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The European mid-week ties proved to be successful for most of the British sides in the tournament with none of them losing. Tuesday night saw Arsenal win over FC Thun away from home, whilst Man Utd finished with the scoreline goalless at Old Trafford in their match versus Villarreal.

Arsenal just scraped victory over Thun who went down to 10-men after Armand Deumi was sent off in the 35th minute. The goal came in the second -half when Robin Van Persie was fouled within the 18-yrd box. The referee correctly awarded the penalty in which Robert Pires converted with style to clinch the winning goal.

The victory ensured Arsenal finish top in their group and also carry on maintaining a five-game winning streak in Europe.

However, Man Utd's hopes of still qualifying into the knockout stages took a stumble when they could only manage a draw against Spanish side Villarreal. Wayne Rooney was the only promising highlight of the match in a lacklustre performance from the home side.

Utd now to beat Benfica to ensure qualification, although if Villarreal gain victory over Lille a draw will be enough.

Group A 'Big-Boys' Bayern Munich and Juventus booked their places in the next phase of the competition with two different wins. Juventus struggled against a hard-working Club Bruuge, nevertheless, the experienced Allesandro Del Piero struck in the eightieth minute to spare the Italian giants blushes.

Bayern won comfortably against Rapid Vienna with Dutchman Roy Makkay grabbing a couple. Ali Karimi and Sebastian Deisler were the only other scorers. Thus, the game finishing 4-0.

Barcelona eased through to the knockout stages with an impressive result against Werder Bremen. Gabri, Larrson and Ronaldinho all scored for the Spanish giants. Bremen’s only scorer was Tim Borowski. Udinise won 2-1 against rivals Panathinaikos. They now need at least a draw in their final game in order to secure a place in the next phase.
Ajax won 2-1 over Sparta Prague in Group B, whilst Lille could only finish with a draw over Portuguese side Benfica.

On Wednesday, Liverpool and Chelsea both claimed a place in the knockout stages of the tournament. Current holders, Liverpool managed a goalless draw with Real Betis in order to remain at the top of Group G and reach the last 16. Peter Crouch failed to score again and Djibril Cisse did not manage to make the starting line-up. Perhaps, this signals his departure from the club?

Meanwhile, Chelsea cruised to victory with a 2-0 at Anderlecht. The goals were both scored in the first half by Hernan Crespo, and Ricardo Carvahlo. Chelsea

The final game between the two English sides, will take place at Stamford Bridge

Alex McLeish’s Rangers received a priceless point at Porto thanks to Ross McCormack’s late equaliser. This was after Lisandro Lopez put the former Champions League winners Porto in the lead. Brazil's Adriano scored a superb hatrick in order to helper Inter Milan win 4-0 over Artmedia. This also rewarded Milan with qualification. Luis Figo got the fourth.

Levan Kobiashvili also scored three to help Schalke to a 3-0 win over PSV. However I am afraid there is a striker who managed to surpass Adriano and Kobiashvili's feats by scoring four goals. Yes that’s right, Andriy Schevschenko scored four as Milan beat Turkish side Fenerbache. Real Madrids match with Lyon

Last but by no means least, Rosenberg snatched the win out Olympiacos' hands when Thorstein Helstad scored a late equaliser to deny Rilvado's first half strike controlled the game and never looked under pressure at all. Didier Drogba stayed on the bench with a supposed hamstring strain. in December. This will determine who finishes top of Group G. finished as a stalemate. Guti and Carew both scored. Therefore, the game ended 1-1.