Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid result, stats and report

Liverpool welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Anfield in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday 16 September 2026. Connor Maguire gives you the straight truth on what to expect.

Liverpool have not scored in two Champions League matches and welcome an Atletico Madrid side that knows exactly how to make that problem worse. Something has to give at Anfield on Wednesday night.

Liverpool host Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night carrying a record in the Champions League that demands answers. Two games played, two defeats, zero goals scored.

Fenerbahçe head into Tuesday's Champions League clash unbeaten in their last six European outings. Liverpool arrive having lost their only two Champions League matches this campaign, both without scoring.

Atletico Madrid welcome Viking to the Metropolitano on Tuesday in a Champions League fixture that raises serious questions about the hosts' standards. The Norwegians arrive with more recent momentum and nothing to lose.

Liverpool have omitted Federico Chiesa and Wataru Endo from their 25-man Champions League squad, promoting academy graduate James McConnell and retaining faith in injured trio Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley and Hugo Ekitike ahead of Wednesday's Atletico Madrid opener.

Ismaïla Sarr's agent, Diomansy Kamara, has accused clubs of treating African players as commodities after Crystal Palace blocked a Liverpool bid for Sarr and Monaco reneged on a deal that would have sent Lamine Camara to Chelsea. Both players are Senegalese internationals now left in limbo after chaotic deadline-day breakdowns.

Manchester City's £80m bid for Liverpool's Cody Gakpo is close to collapse after Liverpool failed to land a replacement winger despite spending up to £123m on Bradley Barcola. City have pivoted to Everton's Iliman Ndiaye, a move that could derail Tottenham's own pursuit of the forward.