Champions League clockwatch – as it happened

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9.40pm GMT21:40

And so we say farewell to the group stages. It’s been emotional. The draw for the last 16 is on Monday. Thanks for reading. See you soon.

9.39pm GMT21:39

Full-time: Porto 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

The spoils are shared.

9.39pm GMT21:39

Full-time: Maribor 0-1 Schalke

Schalke’s victory ensures they will be thrashed in the last 16.

9.37pm GMT21:37

Full-time: Chelsea 3-1 Sporting Lisbon

A comfortable evening for Chelsea, who send Sporting tumbling into the Europa League.

9.37pm GMT21:37

Full-time: Barcelona 3-1 PSG

Barcelona come from behind to secure a win that sees them finish top of the group.

9.36pm GMT21:36

Full-time: Bayern Munich 3-0 CSKA Moscow

It was never in doubt for Bayern. CSKA are out.

9.35pm GMT21:35

Full-time: Roma 0-2 Manchester City

And so do Roma! Although they’re probably not happy about it. City are into the last 16 thanks to goals from Samir Nasri and Pablo Zabaleta.

9.35pm GMT21:35

Full-time: Ajax 4-0 Apoel

And so do Ajax.

9.34pm GMT21:34

Full-time: Athletic Bilbao 2-0 BATE Borisov

Athletic qualify for the Europa League.

9.33pm GMT21:33

GOAL! Bayern Munich 3-0 CSKA Moscow (Gotze, 90 min)

Mario Gotze has scored bigger goals than this. A good finish, though, and CSKA are done.

9.31pm GMT21:31

GOAL! Porto 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk (Aboubakhar, 87 min)

A wonder strike from Aboubakhar looks to have saved a point for Porto! That was stunning, the ball soaring into the top corner from 25 yards!

9.30pm GMT21:30

GOAL! Athletic Bilbao 2-0 BATE Borisov (Suseta, 88 min)

The 24th goal BATE have conceded in six games. You have to hand it to them.

9.29pm GMT21:29

Will City’s fans be bothered about going through? I heard they hate the Champions League.

9.28pm GMT21:28

GOAL! Roma 0-2 Manchester City (Zabaleta, 86 min)

A wonderfully worked goal from Zabaleta has virtually assured City’s progress.

9.26pm GMT21:26

GOAL! Bayern Munich 2-0 CSKA Moscow (Rode, 84 min)

City are through unless Roma score twice in the last five minutes.

9.25pm GMT21:25

It’s still rising. Poor Dave.

9.24pm GMT21:24

David Luiz shoots from 30 yards. It’s still rising.

9.22pm GMT21:22

“Seriously, why does Rodgers dislike him so much?” says Patrick Crumlish. “No striker in the second half last night and him not even on the bench.”

He caught him calling him Bluto.

9.21pm GMT21:21

GOAL! Barcelona 3-1 PSG (Suarez, 77 min)

One for Messi, one for Neymar and now one for Suarez. Victory is surely Barcelona’s. Messi played a one-two with Xavi, who shifted it to Neymar on the left. He whipped a skimmer towards the far post and although Sirigu got a good hand to the ball, it came straight to Suarez, who made no mistake. Barcelona will be winning this group, then.

9.16pm GMT21:16

GOAL! Ajax 4-0 Apoel (Milik, 74 min)

Poor old Apoel.

9.14pm GMT21:14

“Two draws bump City,” says Peter Platt, my one reader.

9.11pm GMT21:11

CSKA have just missed a very good chance, Musa slicing wide then through on goal. City aren’t in the clear yet.

9.11pm GMT21:11

PSG are doing nothing. They can’t get into the game.

9.09pm GMT21:09

A lull. A lovely lull.

9.05pm GMT21:05

GOAL! Maribor 0-1 Schalke (Meyer, 62 min)

This is bad news for Sporting. Max Meyer gives Schalke the lead and that means they are heading for the last 16.

9.04pm GMT21:04

As it stands, CSKA would need to score twice to send City on their way. Or, of course, Roma could score twice.

9.02pm GMT21:02

GOAL! Roma 0-1 Manchester City (Nasri, 60 min)

Scott Murray has the latest.

8.59pm GMT20:59

GOAL! Porto 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk (Stepanenko, 50 min)

It doesn’t matter much in the grand scheme of things, with the group already wrapped up for Porto, but Shakhtar have the lead in Portugal.

8.58pm GMT20:58

GOAL! Chelsea 3-1 Sporting (Mikel, 56 min)

Chelsea restore their two-goal lead as Mikel shows his renowned finishing prowess by blasting in from 0.0000000001 yards out after a cross was flicked on at the near post. Sporting were back in it for a matter of minutes but they can’t defend as badly as that and hope to get anything from the game.

8.57pm GMT20:57

Pedro wastes an excellent chance for Barcelona after a sparkling run from Messi, his cross drifting over the bar from the right. Back came PSG. On the right, the outstanding Lucas dances past Mathieu, who’s a fish out of water at left-back, but he can’t poke it past Ter Stegen from close range. The ball breaks to Cavani but he can’t force it in, despite an almighty scramble; it’s a whirl of arms and legs in there and eventually the balls squirts to the left to Matuidi, whose shot is blocked. Barca survive. Just.

8.55pm GMT20:55

GOAL! Ajax 3-0 Apoel (Klaassen, 53 min)

Klaass from Klaassen and Apoel are rocking.

8.53pm GMT20:53

Salah goes so close to extending Chelsea’s lead but his poked shot is brilliantly saved by Rui Patricio.

8.52pm GMT20:52

GOAL! Ajax 2-0 Apoel (Schone, 50 min)

Schone has his second of the night and the points are Ajax’s.

8.52pm GMT20:52

GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Sporting Lisbon (Silva, 50 min)

Sporting are back in it! A cross from the right falls to Silva after a scramble and he smashes his shot past Cech from 12 yards. Game on!

8.51pm GMT20:51

“I still don’t quite see what Suárez brings to Barcelona,” says Charles Antaki. “Yes, a terrific assist for the first goal, but otherwise he seems basically to make a nuisance of himself and miscontrol the ball occasionally. They could have had Carlton Cole for a hundredth of the money.”

You have to ask why they didn’t sign Fabio Borini instead.

8.49pm GMT20:49

GOAL! Athletic Bilbao 1-0 BATE Borisov (Mikel San Jose, 47 min)

Athletic are heading for the Europa League. Good for them. It’s probably for the best that BATE are on their way out - that’s the 23rd goal they’ve conceded in the group.

8.47pm GMT20:47

The football has started again.

8.35pm GMT20:35

Half-time: Ajax 1-0 Apoel

Schone’s penalty is the difference so far.

8.34pm GMT20:34

Half-time: Maribor 0-0 Schalke

Schalke need a goal, else it’s the Europa League for them.

8.34pm GMT20:34

Half-time: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 BATE

If it stays like this, Athletic will qualify for the Europa League.

8.33pm GMT20:33

Half-time: Porto 0-0 Shakhtar

More could be happening.

8.32pm GMT20:32

Half-time: Bayern Munich 1-0 CSKA Moscow

Thomas Muller’s penalty separates the sides.

8.32pm GMT20:32

Half-time: Roma 0-0 Manchester City

As it stands, Roma are going through and City are going out, because...

8.31pm GMT20:31

Half-time: Chelsea 2-0 Sporting

Chelsea are cruising thanks to goals from Cesc Fabregas and Andre Schurrle but Sporting are still going through because Schalke aren’t winning against Slovenia.

8.31pm GMT20:31

GOAL! Ajax 1-0 Apoel (Schone pen, 45 min)

Ajax lead.

8.30pm GMT20:30

Messi has one. Neymar has one. Now we’re just waiting for Luis Suarez to get in on the act.

8.29pm GMT20:29

GOAL! Barcelona 2-1 PSG (Neymar, 41 min)

This is something else from Neymar. What a goal. Iniesta scooped a pass to him in the middle of the PSG half and he darted inside, dragging the ball along with him, as if it was glued to his right boot. He took a few touches and then, despite being surrounded by five PSG defenders, he let fly with a right-footed shot that was always arcing and swerving away from the despairing Sirigu and into the left corner. Barcelona have come from behind to lead and, as it stands, they will top the group.

8.26pm GMT20:26

Wonderful, silky football from Barcelona, all zappy one-touch passing on the edge of the PSG area that moved so quickly it was hard to keep your eyes on the ball, ends with Messi rapping a shot goalwards and Sirigu beating the ball away. Just think, if I had trouble keeping up with the ball’s journey, what were the PSG defenders supposed to do?

8.23pm GMT20:23

Suarez and Neymar take it in turns to lose the ball. Barcelona should have signed Diafra Sakho instead.

8.19pm GMT20:19

Bristol City have taken the lead against Coventry City, Derrick Williams with the goal. It’s not the Champions League but there hasn’t been a goal in that competition for a while.

8.18pm GMT20:18

Ibrahimovic breaks down the right, Barcelona letting him do as he pleases. Actully that’s not right, it’s more of a saunter, a regal stroll down the right. He waits for support and then pulls an inviting cross back to Cavani, who cracks a shot straight at Ter Stegen from 15 yards. He could have better, especially after that power amble from Ibrahimovic.

8.15pm GMT20:15

What a chance for Lucas Moura! Ibrahimovic found Matuidi on the left and his cross was a peach, curled perfectly into the six-yard box, but somehow Moura sidefooted wide!

8.12pm GMT20:12

Manchester City have a goal disallowed! Navas had the ball in the back of the net but the ball had blown for a foul against Dzeko.

8.09pm GMT20:09

Manuel Neuer has denied CSKA an equaliser, saving with his feet after they burst through the Bayern defence.

8.08pm GMT20:08

Looking at the Barcelona equaliser again, David Luiz had no idea where Messi was. It was a preventable goal but he was ball-watching. Meanwhile Chelsea are rampant at Stamford Bridge, Schurrle going close to his second and his side’s third.

8.06pm GMT20:06

GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-0 CSKA Moscow (Muller pen, 18 min)

Thomas Muller gives Bayern Munich the lead and that is excellent news for Manchester City.

8.06pm GMT20:06

GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 PSG (Messi, 19 min)

Well that didn’t take long. Luis Suarez steals behind the PSG defence on the left, running on to a lovely pass over the top from Mascherano, and he does brilliantly to control a cross-shot into the six-yard box, the ball reaching Messi at the far post and, being Lionel Messi, the equaliser duly follows.

8.02pm GMT20:02

GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Sporting Lisbon (Schurrle, 16 min)

Over to you, Schalke.

8.02pm GMT20:02

GOAL! Barcelona 0-1 PSG (Ibrahimovic, 15 min)

Ibrahimovic gives PSG the lead against his former club! This will probably be judged worthy of another chapter in his book. Lucas fired a low cross into the area to Matuidi, who laid it off for Ibrahimovic to Zlatan a snapshot past Ter Stergen. It’s fair to say he enjoyed that one.

Updated at 8.02pm GMT

7.59pm GMT19:59

Now Neymar is down for Barcelona. He’s feeling his left heel again.

7.58pm GMT19:58

Two former Premier League favourites, Luis Suarez and David Luiz, meet up on the right flank. Suarez drops a shoulder and momentarily looks like he’s got the better of Luiz but the PSG defender blocks the cross, wins the ball, charges up the touchline and then buys a cheap free-kick off Suarez. Ah, memories.

7.57pm GMT19:57

I haven’t seen much of Barcelona this season. Have they always played without a midfield?

7.56pm GMT19:56

I notice that Suarez has only scored one goal for Barcelona so far. He’s the new Balotelli/Lambert/Borini, only even worse.

7.54pm GMT19:54

Neymar is limping. You’d have to feel for Barcelona if he has to go off, leaving them with only Messi and Suarez up front.

7.54pm GMT19:54

GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Sporting Lisbon (Fabregas pen, 8 min)

In the absence of Eden Hazard, Cesc Fabregas steps up to take the penalty. He waits for Rui Patricio to move and, when he does, he just strokes the ball straight down the middle. This is grand news for Schalke.

7.52pm GMT19:52

PENALTY TO CHELSEA!

Filipe Luis goes down in the area under a clumsy challenge from Esgaio and the referee does not hesitate in pointing to the spot!

Updated at 7.53pm GMT

7.52pm GMT19:52

Chelsea are making all the early running at Stamford Bridge, with Mohamed Salah prominently involved on the left. It’s a shame he’s been consigned to the bench since going there. He looked such a talent at Basel, especially when destroying, er, Chelsea last season, but his opportunities have been limited so far.

7.50pm GMT19:50

Is it possible to get a certificate in tactical expertise, by the way? If so, where do you get one from?

7.49pm GMT19:49

Pedro is playing high on the right for Barcelona. Is he a right-back? I’m not sure, a certified tactics expert will have to shine some light on the matter in a bit.

Updated at 7.49pm GMT

7.46pm GMT19:46

Peep! The games are underway! There have been no goals.

7.41pm GMT19:41

Here come all the teams. Here they all come! It’s Uefa Champions League Matchday Six, sponsored by some sponsors, and we’ve got eight matches on the way. Some matter, some don’t, and we’ve got all the bases covered. Probably.

7.36pm GMT19:36

Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 18, is on the bench for Chelsea. Jody Morris has just compared him to Yaya Toure and says he’s a “real nice kid, real, real nice”. Big things are expected from this kid and he could make his Chelsea debut tonight.

7.33pm GMT19:33

Where’s Ryan Dunne? Where is that little scamp?

7.24pm GMT19:24

“Lineup for Barca has Pedro as a FB?” says Mike MacKenzie. “Now that’s taking attack minded football a tad far ... and Mascherano is in midfield; how innovative!”

Well, I’m only going by what other people tell me. It took me by surprise but maybe it’s Bartra at right-back, Mascherano in the middle and Pedro where you’d usually expect to find him.

6.59pm GMT18:59

Tonight's teams

Roma v Man City

Roma: De Sanctis, Maicon, Manolas, Yanga-Mbiwa, Holebas, Ljajic, Nainggolan, Keita, Gervinho, Pjanic, Totti. Subs: Curci, Strootman, Iturbe, De Rossi, Destro, Astori, Florenzi.

Man City: Hart; Zabaleta, Demichelis, Mangala, Clichy; Navas, Fernandinho, Fernando, Milner, Nasri; Dzeko. Subs: Caballero, Sagna, Kolarov, Lampard, Silva, Jovetic, Boyata.

Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia)

Ajax v Apoel

Ajax: Cillessen, Van Rhijn, Veltman, Moisander, Viergever, Klaassen, Serero, Andersen, Schone, Milik, Kishna. Subs: Boer, van der Hoorn, Riedewald, El Ghazi, Denswil, Bazoer, Zivkovic.

Apoel Nicosia: Urko, Mario Sergio, Papazoglou, Carlao, Antoniades, Vinicius, Morais, Gomes, Efrem, Alexandrou, Sheridan. Subs: Chiotis, Artymatas, Sotiriou, Manduca, Ioannou, Aloneftis, Kaka.

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

FC Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk

FC Porto: Fernandez, Ricardo Pereira, Marcano, Maicon, Alex Sandro, Quintero, Ruben Neves, Evandro, Quaresma, Aboubakar, Adrian. Subs: Ricardo, Martins Indi, Martinez, Tello, Herrera, Kelvin, Torres.

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov, Ilsinho, Kryvtsov, Rakitskiy, Shevchuk, Douglas Costa, Fred, Stepanenko, Bernard, Alex Teixeira, Gladkiy. Subs: Kanibolotskiy, Wellington Nem, Marlos, Fernando, Taison, Kovalenko, Dentinho.

Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Barcelona v PSG

Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Pedro, Pique, Bartra, Mathieu, Busquets, Mascherano, Iniesta, Messi, Suarez, Neymar. Subs: Bravo, Rakitic, Xavi, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Adriano, Munir.

PSG: Sirigu, Van der Wiel, Luiz, Thiago Silva, Maxwell, Verratti, Thiago Motta, Matuidi, Lucas Moura, Ibrahimovic, Cavani. Subs: Douchez, Cabaye, Marquinhos, Digne, Rabiot, Lavezzi, Pastore.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Bayern Munich v CSKA Moscow

Bayern Munich: Neuer, Boateng, Dante, Bernat, Hojbjerg, Rode, Schweinsteiger, Gaudino, Muller, Gotze, Ribery. Subs: Zingerle, Alonso, Lewandowski, Robben, Rafinha, Kurt, Weiser.

CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev, Mario Fernandes, Vasili Berezutski, Ignashevich, Nababkin, Wernbloom, Natcho, Dzagoev, Eremenko, Musa, Doumbia. Subs: Chepchugov, Tosic, Vitinho, Efremov, Cauna, Milanov, Chernov.

Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)

Chelsea v Sporting

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Zouma, Luis, Fabregas, Mikel, Matic, Salah, Costa, Schurrle. Subs: Beeney, Ivanovic, Ramires, Oscar, Drogba, Remy, Loftus-Cheek.

Sporting: Rui Patricio, Ricardo Esgaio, Mauricio, Paulo Oliveira, Silva, Joao Mario, William Carvalho, Adrien Silva, Carrillo, Slimani, Diego Capel. Subs: Marcelo, Andre Martins, Montero, Rosell, Sarr, Carlos Mane, Andre Geraldes.

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Maribor v Schalke

Maribor: Handanovic, Stojanovic, Rajcevic, Arghus, Viler, Sallalich, Mertelj, Filipovic, Bohar, Tavares, Ibraimi. Subs: Cotman, Suler, N’Diaye, Mejac, Zahovic, Mendy, Vrsic.

Schalke 04: Fahrmann, Uchida, Neustadter, Kirchhoff, Howedes, Fuchs, Barnetta, Aogo, Hoger, Choupo-Moting, Huntelaar. Subs: Giefer, Friedrich, Meyer, Clemens, Sane, Ayhan, Sobottka.

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Athletic Bilbao v BATE Borisov

Athletic Bilbao: Iraizoz, Iraola, San Jose, Laporte, Balenziaga, Susaeta, Iturraspe, Mikel Rico, Ibai, De Marcos, Guillermo. Subs: Herrerin, Aurtenetxe, Moran, Muniain, Aduriz, Viguera, Lopez.

BATE: Soroko, Olekhnovich, Filipenko,Tubic, Khagush, Gordeichuk, Alyaksandr Valadzko, Yablonskiy, Maksim Valadzko, Karnitskiy, Rodionov. Subs: Chernik, Likhtarovich, Hayduchyk, Aleksiyevich, Signevich, Baha, Yakovlev.

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Updated at 7.13pm GMT

6.45pm GMT18:45

Preamble

Evening. As part of the Guardian’s notorious anti-Chelsea bias - mwahahahahahahah - we have decided to stick up two fingers up to Chelsea fans and not do a dedicated minute-by-minute on their match tonight. And there’s nothing you can do about it! We are untouchable! We are the Guardian and we’ll do what we want! Fear us. Fear our power. Cower, weaklings.

Ah, not really. It’s just that Chelsea are already through, having won the group with a game to spare on account of being very good at football, and are likely to rest a few players with Saturday’s match against Hull City in mind, although tonight’s not a dead rubber for Sporting Lisbon, who can guarantee their place in the next round with a draw. But if Luis Nani and company lose, then they’ll be relying on Maribor to do them a favour and beat Schalke, for whom only a win in Slovenia and a Sporting defeat in west London will do. It won’t be easy for Schalke - a win for Maribor would take them into the Europa League and they might get to play Liverpool there. Excited? Good.

The other English side in action tonight have much more to play for. Scott Murray has live coverage of Roma v Manchester City here, but I’ll keep an eye on Bayern Munich v CSKA Moscow and let you know if the Russians are on their way to a victory that would definitely see them go through at the expense of City and Roma. They won’t be winning, not at Bayern, they’ll be disconcerted about playing in front of a stadium with fans in it for a start, but it will be nice to make sure either way.

Over in Group F, there’s a meeting of two of the tournament favourites. Barcelona start the night a point behind Paris Saint-Germain and need a win to finish top of the group. PSG only need a draw. Barcelona have Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, yes, but they also have some cartoon clowns in defence. PSG have Zlatan Ibrahimovic, yes, but they have David Luiz in defence. There should be goals and the permutations are reassuringly simple, which is handy for me.

No need for any permutations in Group H. Porto have won it and Shakhtar Donetsk are through in second. It’s been a dismal showing from Athletic Bilbao and BATE Borisov. At least Athletic look like getting a Europa League spot, assuming they don’t lose to BATE tonight.

Permutations are confusing, my head hurts.

Our games kick-off at: 7.45pm.