This was the dramatic night UEFA dreamed of with their new Champions League format

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates. Pic: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

You could have been forgiven for thinking it was the last day of the season as the Champions League created the kind of drama and tension not normally associated with January as five Premier League teams made the last 16 and holders Paris St Germain and Real Madrid were left facing a two-legged play-off to progress.

Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham all confirmed places in the top eight on the final night of the league phase in football’s greatest club competition.