City arrived in chilly Norway for their seventh and penultimate league-phase match against modest Bodo/Glimt as hot favourites.
But they came unstuck in the freezing conditions at the stadium 200km north of the Arctic Circle, losing 3-1. Meanwhile, PSG have work to do to ensure direct qualification to the last 16 next week after being caught out late in Portugal. Luis Suarezstruck twice for Sporting Lisbon in the second half, sealing victory with a 90th-minute header after substitute Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had equalised for PSG after 79 minutes.
The French club dropped to fifth with a home date against Newcastle in their last group stage fixture. While the top eight secure direct entry to the last 16, teams placed ninth to 24th must navigate an additional two-legged play-off to join them. Next week the league phase comes to a dramatic denouement with all 18 matches kicking off at the same time.
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Real, under new coach Alvaro Arbeloa, produced a dazzling attacking display to help fans forget recent disappointments. Kylian Mbappe struck twice against his former side and Vinicius Junior — jeered by his own fans during a home win over Levante last weekend –scored a brilliant goal to lift the record 15-time European champions from seventh to second behind unstoppable Arsenal.
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