With the league phase of the Champions League more than half way over, there are quite a few surprises in the table. RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain wouldn't make the play-in stage of the tournament if it ended now,

Lionel Messi has previously admitted that Barcelona players "hated" a Premier League club more than bitter rivals Real Madrid – and it was something he "never thought" he would say. The Argentine was only a teenager when he decided to go public with the comments during an interview with the News of the World in 2005.

Kylian Mbappé scored and Real Madrid moved within four points of Spanish league leader Barcelona with a 3-0 win at Leganes ahead of its eagerly awaited Champions League match against Liverpool.

Real Madrid has never failed to progress to the Champions League knockout stage in their history. Despite Los Blancos progressing from all 32 of their UCL group stages since they were introduced in 1995,

Real Madrid is set to meet Liverpool in the Champions League for the ninth time this decade, but the team will be without its top scorer.