Liverpool host Bordeaux, while Celtic take on Ajax in a busy night of Europa League action. He should probably have run to the corner in the last minute of injury time though, rather than heading for goal and losing the ball. Henri Saivet scored for Bordeaux following a free-kick given near the penalty spot, though James Milner converted a penalty soon afterward to make it 1-1. We all know how important momentum is in football, but surely one eye – or even two – will be on recording back-to-back wins over city rivals after Sunday’s emphatic win over West Ham. “A few weeks ago we were with three points and now we have nine”, said Klopp. It’s hard because we need to manage a lot of things.
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Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has urged the Premier League to help clubs traveling for midweek Europa League matches as his own team face an adverse schedule ahead of Sunday’s match against Chelsea.
Tottenham probed for a victor and Alli’s shot from Kane’s inside pass was repelled by Sehic before, on the hour mark, Son unleashed a cracker from the edge of the box that clattered off the crossbar.
Chelsea played in Israel on Tuesday and have had more time to prepare for the Premier League match this weekend and Pochettino says that has handed the Blues a “clear advantage”. “It wasn’t easy but delighted with the win!” tweeted Kane. “The objective is gone now. But it’s not an excuse not to compete on Sunday and try to win the game”.
Callum McGregor had given Celtic a fourth-minute lead at Parkhead but Arkadiusz Milik levelled in the 21st minute for the Dutch side.
Last season’s beaten finalist Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk was eliminated by a 3-1 loss at Lazio, which will win Group G.
Borussia Dortmund, who lost 1-0 at FK Krasnodar on Thursday, Molde, Napoli and Rapid Vienna had already secured their places in the knockout stage on the previous matchday.
The Reds have won 10 of their last 13 home games against French opposition and drew 1-1 in France earlier in the campaign.
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Sporting CP kept themselves in with a chance of qualification with a 4-2 thrashing of Lokomotiv Moscow, moving up to just one point behind the Russian side as new group leaders Besiktas beat Skenderbeu Korce 2-0.
