League Stage: Today’s UEFA Champions League
Liverpool, Atletico kick-start their Champions League campaign Liverpool and Atletico Madrid kick-start their 2026-27 Champions League campaign with a mouth-watering League Phase battle at Anfield on Wednesday night. This fixture represents a repeat of matchday one from last season, when the Reds claimed a 3-2 home victory over their Spanish counterparts, with Virgil van Dijk netting a…
Liverpool and Atletico Madrid are set to kick off their 2026-27 Champions League campaign with a highly anticipated League Phase match at Anfield on Wednesday night. This fixture is a repeat of last season's matchday one, where Liverpool secured a 3-2 home victory over Atletico Madrid, thanks to a last-minute goal from Virgil van Dijk.
Following a run of two 2-2 draws with Newcastle and Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, Liverpool clinched their first win of the Andoni Iraola era last Friday with a 2-0 away victory over Ipswich Town. Iraola, the newly appointed manager, aims to become the first Reds' manager since Brendan Rodgers to win all three of his opening top-flight matches.
The Reds, who finished first in both the 2024-25 and 2025-26 campaigns, will enter this year's League Phase aiming to replicate last season's quarter-final finish and finally lift Europe's most prestigious club trophy. Atletico Madrid, who have an unbeaten start to the new La Liga season, will seek to end their eight-year wait for a Champions League victory against English opposition.
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