Borussia Monchengladbach have taken to social media platform Twitter to share their gratitude for the opponents that they faced in this season’s edition of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

The German club were in group B alongside Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter and progressed to the next stage of the competition after recording a second placed finish.

Real Madrid won the group, Shakhtar Donetsk finished third and will play in the Europa League in the new year and Inter finished rock bottom.

They posted: “Respect Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter. Thanks to all of our group-stage opponents for fair battles and outstanding football matches.”