Champions League Group Stage Draw Result 19-20 | Easy UCL groups for City & Liverpool?

The draw for the group stage of the 2019/20 Champions League was officially conducted today, and both Manchester City and Liverpool have been given relatively straightforward groups. City are in Group C with Shakhtar, Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta while Liverpool are in Group E alongside Napoli, Salzburg and Genk.

Last season’s finalists Tottenham are in Group B along with Bayern, Olympiakos and Red Star Belgrade.

Group F is probably the group of death, with Barca, Dortmund and Inter all featuring. Group H could be a potential banana skin for Chelsea, who have Ajax, Valencia and Lille for company. Group G features Zenit, Benfica, Lyon and Leipzig- one from which all four teams will fancy their chances of advancing to the Round of 16.

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Paper Player Ratings Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool Super Cup August 14 2019- Mane & Kante the stars in Istanbul

Liverpool won the Super Cup last night, beating Chelsea on penalties in Istanbul after the scores had been tied 2-2 in normal time. Stand in keeper Adrian was the hero, saving Tammy Abraham’s penalty after nine previous spot kicks had all found their mark.

Here are player ratings from four different foreign newspapers. They come from France, Spain, Italy and hosts Turkey

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