Champions League Matchday 6 Day 1 Results: Bayern 3-1 Sporting Climb to 2nd, Chelsea Suffer Comeback and Drop Out of Top 8

In the early hours of December 10th Beijing time, the first day of the Champions League group stage Matchday 6 saw nine matches completed, with Bayern, Barcelona, and Liverpool victorious, and Chelsea defeated—causing mixed emotions. The detailed results of the nine games are as follows:Kairat 0-1 Olympiacos, Bayern 3-1 Sporting CP, PSV Eindhoven 2-3 Atletico Madrid, Tottenham 3-0 Slavia Prague, Barcelona 2-1 Frankfurt, Monaco 1-0 Galatasaray, San Jose Earthquakes 2-3 Marseille, Inter Milan 0-1 Liverpool, Atalanta 2-1 Chelsea.

After Bayern’s win, they matched Arsenal’s points with a game in hand and rose to second place; Liverpool’s 1-0 penalty shootout victory away at Inter Milan lifted them to eighth, ending Inter’s two-match Champions League winning streak; Atalanta’s 2-1 comeback against Chelsea moved them up to third, showing Serie A’s strength; Atletico Madrid’s win secured their spot in the top eight with a game remaining; Chelsea’s loss dropped them out of the top eight, now in eleventh; Barcelona’s 2-1 comeback win over Frankfurt pushed them up to fourteenth.

The top eight teams from the Champions League group stage advance directly; teams ranked 9th to 24th enter a two-legged playoff draw to compete for eight additional spots in the round of 16; teams ranked 24th to 36th are eliminated outright, with no chance to drop into the Europa League.

The fixtures for the second day of Matchday 6 in the Champions League group stage are as follows:Real Madrid vs Manchester CityThis is the highlight of the round. With Alonso’s coaching position on the line, many fans and media believe that after Real Madrid’s poor La Liga run—just one win in five matches, losing nine points, and being overtaken by Barcelona by four points in the standings—another defeat in this high-profile Champions League clash could lead to Alonso’s official dismissal. Thus, this match is widely seen as Alonso’s last chance.