The draw for the 2021/22 Champions League Group stage was made this evening and will see Premier League champions Manchester City have been drawn to face Paris St-Germain, RB Leipzig and Club Bruges in the Champions League group stage. Liverpool face Porto, Atletico Madrid and AC Milan in an eye watering group.
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One day after having his pocket picked just 200 metres from the finish, Magnus Cort bounced back with a remarkable Stage 12 victory in a reduced bunch sprint in sweltering Cordoba. The Danish powerhouse held off Italy’s Andrea Bagioli for his second win of this Vuelta on a day Primoz Roglic hit the deck, again, and Odd Christian Eiking retained the red jersey.
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Primoz Roglic broke Magnus Cort’s heart to take his second win of La Vuelta after outkicking big rival Enric Mas on the ramped finale to Stage 11 once both riders had blasted past the last man standing from the day’s breakaway in Valdepenas de Jaen. Norway’s Odd Christian Eiking dug deep to retain the red jersey with a solid 10th place.
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Primoz Roglic made a statement of intent in Stage 10 – and was then brought back down to earth with a bang. A crash on the final descent wiped out any advantages the Slovenian had made on his main GC rivals on a day he tactically conceded the red jersey to Odd Christian Eiking. The Norwegian finished fifth as Baby-faced assassin Michael Storer doubled up after staring from the breakaway.
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Liverpool have announced Xherdan Shaqiri has completed a permanent move to Lyon. The Switzerland international, 29, who joined Liverpool from Stoke in 2018, scored eight goals in 63 appearances in all competitions under Jurgen Klopp.
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