Champions League teams chase 10-points tally in poignant week for coaches Amorim, Alonso, Ancelotti
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Doha: The first Champions League team will reach 10 points this week and likely ensure advancing to the knockout stage as the untested 36 team standin...
Doha: The first Champions League team will reach 10 points this week and likely ensure advancing to the knockout stage as the untested 36-team standings format reaches the midway point.
Either Liverpool or Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen will have 10 points after they meet at Anfield on Tuesday, when Manchester City also can do it by winning at Sporting Lisbon that is still being coached by Rúben Amorim until he joins Manchester United one week later.
English teams hold the top three places in the table, with recent European champions Man City and Liverpool looking up at surprise leader Aston Villa.
Villa, the 1982 European Cup winner, goes for a fourth straight win Wednesday at Club Brugge.
Much further down the standings, the two teams with the most titles in the competition’s 70-season history - both when coached by Carlo Ancelotti - meet in Spain.