Tough test for British sides
With more games to go in the second round of Champions League fixtures, it is not going according to plan for the English sides.
Currently, it is only Tottenham who sit in the top eight places which secures your passage to the ’round of 16′.
That could all change after tomorrow’s fixtures of course, but it is looking as competitive as ever in Europe’s elite competition.
Boss gives view on victory
Speaking with TNT Sports, The Blues’ manager gave his thoughts:
The effort was really good. I felt we were better in the first-half for sure. We need to be very good defensively, the way we were for the most part last season. So the clean sheet, it is a nice feeling. The good thing is, we are improving, we can now win with ten players. I do not think the second incident was a yellow card. I think Bayern Munich away, we lost, but I think the team was good. For us, it is a journey that start this season and hopefully we can get better and better.
Enzo Maresca
Spurs manage to grab late-goal
Tottenham managed to grab a point thanks to a late equaliser.
The 89th minute own goal completed the comeback for Spurs after falling 2-0 down thanks to a brace from Jens Petter Hauge.
Thomas Frank exchanged some thoughts with the Norwegian at the end of the game, having nearly made it a long trip back to London for the Danish manager.
Slot needs side to find form
Back-to-back defeats is not something Arne Slot has become used to since taking over as Liverpool manager.
What makes it worse, these are two matches that The Reds would have expected to win.
Defeats against Crystal Palace and Galatasaray now sends them to West London to face Chelsea in a crucial match before yet another international break.
Winger stands out for The Blues
It was far from a great performance from Chelsea tonight.
However, if there were a player who put in a note-worthy shift it was Pedro Neto.
His cross picked out Alejandro Garnacho that led to Benfica’s own-goal that was the difference in West London.
View from SunSport’s Martin Lipton
Liverpool look red-faced above those jade green shirts.
But they only have themselves to blame.
This was another worrying evening, on the back of that first defeat of the season at Palace on Saturday.
Too many mistakes at both ends, with the full-backs and Ibrahima Konate in particular all at sea.
Victor Osimhen’s first half penalty, after a clear foul by Dominik Szoboszlai, gave Galatasaray their first home win in the Champions league since they beat Lokomotiv Moscow in 2018.
That sums it all up, Arne Slot’s decision to keep Mo Salah and Alexander Isak on the bench for an hour another error.
Even the late show was cancelled when VAR correctly overturned a late spot kick for a foul on Konate that never was.
And with Alisson forced off after a collision with Osimhen – after Konate’s shocker in midfield – the repercussions could be felt at Stamford Bridge this weekend.
