It will be an unprecedented Champions League's Matchday 8 as all the teams will be playing at the same time on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Pep Guardiola's Manchester City need to win in their last tie of the league phase to avoid the elimination from the tournament,

It's been a journey into the unknown, but the new-look Champions League is finally reaching the climax of the league phase. Here's what's needed to go through.

Much has changed in this season's Champions League, the knockout play-off phase being one major new introduction

An own goal five minutes from time gave Celtic a 1-0 victory over Young Boys Berne in the Champions League on Wednesday and took the Scottish side past the competition’s group stage for the first time in 12 years.

The Reds are the only side to have a perfect record after seven league phase matches and have beaten the likes of Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Milan and RB Leipzig with relatively little fuss. Arne Slot's side will look forward to a well-earned break while others are duking it out in the play-off round.

UEFA overhauled the Champions League format this year introducing a new league phase system akin to domestic leagues across Europe.

While Liverpool narrowly missed clinching top spot with a game to spare in the Champions League despite a 2-1 defeat of French side Lille on Tuesday, manager Arne Slot said finishing in the top eight and avoiding two playoff games was the most important thing.

Liverpool could seal their place in the top eight but the picture is lot less rosy for Manchester City, Real Madrid and PSG