Arsenal faces Napoli and Liverpool hosts Atletico Madrid in Champions League

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Arsenal faces Napoli and Liverpool hosts Atletico Madrid in Champions League
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The Champions League group stage begins Wednesday, September 9, with two high-profile fixtures. Arsenal travels to Naples to meet Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona with kick-off scheduled for 8pm BST. Mikel Arteta’s squad enters the match following a perfect start to their Premier League season, while Massimiliano Allegri’s Napoli side seeks a turnaround after consecutive league losses. Simultaneously, Liverpool takes on Atletico Madrid at Anfield. Reds manager Andoni Iraola prepares for his first Champions League match against Diego Simeone's team. Fans in the UK can access coverage of the Arsenal match on TNT Sports 2 and HBO Max, while Liverpool's fixture will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max.

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  • •Napoli faces Arsenal at 8pm BST on September 9 at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
  • •Liverpool hosts Atletico Madrid at Anfield at 8pm BST on September 9.
  • •Jurrien Timber is available for Arsenal while Scott McTominay misses the match due to a medical procedure.
  • •Liverpool remains without Hugo Ekitike, Giovanni Leoni, and Conor Bradley due to injury.
  • •UK viewers can watch the matches on TNT Sports 1 and 2 or via HBO Max.
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⚽ Champions League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off ⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | And email Scott Arsenal came so close last time round. But now they’ve got that Premier League monkey off their back, perhaps this season will finally be their moment to fill that conspicuous big-eared gap on their roll of honour. Because having slaked their domestic thirst, they’ve spent the first few games of this campaign with supreme confidence, swanning around like they own the place, which at the moment they kind of do. Spirits are at an all-time high … … and that’s before taking into consideration that near miss last season. Because while Arsenal’s 2025-26 Champions League tilt ended in despair, the bare facts are nevertheless something to take pride in: a 100-percent record in the league phase, unbeaten in regular time over the whole piece with a W11 D4 record, and the best defensive record (just seven goals conceded, nine clean sheets) of everyone. And having gone toe to toe with PSG, the best team in Europe, there’s little left to fear. Apart from perhaps another penalty shootout, that is, but that’s a bridge to cross sometime in the future. Continue reading...

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After coming up agonisingly short in last season's Champions League final, Arsenal begin what they hope will be a glorious European campaign at Napoli. The Gunners were beaten on penalties by Paris Saint-Germain in May, with Gabriel missing the decisive kick after a 1-1 draw. As for Napoli, their Champions League adventure was a big disappointment last term, as they finished in a lowly 30th place in the league phase.

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Arsenal kick off their Champions League League Phase (ew) campaign with a trip to Napoli. The Gunners finished first in the table last season with a perfect 8-0-0 record and rode home-field advantage all the way to the CL final before losing to Paris St. Germain. Napoli finished 30th in the table and did not […]

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