Reds on easy street but Chelsea face away test

PARIS: The carrot of qualifying for the last 16 of Europe's premier club competition is dangling in front of some of the biggest teams involved in this year's Champions League.

But finishing top of their groups is another incentive enticing the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid ahead of Wednesday's penultimate round of group games.

Of the 16 teams in action, only two - Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon - have qualified for the lucrative knockout phase where drawn rival teams play each other home and away once in a bid to make the quarterfinals.