Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain each faces a shocking early exit from the Champions League for the first time in more than a decade.

The first-ever league phase in the UEFA Champions League will come to a dramatic end on Wednesday, when there's much at stake for Europe's top clubs across 18 games that will kick off at the exact same time.

Manchester City have reached do-or-die territory in the Champions League earlier than expected ahead of what Pep Guardiola has described as a "final" against Club Brugge on Wednesday.City have disproved the suggestion a new format to Europe's top club competition would remove any jeopardy for the top clubs as Guardiola stares down the barrel of failing to make the Champions League knockout stages for the first time in his career.

The UEFA Champions League's Matchday 8 is set for Wednesday and chaos is expected. All 36 teams will be in action as 18 games will take place simultaneously at 3 p.m. ET with so much left to be decided.

The league phase of the Champions League comes to an end tonight as clubs look to book their place in the knockout stages. Liverpool and Barcelona are already guaranteed a spot in the last-16, while nine clubs at the other end of the table know they cannot progress,

The Champions League knockout phase is nearly here but 16 teams will need to go through the play-offs in order to reach the next round of the tournament. The new Champions League format, used for the first time this season,