thanks forjoining us. it s been a busy evening of european football most notably in the english premier league with four matches taking place. the big match of the night didn t really live up to expectations. chelsea in theirfirst match since sacking graham potter could only draw 0 0 with liverpool at stamford bridge. the home side did have two goals disallowed but that was the best of the action in what was a sobering night in west london. the draw leaves chelsea 11th, liverpool are 8th seven points off the champions league qualification places. it s football, those other laws and the referees, they try to take the best decisions that they can. strictly for the players because we are creating chances. scoring offside. it will come, because they deserve it. they keep pushing. we asked them to play with their heart, they did it stop just focus on they did it stop just focus on the next day. we came here, i didn t expect now we came here, i didn t expect now team
matches taking place. the big match of the night didn t really live up to expectations. chelsea in their first match since sacking graham potter could only draw 0 0 with liverpool at stamford bridge. the home side did have two goals disallowed but that was the best of the action in what was a sobering night in west london. the draw leaves chelsea 11th, liverpool are eighth seven points off the champions league qualification places. it s football. there are the laws and the referees. they try to take the best decisions that they can. yes, it s frustrating for the players because we creating chances, we scoring high scoring offside. it will come it will come to the boys because they deserve it. they keep pushing. we ask them to play with their heart. they did it and just focus on the next day. he came here. now a team with six changes to play the best game of the season. what i wanted to see is a proper fight. and i thought the boys who came in used the opportunity. t
and cremonese respectively. atalanta will face ac milan next. roma will take on bitter rivals lazio. now, it s less than ten days until the start of the africa cup of nations in the ivory coast, while the asian cup starts next friday in qatar. a number of players from some of europe s top sides have already reported for international duty. john bennett from the bbc s world service explains the effect it will have on premier league clubs. there s impact in terms of numbers. nottingham forest losing six players out of their squad. massive impact. then you have clubs who are impacted because their star player is leaving. mohamed salah, who is in brilliant form at the moment, he of course will be leaving the liverpool squad to join up with egypt. you ve got son, at tottenham, one of the key players, talisman in that team, who will be going to the asian cup. but you have players in great form, hwang at wolves, kudus at west ham. they re going off to the tournament, but it s interesting
Boss Michael Beale believes Nigeria forward Cyriel Dessers will bring "personality and leadership" to his Rangers team. Dessers became the sixth new arrival at Ibrox this summer upon joining from Cremonese on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee, subject to international clearance. "We are delighted to have Cyriel joining our club," Beale told the official Rangers website after the four-times capped Dessers had completed his move from Italy.
fourth place real sociedad in the late game. three games in italy s serie a cremonese have been relegated after losing 5 1 to bologna. later ac milan will look to put the disappointment of losing their champions league semi final behind them, they play relegated sampdoria and need a win to keep their hopes of finishing in the top four alive. brittney griner has made her competitive return to basketball for the phoenix mercury. the american player spent 10 months in russian custody for possessing cannabis oil, before the us government struck a deal with russia. before the game, griner, the two time olympic champion, was cheered by the crowd as she warmed up, despite being on the away team. us vice president kamala harris attended the match and met the phoenix mercury players. griner scored 18 points but her side were beaten 9a 7i by the los angeles sparks in their season opener. it was nice to be back on court, real game and everything.