Liverpool begin their 2026–27 Champions League campaign by welcoming Atlético Madrid to Anfield for their league phase opener on Wednesday.
It’s déjà vu for these European heavyweights, who also began last season’s competition with a meeting on Merseyside. The hosts scored two goals in the opening six minutes, but were eventually indebted to Virgil van Dijk’s last-gasp winner after surrendering that initial advantage.
Liverpool enter the upcoming duel with a Champions League debutant in their dugout, however, as new manager Andoni Iraola oversees his first match in the competition. After clinching a first win of his tenure last Friday with the 2–0 victory at Ipswich Town, the Spaniard will feel slightly less pressure against Atléti, who he failed to beat in four attempts as Rayo Vallecano boss.
The Julián Alvarez transfer saga has soured the mood around Los Rojiblancos at the beginning of the new term, and things were exacerbated at the weekend during the 3–0 defeat at Athletic Club. Diego Simeone’s men are hardly oozing belief at present, but they’re always a competitive force on the European stage—as evidenced by last season’s run to the semifinals.
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