The lowdown on Liverpool's Champions League opponents

From record signings to new managers and the son of a 1990s football icon, here’s what to expect from all three of the Reds’ Group E opponents.

Napoli

Come a week on Tuesday, Liverpool’s travelling support will have swung by Vesuvius, Capri and the Bay of Naples twice in less than a year.

In fact, if you include friendlies, by the time Group E concludes Napoli and the Reds will have played one another six times in the space of 16 months, Jürgen Klopp’s side having eliminated Gli Azzurri from the Champions League group stage on goals scored last season.

With the same coach and largely the same squad, Carlo Ancelotti’s team are operating with a great deal of continuity this term as they aim to…