The Champions League league phase is done and dusted, a thrilling catalogue of games seeing Manchester City narrowly avoid elimination, Liverpool top the table and big names struggle on their way to the playoffs.

Lille forward Jonathan David has identified Liverpool as the best team in the world at the moment. David spoke following Liverpool’s Champions League 2-1 win against Lille at Anfield on Tuesday. Liverpool opened the scoring through Mohamed Salah in the 34th minute.

Jonathan David has been strongly linked with a move to Liverpool in recent months and the Lille forward has now had his say on the Reds after facing them in the Champions League

Lille star Jonathan David says Liverpool might be the very best team in the world after the Reds' Champions League win over the French side.

Jonathan David has been linked with a move to the Premier League this summer, but one club has attempted to get in ahead of Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle with a cut-price January bid

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has said he is "very, very proud" of becoming the first player in the club's history to score 50 goals in Europe.

Latest Liverpool news with Mohamed Salah posting a message on social media before the Premier League clash against Ipswich Town

Mohamed Salah continues to lead Liverpool from the front as he scored the opening goal in their 2-1 victory against LOSC Lille in the Champions League. Curtis Jones played a stunningly incisive pass to find Mohamed Salah in acres of space, who caressed the ball past Lucas Chevalier to hand Arne Slot’s side the lead.

The Reds now need only one point to seal top spot in the league phase after overcoming gritty 10-man opponents at Anfield

Mohamed Salah netted his historic 50th European goal for Liverpool as the Reds secured a 2-1 victory over Lille at Anfield on Tuesday night. The win made Liverpool the first team to book their place in the Champions League last 16 under the new Swiss model format.

Mohamed Salah scored early and Harvey Elliott scored late, and that was all Liverpool needed to beat Lille at Anfield on Tuesday and move to 7-for-7 perfect in the newly formatted UEFA Champions League group stage.

A lowball bid has been rejected for one of Ligue 1's top attackers, amid speculation of Liverpool interest, while Slot has reached a big transfer decision over another young player after the UCL loss