Manchester City progress as Juventus and Sampdoria are eliminated

The other goal for Manchester City was by Adam Johnson who dribbled past three defenders before finding the back of the net with his shot.

Juventus crashed out of the Europa League when they played to a 1-1 draw against Lech Poznan in harsh winter conditions.

The Polish side took the lead when on the 12^th  minute courtesy of a Artjoms Rudnews goal. Vincenzo Iaquinta found the back of the net for Juventus with six minutes still remaining in the match. A 1-1 draw was not enough for Juventus, who now can concentrate on their Serie A campaign.

In other matches Atletico Madrid slumped to a 3-2 defeat against Aris Thessaloniki.

Sporting Lisbon defeated Lille to secure top spot of Group C with a 1-0 victory.

Bayer Leverkusen secured their spot in the next round with a 1-0 vicotry over Rosenborg.

Gent moved up to second spot by defeating Levski Sofia 1-0.

PSV Eindhoven came from behind to defeat and knock out Sampdoria from the Europa Cup thanks to a 2-1 victory.

Metalist Kharkiv defeated Debrecen 2-1 in Group I.

Denit St. Petersburg made it five wins in a row in the Europa League by defeating Anderlecht 3-1.

AEK Athens defeated Hajduk Split 3-1 and finally Stuttgart had a 2-1 lead before being defeated by Young Boys 4-2.