Napoli

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’.

In one of the delightful twists that football has a habit of providing, AC Milan Football Club will be Napoli’s first opponents of the season at the San Paolo as last season’s runners-up aim to build on their opening 2-1 win at Lazio.

Bari, who last played in Serie A in 2010-2011, finished seventh in Serie B last season and qualified for the promotion playoffs.

The 26-year-old, who scored four times in 39 appearances for Napoli during the 2017-18 campaign, was strongly linked with a move to Manchester City earlier this summer.

The 59-year-old replaces fellow Italian Antonio Conte, who departed Stamford Bridge on Friday after two years at the club

The Italian was informed of his departure on Thursday

The fixture list had pitted the two sides on the final day of the season in a direct battle for the fourth and final place in next season’s Champions’ League group stage with Lazio needing a draw to qualify.

Napoli twice squandered their lead and are now almost certainly done with chasing Juventus for the title.

With four games left, Napoli’s victory has made the title race a photo-finish affair.

Napoli’s title challenge appeared to be petering out after Dries Mertens saw his penalty kick saved early in the second half and Mariusz Stepinski put Chievo ahead with 17 minutes left.

The Italians lost 3-1 at home in last week’s first leg with a performance that embarrassed coach Maurizio Sarri, although he has emphasised that winning Serie A is the priority.

Lazio scored five goals for the second league game in a row as they hammered Chievo 5-1 in spite of an injury to Serie A top-scorer Ciro Immobile

City entered the match knowing that a point would be enough to book their spot in the round of 16, but they collected all three on a night where Sergio Aguero became the club's all-time leading goalscorer on 178 goals

The match was played on Tuesday night

The reigning champions entered the match with a 3-1 lead from the first leg in Madrid

Lorenzo Insigne sent the visitors into an eighth-minute lead at the Bernabeu

Southampton and Burnley made late deadline-day deals, while Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo moved from Watford to China for £20 million