Liverpool begin where it all ended earlier this year when they open their UEFA Youth League campaign on Wednesday afternoon. And don't be surprised if there are fireworks.
The Reds matched their best-ever performance in the competition last season when they were beaten in the quarter-finals at Juventus. Now, with their group schedule echoing that of the first team in the Champions League, Liverpool are back in Italy to take on Napoli for a third time in five years.
It’s a fixture that has assumed a certain edge. Layton Stewart scored a late equaliser to earn Liverpool a 1-1 draw three years ago, while 12 months previous Napoli scored a controversial injury-time leveller despite there being two balls on the pitch at the time, prompting an already-volatile clash to boil over.
