Napoli

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’.

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.