The Champions League League Phase reached an incredible conclusion this evening when 18 games took place concurrently. It's a brave new world for European football, and with so many teams within a few points of each other, there is so much still to be decided.
Our liveblog includes updates on the chaos, and what the results meant for Celtic and the other clubs.
Wednesday's results mean Celtic will be joined by Man City and will play either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid.
The draw will take place Friday. Info below.
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Champions League permutations
Celtic came into the clash with any position between 8 and 24 available, while initially they looked set for a tough affair when Villa shot two goals ahead in the opening four minutes, Irishman Adam Idah delivered an emphatic brace to restore equity to the affair in Villa Park. Idah's goals momentarily had Celtic in the eight position and in line for straight quarter-final qualification, however, a host of other results and the two extra goals Villa put by Brendan Rogers' men left Celtic with the daunting task of taking on either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid.
Liverpool had already guaranteed themselves a place in the top 8, and will skip the next phase of the tournament. However, Arne Slot confirmed that Caoimhín Kelleher will start in goal for Liverpool against PSV on Wednesday. He also named 18-year-old Derry footballer Trent Kone-Doherty to the bench along with a number of other players from the Liverpool academy.
That's all the information you need on the Champions League knockout phases, a draw will follow on Friday to confirm each side's appointments.
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