A year ago, in the first-ever Champions League league phase last season, a number of heavyweights messed around a little bit. PSG won only one of their first five matches and rallied to finish 15th in the 36-team table; their punishment was a round-of-16 matchup with top seed Liverpool. (This became more of a punishment for Liverpool when PSG's best-in-the-world form snapped into place over the winter.) Real Madrid lost three of their first five and drew Manchester City, which went four games winless, in the playoff round just to get to the round of 16.
Arsenal No. 1, Man City rising: Champions League rerank after MD6
