Real, United, PSG go through
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Real Madrid, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain reached the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday on a night when the goals flowed all over Europe with United the highest scorer in a 5-0 win at Bayer Leverkusen.
Real, Shakhtar Donetsk and Manchester City all scored four as 36 goals went in and the last 16 began to take shape with half the qualifiers known with one round of matches to play.
Real, United and PSG joined already qualified Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in the knockout stages.
Juventus and Shakhtar boosted their chances of joining them with the final round of matches on December 10-11.
Holder Bayern set a Champions League record of 10 successive wins with a 3-1 victory at CSKA Moscow which beat the record of nine established by Barcelona in 2002-03.
Bayern won in the wintry Russian capital with goals from Arjen Robben, Mario Goetze and a Thomas Mueller penalty.
In warmer conditions in Madrid, Gareth Bale, the world’s most expensive player, opened the scoring with a stunning free kick in a 4-1 triumph over Galatasaray that ensured record nine-time European champions Real took top spot in Group B.
Real was without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo but was too strong for the Turkish side even though defender Sergio Ramos was sent off before halftime, the 17th red card of his Real career.
Juventus moved from bottom spot to second in the same group with a 3-1 win over FC Copenhagen in Turin, Arturo Vidal scoring a hat-trick that included two penalties.
The win moved Juve onto six points and it will advance if it avoids defeat at Galatasaray, which has four points.
United scored its biggest away win in the Champions League by crushing Leverkusen 5-0 in Group A with goals from Antonio Valencia, an own goal from Emir Spahic, Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling and Nani.
Wayne Rooney was outstanding while Ryan Giggs, two days before his 40th birthday, was also hugely impressive.
City beat Viktoria Plzen 4-2 thanks to late goals from Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko.
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