With nine different winners in the last 11 years, no one could ever accuse the Champions League of being predictable.

It does appear, however, that an established "Big 4" has been created in Europe's premier club competition — and this year's group stage backs up the theory.

McLaren announced the return of Fernando Alonso and retained Jenson Button for the 2015 Formula One season on Friday, giving the British team a lineup of former champions at the start of its restored partnership with Honda.

Danish driver Kevin Magnussen was dropped after one season and will be the team's test and reserve driver.

Officials say two Paris Saint-Germain fans were stabbed after Wednesday's Champions League match in Barcelona.

Albert Batlle, director of Catalan regional police, said Thursday the fans were stabbed after the final group stage match between Barcelona and the French team.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez all scored to lead Barcelona to a thrilling 3-1 comeback win over Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, as the Spanish club snatched first place in Group F of the Champions League from the French side.

Messi canceled out Zlatan Ibrahimovic's opener by scoring from a cross by Suarez in the 19th minute, taking his competition record to 75 goals.

Bayern Munich cruised past CSKA Moscow with a 3-0 victory in the Champions League on Wednesday that knocked the Russian side out of European competition.

Bayern, which had already qualified for the knockout stage as group winners, took the lead when Thomas Mueller converted a penalty in the first half. Sebastian Rode and Mario Goetze added goals late in the match that left CSKA bottom of Group E.

English champion Manchester City is finally starting to show it can compete in Europe.

Samri Nasri scored one goal and set up another as City won 2-0 at Roma on Wednesday to reach the Champions League knockout phase despite missing three key players — including top scorer Sergio Aguero.

Substitute Max Meyer scored in the second half to put Schalke into the knockout stage of the Champions League with a 1-0 victory in Maribor on Wednesday.

Schalke reached the knockout stage for the second consecutive season after Chelsea's 3-1 victory over Sporting. Chelsea won Group G with 14 points, while Schalke took second with eight. Sporting, which would have advanced with a victory, finished with seven and will play in the Europa League. Maribor was eliminated with three points.

Australian Formula One star Daniel Ricciardo said Thursday he considers himself a legitimate title contender after a breakthrough season in which he won three races for Red Bull.

The 25-year-old's stellar year, which saw him finish third in the drivers standings behind Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, has him now setting his sights on the championship.

Juventus progressed to the knockout stage of the Champions League as it drew 0-0 at home to already qualified Atletico Madrid, which went through as group winner.

Juventus, which was eliminated in the final group match last season by Galatasaray, needed just a point to qualify although victory by two goals or more would have seen it leapfrog Atletico into top spot.

Goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale helped Real Madrid to a 4-0 victory over 10-man Ludogorets Razgrad on Tuesday and a clean sweep of six wins in Group C of the Champions League.

The defending champion, which had already won the group, stretched its winning streak to 19 matches — a Spanish record — scoring 71 goals in the process. The previous record of 18 consecutive wins was set by Barcelona between October 2005 and January 2006.