It will be an unprecedented Champions League's Matchday 8 as all the teams will be playing at the same time on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Pep Guardiola's Manchester City need to win in their last tie of the league phase to avoid the elimination from the tournament,

Tottenham head to Hoffenheim tonight looking to reverse an alarming slide and qualify for the Europa League knockout stages. A nightmare injury crisis has seen Spurs’ domestic results take a nosedive, falling to 15th in the Premier League but remain in both the Carabao Cup semi-finals and FA Cup fourth round.

Much has changed in this season's Champions League, the knockout play-off phase being one major new introduction

A year of unprecedented pressures on the global football calendar begins with a Champions League first, as two rounds of matches in Europe's elite club competition take place in January and some of the continent's biggest names face a scrap to avoid a humiliating exit.

Pep Guardiola’s side would have been among the favourites to win the competition outright before a ball was kicked this season but are sat 24th in the Champions League table heading into tonight’s huge clash at Paris Saint-Germain.

While Liverpool narrowly missed clinching top spot with a game to spare in the Champions League despite a 2-1 defeat of French side Lille on Tuesday, manager Arne Slot said finishing in the top eight and avoiding two playoff games was the most important thing.