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There was more disappointment for Liverpool in the Europa League, while Marseille suffered a surprise home defeat.

Asmir Begovic Asmir Begovic hopes N'Golo Kante will make Chelsea a better side after moving from Leicester City.

Stephan El Shaarawy Ajax dragged themselves back from two goals down only to lose 3-2 to Rapid Vienna and crash out of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

Marcos Mesquita Lopes Bayern Munich, Inter, Cologne and Monaco were among the teams to get their pre-season underway with matches on Sunday.

Swansea City The line-up for the UEFA Europa League round of 32 is likely to be all but confirmed on Thursday.

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham, Fiorentina and Eintracht Frankfurt maintained their perfect starts to the UEFA Europa League group stages on Thursday.

Ajax allowed a two-goal lead to slip, drawing 2-2 at Rapid Vienna in UEFA Champions League qualifying, but Celtic and Basel were victorious.

Mircea Lucescu The line-up for the UEFA Champions League play-off round will be decided during the week.

Mauro Icardi Within hours of Inter's Europa League win in his absence, Mauro Icardi appeared to post a cryptic message on his Instagram account.