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Pressure on for Man City & PSG – could Champions League exit happen?published at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
PSG v Manchester City (Wed, 20:00 GMT)
The new Champions League format was designed to be more exciting with increased jeopardy on every match.
But no-one could foresee that two of Europe’s biggest teams may not even make it past the league phase.
Manchester City, in 24th, and Paris St-Germain, in 26th, are staring down that very real possibility.
The two meet in Paris tonight – a draw or defeat for either side could increase the prospect of them missing out on knockout football.
The best possible scenario at this point is to finish in the top 24, which would ensure qualification for an extra knockout play-off round.
Neither side can make it into the top eight, which offers direct progress to the last 16.
So could City or PSG really miss out on a place in the knockouts? And what would that mean?
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