Napoli

Maurizio Sarri was left picking over the bones of Chelsea’s FA Cup exit against Manchester United on Tuesday as the odds shortened on him.

More mature and with mixed feelings about a role he did expect to have, Napoli defender, Kalidou Koulibaly, returns to Serie A action on Saturday.

Chelsea signed Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain on loan from Juventus until the end of the season on Wednesday as boss Maurizio Sarri looks to ignite his spluttering attack.

Inter Milan will play two home Serie A games behind closed doors following the racist abuse of Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly during their Boxing Day game.

Napoli extended their unbeaten run in Serie A to 10 matches with a 1-0 win over SPAL on Saturday to cut the gap with leaders Juventus to five points.

This was after the side reached the latest landmark in a record-smashing start to the season.

Serie A strugglers, Frosinone, have appointed Marco Baroni as new coach after dismissing Moreno Longo on Wednesday.

Liverpool's defensive crisis has deepened with news that Joel Matip has been ruled out for six weeks with a broken collarbone.

But he did concede that both the player and club must learn to cope with a raised level-of-expectations.

Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar has claimed that referee Bjorn Kuipers said something to him that he should not have during Wednesday’s 1-1Champions League Group C draw with Napoli.

But it was also a game in which Neymar produced a typical performance for the French side, with the Brazilian mixing brilliance with petulance

Pep Guardiola has played down claims that Manchester City are the favourites to win the Champions League because of the club's history in the competition.

Liverpool beat City 4-3 in a EPL thriller in January before enjoying a 3-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at Anfield.

Liverpool midfielder, Naby Keita, was taken to hospital after sustaining a suspected back injury during his team’s 1-0 defeat by Napoli in the Champions League on Wednesday, the Premier League club said.

He was said to be driving through the Varcaturo district at around 2 a.m. when the motorbike blocked the road and forced him to stop, the report said.

The visitors had looked on course for a hard-fought point despite a laboured performance severely lacking the intensity we are used to seeing from Jurgen Klopp's side

New Torino signing Ola Aina wants to “leave the pitch with a win” against Napoli this weekend, even if it’s “a very difficult game”.

Napoli were unable to repeat their come-from-behind exploits against Lazio and AC Milan in their first two games this season as they crashed to defeat in Genoa, handing Juventus an early boost to their title defence.

Liverpool manager, Juergen Klopp, believes his squad is deep enough to tackle a daunting upcoming schedule as they look to maintain their winning start to the season.

Following the draw for this season’s Champions League made on Thursday, their group could already be referred to as the ‘group of death’.