Champions League LIVE! Chelsea reaches the round of 16, victory for Manchester United; Liverpool and City accumulation

Donny van de Beek knows Manchester United cannot afford a break with Champions League progress yet to be sealed and a major Premier League match looming.

Putting to Van de Beek that there is still work to be done in Group H despite it being Istanbul, he added: “Yes, that’s true.

“It is not finished, but we are in a good position and we have to keep working, and then everything will be fine.

“Now we have to be attentive to the weekend, that is also very important.”

Liverpool have Mohamed Salah available again after their fear of the coronavirus as Jurgen Klopp prepares his team to face Atalanta in the Champions League tonight.

Salah tested positive for coronavirus twice during the international break with Egypt, forcing him to skip a 3-0 win over Leicester City on Sunday.

However, the forward has now tested negative and is in dispute again.

“Mo trained yesterday and he looked really good. All the tests were negative, so he is available if nothing changes,” Klopp told reporters.

The coach, however, still does not know when players like Jordan Henderson (thigh), Thiago Alcantara (knee) and Xherdan Shaqiri (muscle) will return.

“Everything else, no news. We’ll see. I don’t want to talk too much about it because I have no idea who Atalanta can bring, so why should we give any information?” He added.

Prediction Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson; N. Williams, R. Williams, Matip, Robertson; Jones, Wijnaldum, Milner; Wrong, Firmino, Jota

Manchester City were boosted today by Fernandinho and Benjamin Mendy’s return to training as they prepare to face Olympiacos in the Champions League.

Fernandinho, the City captain, had been sidelined by gastroenteritis and left-back Mendy has recovered from a blow. Neither will be fit enough to face the Greek team on Wednesday, as City look to secure their place in the last 16.

However, center back Nathan Ake’s thigh injury means the summer signing is unavailable. Ake is now the only major absent from Pep Guardiola.

Sergio Aguero, fit after a hamstring injury, hopes to enter the field after making the team of the day in Saturday’s loss to Tottenham, but is an unused substitute.

Prediction Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancello; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan; Sterling, Aguero, Foden

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer does not take progress in the Champions League for granted despite taking a giant step into the round of 16 with a 4-1 win against Istanbul Basaksehir.

“The group is still very open,” said the Norwegian. “We have nine, two in six points (PSG and RB Leipzig) and Basaksehir in three, so we still need points to pass

“Probably one should be enough and three will probably give you the win, so hopefully against PSG we can secure the points we need, but that’s another matter.

“Edinson (Cavani on his first outing) and Donny (van de Beek) did very well, both.

“Of course I thought the whole team played very well. We found our positions and the rhythm with the ball was really good.

“We deserved the win, of course, after that first half. The second half is always different and it’s harder to keep up when you’re winning 3-0.”

Don’t show Declan Rice!

Frank Lampard insists that Olivier Giroud still has a vital role to play at Chelsea.

The 34-year-old scored the winning goal in injury time and has been linked to a transfer in January.

When asked if Giroud’s goal underscores why Chelsea want him to stay at Stamford Bridge, Lampard said: “Yes, he does, and I’ve felt it first hand, last year it was him or Tammy (Abraham) fighting. for the number nine “. Stain.

“Everybody feels on the outside, to be fair, that he is a great professional and that his teammates and I consider him very well.

“So for him to score a goal, you saw the reaction of his teammates, he’s so professional in the way he trains and takes care of himself that age is not even a factor for him.

“He’s getting better with age in terms of how he takes care of himself. So he offers a lot for us and I keep saying that, but the big schedule that is coming up and the way we play means that I will trust the players.

“So fortunately for me, he’s a player who always maintains the right attitude if he doesn’t play regularly, and I know when I call him that he comes in like he did.”

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes has explained why he turned down the possibility of scoring a hat-trick for Marcus Rashford to take a penalty against Istanbul Basaksehir.

“Of course all players want a hat-trick, but after the Premier League game I told Rashford that he could take the next one,” Fernandes told BT Sport.

Also, he is one of the top scorers in the Champions League, so it is important for him to gain confidence.

“It doesn’t matter who takes the penalty, as long as the team scores.”

Coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had no problem with Fernandes and Rashford sharing duties, adding: “Marcus is a very good penalty taker and Bruno is very confident, if Bruno wants to give it to Marcus why not?

“Anthony Martial also took one against Leipzig, why not share it?”

With PSG beating RB Leipzig in the other Group H game, United need just one point from their two remaining games to qualify.

Those games are against Leipzig and PSG, mind …

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Man United 4-1 Basaksehir

That is United’s victory. They started and ended strong, they sank a little in the middle, but they got the job done.