REDS TO START AT MARSEILLE

Liverpool will kick-off their Champions League Group D campaign at the scene of one of their most impressive European performances of recent years.

The Reds will travel to the south of France to take on Marseille at the Stade Velodrome on September 16 - the scene of their 4-0 victory last December when they sealed their place in the last sixteen of the competition. That fixture is followed by a home game with PSV Eindhoven before a double header with La Liga giants Atletico Madrid. An Anfield clash with Marseille follows with the group campaign ending with a trip to Holland to face PSV. Liverpool's Group D fixtures are as follows: September 16 v Marseille (a) October 1 v PSV Eindhoven (h) October 22 v Atletico Madrid (a) November 4 v Atletico Madrid (h) November 26 v Marseille (h) December 9 v PSV Eindhoven (a)