Liverpool frustrated on Champions League return as Sevilla come from behind to claim point
Manchester City meanwhile cruised to victory against Feyenoord.
Champions League results:
NK Maribor 1-1 Spartak Moscow
Feyenoord 0-4 Manchester City
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Napoli
FC Porto 1-3 Besiktas
RB Leipzig 1-1 Monaco
Real Madrid 3-0 APOEL
Tottenham 3-1 Borussia Dortmund
That's it for our live coverage tonight. Manchester City showed no signs of the problems that have plagued them on the road in Europe in recent years and really could have comfortably put more than four past Feyenoord tonight. Pep will be pleased, mind.
It's the same old story for Liverpool, after coming from behind they threw away a lead at Anfield allowing Sevilla to return to Spain with a valuable point. Roberto Firmino's first-half penalty miss could have killed the game off at the end of the first-half, but instead it went down as what will know by a hugely costly miss.
Phew, 16 goals in the first 45 minutes across our eight games this evening. Half-time scores are:
Liverpool 2-1 Sevilla
NK Maribor 0-0 Spartak Moscow
Feyenoord 0-3 Manchester City
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 Napoli
FC Porto 1-2 Besiktas
RB Leipzig 1-1 Monaco
Real Madrid 1-0 APOEL
Tottenham 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool come from behind to take the lead! Salah's ball into the middle is intercepted but the Egyptian drives inside to nick the ball back from N'Zonzi to win possession back for his side. He turns towards goal and takes the shot on and a huge deflection lifts it over the hapless Rico and into the back of the net.
Liverpool are level! For all their fragilities at the back, they have looked fearsome coming forward. Jordan Henderson plays a one-two with Moreno on the edge of the box with skipper breaking through down the inside left to cut an inviting ball across the face of goal. There's a gaggle of red shirts waiting for the tap in, but Firmino is there first.
A stunning strike from Yarmolenko has levelled things up from Wembley! Receiving the ball down the inside right channel, the Ukrainian shifts the ball onto his left foot and curls a beauty past Lloris and into the top corner.
Real Madrid are also off and running with Ronaldo on the spot to tap home Bale's precise cross.
There are goals inside the first four minutes in all the games involving English sides now. Spurs have an early goal at home to Dortmund, with Son, freed down the inside left channel by Harry Kane, cutting in, dancing inside his man and lashing an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net.
All smiles for them, but it is a disastrous start for Liverpool with their woeful defending exposed again with Lovren completely missing the ball as a cross comes in from the left, allowing Yedder to tap in from yards out.
Just over 10 minutes until kick-off, here's a look another look at the Liverpool and Manchester City starting XI tonight.
Liverpool team to face Sevilla: Karius, Gomez, Lovren, Matip, Moreno, Wijnaldum, Can, Henderson, Salah, Mane, Firmino.
Subs: Mignolet, Milner, Coutinho, Sturridge, Klavan, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Robertson.
Manchester City team to face Feyenoord: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Mendy, Fernandinho, Bernardo, Silva, De Bruyne, Jesus, Aguero
Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Sterling, Gundogan, Mangala, Delph, Sane
Ahead of kick-off, Liverpool and Sevilla's Under-19 sides have met in their Uefa Youth League clash. Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham and Manchester City's youngsters all recorded victories in their opening matches yesterday and a little earlier today and the Reds have made it a clean sweep for English sides; they have put tonight's opponents to the sword at Prenton Park.
Just how important is it for a team to get their group campaign off to a winning campaign? According to research conducted by bwin, very. 75% of clubs who win their opening group game progress to the round of 16 – 47% finish top of the group. On average, clubs require a minimum of 10.1 points by the end of the group phase to qualify from the group stages – 13.2 points are needed to win the group – so three points tonight will go a long way in ensuring a team is still in the competition come next February.
Conversely, 74% of clubs who lose their opening group game fail to progress to the round of 16. Liverpool's last appearance in this competition during the 2014-15 season saw them avoid that pitfall, narrowly beating Ludogorets in their opening matches. The three straight losses and two draws that followed meant their campaign was over by Christmas, however.
Pep Guardiola has named both Silvas - David and Bernardo - in a Manchester City starting XI that again sees Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus partnered up front. Leroy Sane's two goals off the bench against Liverpool were not enough for him to earn a starting spot, with Vincent Kompany unavailable due to a calf injury.
A slightly battered and bruised Ederson is named in goal.
Jurgen Klopp makes three changes to the Liverpool side that was thrashed by Manchester City last Saturday. Joe Gomez and Dejan Lovren come back into that defence with Loris Karius replacing Simon Mignolet in goal as expected.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is made to wait again for his full debut after being named on the bench alongside the returning Philippe Coutinho.
Team news: Sevilla
Nolito spent just one year in England before leaving Manchester City for Sevilla in the summer. The Spain international has enjoyed an excellent start to the season back in his homeland, providing an assist and scoring a goal against Eibar on Saturday – only to pick up a thigh injury that has ruled him of tonight's match.
Here's the group of players to have made the journey to Merseyside.
Sevilla 22-man travelling squad to Liverpool:
Sergio Rico, David Soria, Juan Soriano, Mercado, Corchia, Carriço, Pareja, Kjaer, Lenglet, Escudero, Pizarro, Nzonzi, Banega, Franco Vázquez, Ganso, Krohn-Dehli, Sarabia, Jesús Navas, Montoya, Muriel, Ben Yedder and Correa.
Jurgen Klopp on whether Philippe Coutinho will feature tonight:
"I could [give you an idea], but I'm sure all the Liverpool supporters around the world are ready to wait another 24 hours. He is fit, he is healthy. All other information about the line-up, I think, you have to wait until tomorrow. He is here [with] no [fitness issue].
Thanks for that, Jurgen.
Team news: Liverpool
Both Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah are in contention for Jurgen Klopp's side tonight. Coutinho is hoping to make his first appearance of the season after Jurgen Klopp opted to leave him out of his plans for last weekend's Premier League clash with Manchester City.
The Reds boss suggested his playmaker would benefit from an extra training session or two after missing the start of the season through a back injury/intense transfer speculation and remained coy on the Brazil international's inclusion tonight.
Famous European Nights at Anfield™ are back tonight as Liverpool begin their Champions League campaign against the last side they faced in European competition.
Sevilla ended Jurgen Klopp's hopes of winning silverware in his first season at Anfield as the serial winners of the Europa League came from behind in Basel to win the trophy after a disastrous second-half collapse from the Merseyside club back in May 2016.
Liverpool, back in the big-time thanks to last season's fourth place finish having safely navigated their way through the qualifying phase, have the chance to exact revenge tonight and take a commanding step towards topping their group.
That is one of eight matches taking place across Europe tonight. We will have goal updates from the all over the course of the evening with all your team news on the way.
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