Liverpool of England, with Argentine Alexis Mac Allister, will host Real Madrid of Spain in the fourth matchday of the UEFA Champions League league phase. Third with 18 points in the English Premier League, the team of Dutch manager Arne Slot arrives at this fourth matchday of the European competition after defeating Aston Villa 2-0 in the tenth round of the domestic tournament on Saturday at home. Regarding their Champions League campaign, the Merseyside side debuted with a 3-2 win over Atlético de Madrid of Spain at Anfield Road, lost 1-0 to Galatasaray of Turkey on the road in the second matchday, and in the previous round, defeated Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany 5-1 at Deutsche Bank Park. Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso's team comes from a 4-0 thrashing of Valencia at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in the eleventh round of Spain's La Liga. In parallel, there will be six matches: Atlético de Madrid of Spain hosting Royale Union Saint-Gilloise of Belgium, Bodo Glimt of Norway facing Monaco of France, Juventus of Italy against Sporting Lisboa of Portugal, PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands visiting Olympiacos of Greece, Paris Saint Germain of France against Bayern Munich of Germany, and Tottenham of England hosting Copenhagen of Denmark. However, the matchday will begin at 14:45 with two matches: Napoli of Italy hosting Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany and Arsenal of England visiting Slavia Praga of the Czech Republic. The second matchday of this European competition's league phase will continue on Wednesday with nine matches, the first two at 14:45. These two will be Villarreal of Spain visiting Pafos of Cyprus and Chelsea of England doing the same against Qarabag of Azerbaijan. At 17:00 on Wednesday, Ajax of the Netherlands will face Galatasaray of Turkey, Barcelona of Spain will visit Bruges of Belgium, Inter Milan of Italy will host Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan, Manchester City of England will face Borussia Dortmund of Germany, Newcastle United of England will host Athletic Club of Bilbao of Spain, Olympique de Marseille of France will play against Atalanta of Italy, and Benfica of Portugal will face Bayer Leverkusen of Germany. With this result, the team from the Spanish capital remains the absolute leader with 30 points. The match will take place this Tuesday starting at 17:00 at Anfield Road.
