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Manchester City was connected the incorrect broadside of 1 of the biggest shocks successful Champions League past connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026), portion holders Paris Saint-Germain besides stumbled but Gabriel Jesus helped support Arsenal perfect.
Pep Guardiola's Man City arrived successful chilly Norway for their seventh and penultimate league-phase lucifer against humble Bodo/Glimt arsenic blistery favourites.
But they came unstuck successful the freezing conditions astatine the stadium 200km northbound of the Arctic Circle, losing 3-1.
Meanwhile, PSG person enactment to bash to guarantee nonstop qualification to the past 16 adjacent week aft being caught retired precocious successful Portugal.
Luis Suarez struck doubly for Sporting Lisbon successful the 2nd half, sealing triumph with a 90th-minute header aft substitute Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had equalised for PSG aft 79 minutes.
The French nine dropped to 5th with a location day against Newcastle successful their past radical signifier fixture.
While the apical 8 unafraid nonstop introduction to the past 16, teams placed ninth to 24th indispensable navigate an further two-legged play-off to articulation them.
Next week the league signifier comes to a melodramatic denouement with each 18 matches kicking disconnected astatine the aforesaid time.
Real, nether caller manager Alvaro Arbeloa, produced a dazzling attacking show to assistance fans hide caller disappointments.
Kylian Mbappe struck doubly against his erstwhile broadside and Vinicius Junior — jeered by his ain fans during a location triumph implicit Levante past play — scored a superb extremity to assistance the grounds 15-time European champions from seventh to 2nd down unstoppable Arsenal.
Jesus was connected unreality 9 aft 2 close-range finishes successful the archetypal fractional to assistance warrant the Gunners a apical 8 finish.
"It's a imagination night," said the 28-year-old.
"I ever dreamed of being a footballer. I watched erstwhile I was a kid. I watched a batch of Serie A, truthful to beryllium present successful this stadium and people present is tears successful my eyes due to the fact that I ever dreamed of being here."
Arsenal's joyousness successful Italy contrasted with despondency successful Norway for Premier League heavyweights Man City.
Kasper Hogh's archetypal half-brace and a 2nd fractional onslaught from Jens Petter Hauge astatine the ecstatic Aspmyra Stadion triggered a seismic upset.
Rayan Cherki replied aft Hauge's goal, but Rodri's dismissal for 2 bookings near City successful tatters and facing a agelong travel home.
While the transportation whitethorn person been artificial determination was thing mendacious astir the result, Bodo/Glimt's archetypal radical signifier triumph which gave them anticipation of making the play-offs.
"Everything has started to be, since the caller year, against america successful many, galore things," said Guardiola.
"I cognize however bully a squad Bodo are. I didn't underestimate them. There is not overmuch I cognize but they reached the semi-final past play of the Europa League and they were caller successful mind.
Respite for Tottenham
"We arrived successful immoderate departments without important players who springiness consistency to the team. They are a small spot fragile, arsenic they were past play successful a definite period.”
"How they fought 10 against 11, a batch of players made a measurement up, but we person to alteration the dynamic speedy for the adjacent crippled against Wolves and aft that for the past crippled against Galatasaray."
Elsewhere determination was immoderate overmuch needed respite for under-fire Tottenham brag Thomas Frank arsenic Spurs bushed Borussia Dortmund 2-0 to determination into automatic qualification territory for the knock-outs.
Copenhagen held Napoli t a 1-1 draw, Olympiacos bushed visitors Bayer Leverkusen 2-0, Ajax defeated hosts Villarreal 2-1 and Kairat Almaty were successful nary information of registering their archetypal 3 points of the run arsenic the bottommost broadside of the 36-team array were swept speech 4-1 by Club Brugge.
On Wednesday, matchday 7 concludes with Mohamed Salah backmost for Liverpool aft finishing 4th with Egypt astatine the Africa Cup of Nations with Arne Slot's broadside astatine Marseille.
Chelsea's caller brag Liam Rosenior's archetypal sensation of Champions League shot is simply a location crippled against Pafos portion runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich invited Union St-Gilloise.
