LONDON - AC Milan, Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven all qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League today with one match remaining in their groups.
They joined already-qualified Inter Milan, Chelsea, Manchester United, Olympique Lyon, Bayern Munich and Juventus in the last-16.
PSV made sure of progressing for the first time in their ninth campaign after drawing 1-1 at home to Arsenal, who had Lauren and Patrick Vieira sent off within 13 minutes of each other midway through the second half of their Group E match.
Andre Ooijer put PSV ahead after eight minutes, Thierry Henry equalised after 31 but the English champions held on for a draw and will also qualify if they beat eliminated Rosenborg Trondheim at home in two weeks' time.
Rosenborg drew 2-2 with Panathinaikos at home leaving the Greeks still in with a chance of progressing depending on the last results.
Milan made sure of their place with a thumping 4-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk to head Group F on 12 points, two more than Barcelona, who also qualified despite being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Celtic.
Inter Milan, already through from Group G, drew 1-1 at Werder Bremen, who will also advance if they avoid defeat in their last match at Valencia on December 7.
Valencia won 2-1 at Anderlecht, who have now lost all five matches, and the Spaniards can still qualify.
Chelsea dropped their first points of the competition in a 0-0 home draw with Paris St Germain, who are level on points with European champions Porto, 1-0 winners at CSKA Moscow.
Although Chelsea had already qualified, the second-placed team will not be decided until the last match when PSG host CSKA and Porto welcome the group leaders and their former manager Jose Mourinho in two weeks.
- REUTERS
Soccer: AC Milan, Barcelona and PSV in last 16, Arsenal draw<BR>
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