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Tuesday night was another great Champions League night, as Newcastle United defeated Benfica.

Not only a very valuable three points, United also boosting their goal difference.

With a narrow home defeat to Barcelona and a four goal victory in Brussels against Union S-G, after three Champions League games it meant Eddie Howe and his team had six points and a goal difference of +6.

That win over Jose Mourinho and his team meant that on Wednesday morning, Newcastle United were seventh top in the Champions League table.

Remember, the top eight will automatically go through to the last 16 knockout stage.

Whilst those finishing 9th to 24th will go into two-legged play-offs to decide the other eight that will make up the final 16.

However, Tuesday night’s results only took us to the halfway point in the third round of Champions League matches, with another nine games on Wednesday night.

This is how they turned out;

Athletic Bilbao 3 Qarabag 1

Galatasaray 3 Bodo/Glimt 1

Atalanta 0 Slavia Prague 0

Bayern Munich 4 Club Brugge 0

Chelsea 5 Ajax 1

Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Liverpool 5

Monaco 0 Spurs 0

Real Madrid 1 Juventus 0

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