Man City seal Champions League knockout place, Barcelona top PSG

Manchester City completed an incredible comeback in the
Champions League group stages as they beat Roma 2-0 at the
Stadio Olimpico after a stunning performance from Samir
Nasri.
Needing to win, or claim a scoring draw (while hoping
CSKA Moscow lost), City struggled to create clear chances
in the first-half with Edin Dzeko going the closest, although
Joe Hart had to save well from Gervinho at the other end to
stop Roma taking the lead.
On the hour mark, however, Nasri stepped up and hammered
a rocket of a shot into the net via the post to give City a great
chance.
With two goals required for their own progress, Roma could
not break through and City made the result safe with five
minutes remaining as Nasri laid the ball on a plate in the box
for Pablo Zabaleta to strike the second and seal the most
unlikely of places in the knockout stages as runners-up.
In the other game in Group E, Bayern Munich saw off
CSKA Moscow 3-0 to knock out the Russian side and finish
well clear at the top.
Thomas Muller netted a first-half penalty after Franck
Ribery was felled on the edge of the area and Bayern never
looked like losing their stronghold on the game, despite making
a number of changes to their lineup, as Sebastian Rode ran in
at the back post to head home the second with seven minutes
left and Mario Gotze scored in the final minute.
CSKA now finish the group bottom with Roma qualifying for
the Europa League.
In Group F, Barcelona finished as top seeds as they beat
Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 at the Nou Camp.
Both teams had already qualified, but top spot in the table was
at stake and PSG seemed to take the advantage when Zlatan
Ibrahimovic struck against his old club.
However, Lionel Messi added to his Champions League goal
tally by netting his 75th in the competition after an assist from
Luis Suarez, and Neymar gave the Catalans the lead just
before half-time with a well struck shot from distance into the
bottom corner.
Suarez then got himself on the scoresheet in the second half by
converting a rebound as Neymar's shot was saved.
Ajax pipped APOEL to the Europa League spot with a 4-0
win courtesy of three goals in eight minutes. A penalty in
first-half stoppage time by Lasse Schone opened the scoring,
before the same player doubled the lead soon into the
second. Davy Klaassen then made it three before Arkadiusz
Milik put the gloss on the win.
Group G saw Chelsea ease past Sporting Lisbon 3-1 thanks to
goals from Cesc Fabregas, Andre Schurrle and John Obi
Mikel.
The Blues were already guaranteed top spot, but cruised
home as Fabregas slotted home a penalty and Schurrle made
the most of a rare start to double the lead before half-time.
Jonathan Silva got one back for the Portuguese side in the
second half, but the result was never really in doubt as Mikel
got the advantage back to two goals inside five minutes.
The defeat put Sporting into the Europa League as Schalke
beat minnows NK Maribor 1-0 with a second-half goal
from Maximilian Meyer.
In the final group, Athletic Bilbao beat BATE Borisov to
claim the Europa League spot with a 2-0 win thanks to Mikel
San Jose's effort just after half-time and a late goal
from Markel Susaeta.
Porto, already guaranteed top spot, drew 1-1 with runners-
up Shakhtar Donetsk as a Vincent Aboubakar strike cancelled
out a goal from Taras Stepanenko.