Tuesday, November 21, 2017

UEFA Champions League, Group F: Citizens Clinch Top Spot; Napoli Stay Alive

Two games are slated to be played in Group F of the UEFA Champions League, set to kick off at 11:45 AM Pacific Time.

At Manchester, England:

Raheem Sterling scored the only goal of the match in the 88th minute (as shown here) as Manchester City locked up the top spot in Group F after defeating visiting Feyenoord Rotterdam 1-0 and knocking the Dutch club out of European competition in the process.

Getty Images photo by Laurence Griffiths

At Naples, Italy:
epa06343019 Napoli's Dries Mertens (R) scores a goal  during the UEFA Champions League Group F soccer match between SSC Napoli and Shakhtar Donetsk at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, Italy, 21 November 2017.  EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO
Lorenzo Insigne (56'), Piotr Zielinski (81'), and Dries Mertens (83', shown here) each delivered a second-half goal as Napoli kept their flickering hopes of advancing alive after dominating visiting Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0.

ANSA photo by Ciro Fusco

Group F Standings:

1. y-Manchester City (GP: 5; GD: +10; PTS: 15)
2.    Shakhtar Donetsk (GP: 5; GD: -1; PTS: 9)
3.    Napoli (GP: 5; GD: +1; PTS: 6)
4. z-Feyenoord Rotterdam (GP: 5; GD: -10; PTS: 0)

y-Won Group F and clinched berth in Champions League's knockout stage

z-Eliminated from European competition.

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