Everton produced another hugely disappointing display as they were beaten 3 - 0 by Atalanta in their Europa
League Group E opener.
Arsene Wenger the Arsenal manager looks on during training before the UEFA Champions
League Group E v Rosenborg
Maribor and Spartak Moscow played out a 1 - 1 draw in their Champions
League Group E opener as a referee narrowly escaped being hit by a flare.
Not exact matches
CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE THIRD - PLACED TEAMS
Group A — CSKA Moscow
Group B — Celtic
Group C — Atletico Madrid
Group D — Sporting Lisbon
Group E — Spartak Moscow
Group F — Napoli
Group G — RB Leipzig
Group H — Borussia Dortmund
Champions
League starts this week and on Wednesday night, in
Group E, we will see a match between two teams in two of the topmost
leagues in Europe — both hopeful of at least a top - four - finish in their respective
leagues, both on 7 points after three game weeks, and both with a similar start to the season.
Wissam Ben Yedder scored a hat trick to lead Sevilla to a comfortable 3 - 0 win over Maribor in
Group E of the Champions
League on Tuesday.
Now that the Champions
League draw has been completed, here's a preview for
Group E.
Chelsea started this year's campaign in
Group E Champions
League with a 2 - 0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen at home.
Benfica have picked up 13 victories from their last 15 European home games, posting five in succession at the Estádio Sport Lisboa
e Benfica since their only home loss in that sequence — 2 - 1 against FC Schalke 04 in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions
League group stage.
Managerless Everton crashed out of the Europa
League with two
Group E games left to play as they were beaten 3 - 0 at Lyon
Group E whipping boys Pandurii Targu Jiu and Pacos Ferreira brought their dismal Europa
League campaigns to a close with a goalless draw.
Klopp's men missed a string of early chances in the
Group E encounter before conceding sloppy goals to the Piraeus outfit, who recorded the first win of their Champions
League campaign, and the 44 - year - old admitted that his back - line were not up to scratch.
Liverpool's front four put on an attacking masterclass as they thrashed Spartak Moscow 7 - 0 at Anfield to finish top of
Group E in the Champions
League.
The win sent Liverpool clear at the top
Group E and ensured that, at an absolute minimum, they will be playing in Europe in the spring in the Europa
League.
Liverpool welcome Sevilla to Merseyside to kick off their
Group E campaign, with revenge for the defeat in the 2016 Europa
League final no doubt at the forefront of their mind.
Yuma Suzuki scored twice to seal top spot in
Group E of the AFC Champions
League (ACL) on Wednesday evening as Japan's Kashima Antlers defeated Muang Thong United 2 - 1 to leave the Thai giants in second place in the standings.
Five - time UEFA Cup / Europa
League champions Sevilla pose the biggest threat in
Group E and Liverpool should be assured of a top - two spot unless they bottle it, with the likes Spartak Moscow and Maribor.