Liverpool’s Champions League path has become clearer after dramatic plot twist

Liverpool don’t return to Champions League action until next month, but their potential pathway through the knockout stages has become a little clearer over the past 24 hours.

While the Reds managed to avoid the knockout play-off round by virtue of finishing third in the league phase, 16 other clubs are negotiating that tricky hurdle this week and next, with four of the eight first-leg matches played on Tuesday.

Arne Slot and co would’ve been paying particular attention to the meeting of Galatasaray and Juventus...