Champions League: Copenhagen beat Galatasaray to reach last 16

Sevilla, Europa League champions for the seventh time last season, finished bottom of the group on two points.
Champions League: Copenhagen beat Galatasaray to reach last 16

CLEAR VISION: Lens' Neil El Aynaoui, centre, kicks the ball ahead of Sevilla's Ivan Rakitic. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

In the end, it didn’t matter what Manchester United did.

Copenhagen’s 1-0 win over Galatasaray on Tuesday booked the Danish champion’s place in the knockout stage of the Champions League from second place in Group A and ensured that even a United win over Bayern Munich wouldn’t have been enough for Erik ten Hag’s troubled team.

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