Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen thrash Werder Bremen by 4-1

Inter Milan intensified their efforts late on, with Alessandro Bastoni reducing the deficit, but Kjetil Knutsen's men held firm to record a memorable victory against the three-time European champions.

Newcastle United all but secured their place in the UEFA Champions League last-16 with a brilliant 6-1 demolition of Qarabag FK at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday. On the other hand, Bayer Leverkusen secured a commanding 2-0 first-leg victory over Olympiacos at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis in Attica, Greece, as per the UEFA Champions League website.

16 teams will battle it out in the knockout phase play-offs for the remaining eight places in the Round of 16. Those confirmed in the play-offs include Atalanta, Atletico de Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Benfica, Bodø/Glimt, Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, Monaco, Newcastle United, Olympiacos, Paris Saint-Germain, Qarabag and Real Madrid.

Guardiola said he still has faith in the players who came into the team but believes they were too cautious with the ball.

Former Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder Dietmar Hamann has cautioned the Bundesliga champions to reconsider their reported decision of handing an early contract extension for the prolific striker Harry Kane, classifying the move as ""madness".