Manchester City's Champions League adventure ended in last season's quarter-finals. Liverpool's bid to retain the trophy was cut short a round earlier by Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid.
Can they both fare better this time? Their group campaigns begin tonight and we analyse and preview both ties. Ajax vs Liverpool, 8pm, BT Sport 2 The last time Liverpool played Ajax in Amsterdam, England were world champions, a precociously talented teenager called Cruyff ran the show - and the English champions were walloped 5-1.
That was the scoreline in Ajax's last match before this showdown, too, but Heerenveen is hardly the kind of challenge Jurgen Klopp's side will pose.
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