Mohamed Salah scored his 50th European goal for Liverpool as the Reds booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with victory over 10-man Lille at Anfield. Salah's goal came when he latched onto a brilliant Curtis Jones through ball and slotted over the advancing Lucas Chevalier in the 34th minute.

The UEFA Champions League is – of course – slightly different this season. Where UEFA used to adopt a system involving eight groups of four teams, the competition was expanded to 36 teams for the 2024/25 campaign, with all 36 bunched into one table.

The UEFA Champions League returns from its winter break this week, earlier than usual ahead of a consequential round of fixtures to close out the competition's first edition of the league phase. Several continental heavyweights will take part in must-win games on Matchday 7 after struggling over the course of the season,

Champions League predictions for Jan. 21 with Barcelona, Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus and more in action.