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Liverpool And Chelsea Lose In Champions League

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 09:22

Poor start for champions.

Liverpool have work to do in their Champions League Group. 

The defending champions lost 2-0 to Napoli in Group E Italy last night.

 

Carlo Ancelotti's side grabbed the spoils with late goals from Dries Mertens and Fernando Llorente

The other match in that Group saw Salzburg defeat Genk 6-2. 

Chelsea lost 1-0 to Valencia in Group H. 

Ross Barkley missed a penalty late on for the Pensioners. 

Elsewhere in that Group, Ajax defeated Lille 3-0. 


In Group F it ended Inter Milan 1 Slavia Prague 1 and Borussia Dortmund 0 Barcelona 0. 

In Group G it finished Lyon 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 and Benfica 1 Leipzig 2. 

 

Tonight, Manchester City begin their challenge against Shakhtar Donetsk  in Group C in Ukraine from 8pm. 

They will be without defender John Stones, who is sidelined for up to six weeks with a thigh injury. 

Tottenham Hotspur kick off their Group B match with Olympiakos in Greece at 5 to 6

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