Klopp starts with draw, Villarreal come unstuck
Sunday, October 18, 2015
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Jürgen Klopp began his Liverpool reign with a draw at Tottenham Hotspur and Villarreal were knocked off the Liga summit in a busy weekend for the UEFA Europa League sides.
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• Full domestic results and league tables
• UEFA Europa League groups as they stand
Jürgen Klopp claimed a point in his first outing as Liverpool manager and Villarreal slipped off the Liga summit as the UEFA Europa League sides geared up for matchday three with domestic assignments.
Klopp's first game in charge of the Reds ended in a goalless draw at fellow group stage hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur, while his former club Dortmund stayed second in Germany by triumphing 2-0 at Mainz. Third spot in the Bundesliga belongs to Schalke, who grabbed a last-gasp 2-1 win at Hertha Berlin courtesy of Max Meyer.
There was change in the upper reaches of the Liga as previous pacesetters Villarreal lost 2-1 at home to new joint leaders Celta Vigo in their second consecutive loss. As for Fiorentina, they preserved top spot in Italy despite going down by the same scoreline at another UEFA Europa League outfit, Napoli.
Group A
Molde 3-1 Mjøndalen
Motherwell 0-1 Celtic
Heracles 0-2 Ajax
Kayserispor 0-1 Fenerbahçe
Group B
Sion 0-2 Basel
Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Liverpool
Bordeaux 0-0 Montpellier
Rubin Kazan 3-1 Ufa
Group C
Mainz 0-2 Borussia Dortmund
Anji 2-2 Krasnodar
Iraklis 3-3 PAOK
Neftçi 0-1 Qäbälä
Group D
Napoli 2-1 Fiorentina
Midtjylland 2-1 Randers
Legia Warszawa 3-1 Cracovia Kraków
Club Brugge 1-0 Oostende
Group E
Wolfsberg 2-1 Rapid Wien
Vikoria Plzeň 4-2 Zlín
Villarreal 1-2 Celta Vigo
Slutsk 0-1 Dinamo Minsk
Group F
Académico de Viseu 0-3 Braga (Portuguese Cup)
Marseille 1-1 Lorient
Sigma 1-1 Slovan Liberec
Groningen 2-1 Willem II
Group G
Sassuolo 2-1 Lazio
Dniprodzerzhynsk 0-6 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Rosenborg 1-1 Bodø/Glimt
St-Étienne 2-0 Ajaccio
Group H
Spartak Moskva 1-2 Lokomotiv Moskva
Beşiktaş 1-0 Rizespor
Vilafranquense 0-4 Sporting CP (Portuguese Cup)
Skënderbeu 2-2 Teuta
Group I
Sion 0-2 Basel
Napoli 2-1 Fiorentina
Lech Poznań 2-2 Ruch Chorzów
Olhanense 0-1 Belenenses(Portuguese Cup)
Group J
Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Liverpool
Qarabağ 4-1 FC Zire
Monaco 1-1 Lyon
Zulte Waregem 0-4 Anderlecht
Group K
Schalke 2-1 Hertha Berlin
Příbram 0-4 Sparta Praha
Asteras Tripolis 1-1 Xanthi
APOEL 6-0 AEL Limassol
Group L
Partizan 3-1 Javor
Deportivo La Coruña 2-2 Athletic Club
AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Heracles
Augsburg 0-2 Darmstadt
