Champions League standings: Liverpool and Barcelona top 2 join hands to qualify! Atletico Madrid rose to 3rd place, losing 7 in a row and still 0 points

In the early morning of January 22, Beijing time, the 7th round of the Champions League stage was played 9 games. Liverpool defeated Lille 2-1 at home, winning all seven games to lock up the top spot in advance. Barcelona beat Benfica 5-4 away, Atletico Madrid reversed Bayer Leverkusen 2-1, Juventus drew with their opponents, and Dort suffered a 1-2 reversal.

And after nine games, the Champions League standings have also changed. Liverpool, who won 7 consecutive victories, went straight to the round of 16 one round ahead of schedule and locked the top 2. Barcelona defeated Benfica in the second count, and after winning 6 consecutive victories, 6 wins and 1 loss ranked second with 18 points, and also locked a place in the round of 16 in advance.

In third place is Atletico Madrid, who also beat Bayer Leverkusen, with 15 points. In fourth place is Atalanta, which won 5-0 in this round, with 14 points. Bayer Leverkusen suffered their second defeat in the Champions League in this round and retreated to 6th place with 13 points.

After losing 1-0 to Monaco, Villa dropped to 8th place with 13 points. In fifth and seventh place are Arsenal and Inter Milan, who have not played in this round. These eight teams from Europe's top five leagues are currently in the range of going straight to the round of 16.

In terms of other strong teams that finished this round, Dortmund was reversed in this round and ranked 13th, while Juventus also accumulated 12 points and ranked 14th. Benfica are 18th with 10 points, while Bratislava are the only team to suffer seven consecutive defeats.