Tuesday's round of the European Champions... Liverpool faces Atletico's stubbornness and an easy test for Man City

Liverpool is counting on its brilliant Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, who coach Jurgen Klopp described as "the best player in the world now" when he is a guest of Atletico Madrid in the third round of the European Champions League football competition, in which Paris Saint-Germain is playing a relatively easy match. against Leipzig, Germany.

Salah shines remarkably this season after scoring 10 goals in 10 matches, including two wonderful goals, the first against Manchester City on the third of October at the "Anfield" stadium, when he made a wonderful artistic move to overcome Portuguese Bernardo Silva and then Spanish defender Aymeric Laporte, and then followed him with a goal And there is nothing better against Watford last weekend with a similar technical move to confirm its importance in the club, knowing that the two parties are in the midst of talks to renew his contract, which expires in 2023. The German Klopp praised him by saying, "At the moment, there is no better player than him in the world. With a wonderful pass for the first goal (scored by Senegalese Sadio Mane), his goal was amazing." "He's in the mood to do great things in the region and we hope that it will last a long time."

As for Atlético Madrid, the Spanish champions last season, they are in turn relying on the veteran Uruguayan attacking duo, former Liverpool scorer Luis Soares, and the Frenchman, Antoine Griezmann, who returned to him after two unsuccessful seasons with Barcelona.

Soares defended the colors of Liverpool in 133 games, during which he scored 82 goals, before moving to Barcelona in 2014.

In the same group, Porto meets with AC Milan, both of whom raise the banner of victory, because a tie will keep them away from competing for one of the two qualifying cards for the next round.

And Porto has one point for nothing for Milan, which is returning to continental competitions after a long absence.

An easy task for Saint-Germain

In the first group, Paris Saint-Germain receives Leipzig at the "Parc des Princes" stadium in the French capital in an easy task, but he will miss one of the ribs of his striking attacking force, the Brazilian Neymar, "for aches in the adductor muscle he has suffered since his return from the national team, according to what he said. On Monday, the Parisian club revealed, through its Argentine coach, Mauricio Pochettino, that the latter’s compatriot, Leandro Paredes, had injured the “right thigh muscles” while also participating with his country.

And in the absence of Neymar, Saint-Germain is counting on the Argentine Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, after the return of the first from his participation with his country during the last international window, and he missed the match against Angers (2-1) in the local league, unlike Mbappe. Saint-Germain had a moral victory over its main rival, Manchester City, in a match that saw Messi score his first goals since his move to the capital of lights last August. In the second match, City will visit Brugge, who is leading by a point, and therefore there is no room for "Citizens" to forfeit any point.

And wants Sherif Tiraspol Moldavia, the surprise of the Champions League so far, to add a new victim to his record when he is a guest of Inter Milan.

Sheriff began his career by beating Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0, before achieving a resounding surprise by dropping Real Madrid, the record holder in the number of titles (13 times) at home 2-1 in the second round.

On the other hand, Real Madrid seeks to restore its balance by returning with the three points from its match with Shakhtar, relying on the goals of the veteran French Karim Benzema, who is remarkably shining this season.

The program for the third round today (UAE time)

Club Brugge - Man City 20:45

Besiktas - Lisbon 20:45

Saint Germain - Leipzig 23:00

Ajax - Dortmund 23:00

Atletico - Liverpool 23:00

Porto - Milan 23:00

Shakhtar - Real Madrid 23:00

Inter - Sheriff 23:00

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