Barcelona and Chelsea progressed to the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday, but Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United must wait to seal its spot after a last-gasp 1-0 defeat in Basel.
United, which hit the woodwork twice in the first half through Marouane Fellaini and Marcos Rojo, looked on course to secure the point required to punch its ticket to the last 16 in Switzerland before Michael Lang popped up with an 89th-minute winner.
Mourinho blamed United’s inability to convert its first-half dominance into goals after watching his side lose its perfect record in the group.
“We lost because in the first half we should have been 5-0 up, but we could not score one goal after being so dominant,” Mourinho said.
The result left United on 12 points, three ahead of both Basel and CSKA Moscow, and still almost certain of advancing, barring a huge defeat against the Russians at Old Trafford on December 5. Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde rested Argentina star Lionel Messi in Turin, later introducing him as a second-half substitute as a 0-0 draw against Juventus sent the five-time European champion through as winner of Group D.
Willian dazzles
Willian scored twice and won a pair of penalties as Chelsea thrashed 10-man Qarabag 4-0 in Baku to guarantee Antonio Conte’s side a top-two finish in Group C.
- PSG has set a new group-stage goal record (24), erasing Dortmund’s 21
PSG dismantled Celtic 7-1 as the French giant registered its biggest win in the competition, despite falling behind when Moussa Dembele scored inside the first minute at the Parc des Princes.
The results:
Group A: CSKA Moscow 2 (Schennikov 13, Jardel 56-og) bt Benfica 0; Basel 1 (Lang 89) bt Manchester United 0.
Group B: Anderlecht 1 (Hanni 63) lost to Bayern Munich 2 (Lewandowski 51, Tolisso 77); PSG 7 (Neymar 9, 22, Cavani 29, 79, Mbappe 35, Verratti 75, Alves 80) bt Celtic 1 (Dembele 1).
Group C: Qarabag 0 lost to Chelsea 4 (Hazard 21-pen, Willian 36, 85, Fabregas 73-pen); Atletico Madrid 2 (Griezmann 69, Gameiro 85) bt Roma 0.
Group D: Juventus 0 drew with Barcelona 0; Sporting Lisbon 3 (Dost 40, 66, Cesar 43) bt Olympiakos 1 (Odjidja 86).
