PSG advances in tense finish to Champions League group; Porto also into round of 16

Champions League knockout round awaits PSG, Porto, Man City & more after tense finish to group stage.

Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé were left holding a ticket to the Champions League knockout round after a tense finish to the tightest group saw Newcastle let its chance slip.

Porto also earned its place in the round of 16 draw on Monday with a 5-3 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk, which needed to win to advance.

PSG's 1-1 draw at Group F winner Borussia Dortmund — earned by 17-year-old Warren Zaïre-Emery's 56th-minute leveler — was enough to secure second place because Newcastle lost 2-1 at home to AC Milan.

“We are still alive,” said PSG coach Luis Enrique, whose unseeded team can now be drawn to face Manchester City, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. “No team will hope to play us in the next round.”

Newcastle was in the box seat kicking off the second half with a one-goal lead but ended in last place without even the consolation prize of entering the second-tier Europa League as a third-place finisher.

That reward flipped to Milan when it took the lead in the 84th as substitute Samuel Chukwueze raced clear to score one minute after coming on from the bench. Milan had leveled in the 59th on United States playmaker Christian Pulisic's goal.

Newcastle joined Manchester United in losing at home — United on Tuesday — to finish bottom of a group and give England its weakest round of 16 challenge for 11 years: just defending champion Man City and Arsenal are in the draw Monday.