58 h. ago Slot’s revamped Liverpool are vulnerable in a way that they weren’t last season | Jonathan Wilson

Injury-hit Arsenal face an ill-at-ease champions struggling to fit the new cogs in their hitherto well-oiled machineThe mechanisms of a football team are delicate. You win the league then add nearly £300m of talent and it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll win it again, doesn’t necessarily make you better, even if you’re not doing something as obviously likely to cause imbalance as adding Kylian Mbappé to a Real Madrid team already stacked with left-sided attackers.Liverpool go into Sunday’s home game against Arsenal having won two out of two in the Premier League and scored a healthy seven goals. But those aren’t the statistics that tell the whole story. If you include the Community Shield, Liverpool have conceded two goals in each of their three games so far. The defensive problems are obvious and the return of Ryan Gravenberch at Newcastle on Monday did not magically solve them. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Full Champions League match calendar and fixture list revealed for 2025/26 season

Uefa have released the full list of fixtures for the upcoming league phase

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66 h. ago Champions League fixture schedule confirmed as Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs eye European glory

Can an English team win the Champions League for the first time since 2023?

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67 h. ago Champions League fixture dates revealed including Liverpool versus Real Madrid

UEFA have confirmed the full match calendar for the league phase of the 2025-26 Champions League including huge fixtures for Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United

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67 h. ago BREAKING: Champions League schedule confirmed as Liverpool vs Real Madrid date announced

The Champions League draw took place on Thursday and now all six English clubs who are competing in the competition know the dates of their eight league phase fixtures

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67 h. ago Champions League schedule confirmed as Liverpool vs Real Madrid date announced

The Champions League draw took place on Thursday and now all six English clubs who are competing in the competition know the dates of their eight league phase fixtures

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3 d. ago REVEALED: 'Difficult' phone call as England boss Thomas Tuchel AXED Trent Alexander

Trent Alexander-Arnold made the move from boyhood club Liverpool to Real Madrid over the summer, but has been dropped by Xabi Alonso at the Bernabeu recently as he adapts to Spanish life and a new system

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3 d. ago New UEFA rule BANS Liverpool from hosting Real Madrid in Champions League

Liverpool will not be able to host Real Madrid at Anfield again in the Champions League next season, should both clubs qualify for the league phase

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4 d. ago Opta's supercomputer reveals which clubs have the easiest and HARDEST fixtures in the Champions League... and it's bad news for one of the English sides

The Champions League is in only its second season under the new 36-team league format, with every club playing eight different opponents, four at home and four away.

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4 d. ago Man City 2025/26 Champions League fixtures: Opponents revealed as Kevin De Bruyne makes return

City are looking to bounce back from a disappointing Champions League campaign, where they were eliminated by Real Madrid in a knockout play-off round

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4 d. ago Five blockbuster fixtures from Champions League draw, including PSG v Barcelona

The draw for the league phase has thrown together several of the continent’s top sides at an early stage of the competition

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4 d. ago Man City 2025/26 Champions League fixtures: Opponents revealed after league phase draw

City are looking to bounce back from a disappointing Champions League campaign, where they were eliminated by Real Madrid in a knockout play-off round

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4 d. ago Newcastle 2025/26 Champions League fixtures: Opponents revealed after blockbuster draw

The Magpies are back in the Champions League two years after being drawn in an infamous ‘Group of Death’

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4 d. ago Liverpool 2025/26 Champions League fixtures: Opponents revealed after nightmare league phase draw

The Premier League champions reached the quarter-finals last season, where they lost on penalties to PSG

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4 d. ago Tottenham 2025/26 Champions League fixtures: Spurs’ opponents revealed after draw

Tottenham earned a place in the Champions League after winning the Europa League

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4 d. ago Arsenal 2025/26 Champions League fixtures: Opponents revealed after kind draw

Arsenal enjoyed a memorable run last season, including wins over Real Madrid home and away, as they reached the semi-finals

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4 d. ago BREAKING Champions League draw in full as Liverpool, Arsenal and Prem rivals learn fate

A record six Premier League clubs will compete in this year's Champions League and they have now each discovered their eight opponents in the league phase of the competition

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4 d. ago Champions League draw in full as Liverpool, Arsenal and Prem rivals learn fate

A record six Premier League clubs will compete in this year's Champions League and they have now each discovered their eight opponents in the league phase of the competition

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4 d. ago Champions League draw in full: Chelsea face Barcelona as Arsenal take on familiar foes

Barcelona and Bayern Munich among the big-name opponents for Premier League clubs

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4 d. ago Chelsea 2025/26 Champions League fixtures: Opponents revealed after tough draw

The Blues have won two trophies on the continental and world stage since last appearing in the Champions League

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