Liverpool ease past Maribor as record-breaking Sergio Aguero helps Manchester City into last 16

That is all for this particular blog, thanks for following along. IBTimes UK will be back tomorrow evening to bring you live coverage of a Europa League double-header as managerless Everton visit Lyon and Arsenal entertain Red Star Belgrade.

Until then, it's goodbye.

It took a while for Liverpool to break down Maribor this time around, but once they did there was no looking back despite that latest penalty miss. That comfortable win keeps Klopp's side top of Group E before a tricky trip to Sevilla in three weeks.

City come out on top again in another memorable clash with Napoli and Aguero finally has the honour of being the club's all-time leading goal-getter. The last 16 awaits.

Full-time scores

Sevilla 2-1 Spartak Moscow

Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 Feyenoord

FC Porto 3-1 RB Leipzig

Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Apoel Nicosia

Goal: Porto 3-1 RB Leipzig (Maxi Pereira)

Full-time

Napoli 2-4 Manchester City

A stoppage-time effort from Sterling - his 10th of the season already - adds further gloss to the scoreline for City.

The Premier League leaders are sailing through to the last 16 in some style.

Goal: Napoli 2-4 Manchester City (Raheem Sterling)

Full-time

Liverpool 3-0 Maribor

Liverpool are allowed too much time to work a short corner as we enter three minutes of added time.

Rajcevic's slight touch takes Suler out of the game and substitute Sturridge is on hand to thrash home from close range.

Goal: Liverpool 3-0 Maribor (Daniel Sturridge)

Milner determinedly crashes his way through the Maribor defence and ends up winning yet another Liverpool corner that is cleared away by Milec.

Klopp replaces Firmino with Marko Grujic. Milanic's third and final change sees Dino Hotic make way for Valon Ahmedi.

A certain Cristiano Ronaldo has pulled one back for Real Madrid at Spurs. A consolation effort, or the start of a thrilling late comeback?

Goal: Sevilla 2-1 Spartak Moscow (Ze Luis)

Not too much to report from Anfield, where Sturridge, without a Champions League goal in almost seven years, has replaced Salah.

Aguero curls his 178th goal in sky blue beyond Pepe Reina to hand City back the lead in Naples and also finally move clear of Eric Brook as the club's all-time leading scorer.

What an achievement for the Argentine, sealed in the former home of Diego Maradona no less.

Goal: Napoli 2-3 Manchester City (Sergio Aguero)

Goal: Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 Feyenoord (Marlos)

Gregor Bajde for Bohar is Maribor's second change.

Flickers of life from Maribor as Milec bursts forward and gets around Matip before an awful pass from Bohar inside the Liverpool box kills the attack stone dead.

Milec's long-distance shot is then saved by Karius, who has been a mere spectator for most of the evening.

Jorginho levels for Napoli from 12 yards after Sane is penalised for a foul on Raul Albiol.

Goal: Napoli 2-2 Manchester City (Jorginho)

Incredibly, it's now 3-0 to Tottenham at Wembley. Christian Eriksen scores.

Goal: Porto 2-1 RB Leipzig (Danilo Pereira)

Lovely football from Liverpool as they put this tie firmly to bed. Can drives from midfield and play a neat one-two with Milner before firing underneath Handanovic.

Goal: Liverpool 2-0 Maribor (Emre Can)

Maribor have sent on Marcos Tavares in place of Mesanovic. Milec drills an effort wide, probably to the annoyance of his teammates in the centre.

Goal: Sevilla 2-0 Spartak Moscow (Ever Banega)

Firmino and Salah both go close for Liverpool before Klavan is forced to get across to thwart Mesanovic after Milner is beaten too easily close to the byline.

Another goal for Alli as Tottenham double their advantage over Real Madrid. What a night so far for Spurs against the reigning Spanish and European champions.

Goal: Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Apoel Nicosia (Mickael Pote)

Saved!

Handanovic guesses the right way and gets down to deflect Milner's spot-kick against the post.

Hard to believe this man turns 40 in January. Liverpool's penalty woes continue.

Firmino embarrasses Rajcevic with a sumptuous nutmeg before being dragged down by the defender, who receives a yellow card for his troubles.

Firmino and Salah have both missed penalties recently, so Liverpool are going back to Milner...

Penalty to Liverpool

City win another corner and Leroy Sane's ball in is headed onto the underside of the crossbar and over the line by Stones.

Both centre-backs on the scoresheet as Guardiola's men lead for the first time in southern Italy.

Goal: Napoli 1-2 Manchester City (John Stones)

Goal: Porto 1-1 Leipzig (Timo Werner)

It takes just four minutes of the second half for Liverpool to break down that stubborn Maribor backline.

Matip outmuscles Jasmin Mesanovic and finds Alexander-Arnold, whose delicious whipped right-footed cross just evades the head of Firmino before being flicked beyond Handanovic by Salah.

That's his 10th goal of the season.

Goal: Liverpool 1-0 Maribor (Mohamed Salah)

Suler does well to control the ball and clear under pressure from the pacey Salah.

Back underway at Anfield. With Sevilla leading Spartak Moscow, Liverpool have dropped to second in Group E.

They travel to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium on 21 November.

As things stand, City and Tottenham are going through and Feyenoord are out of contention for the last 16.

One apiece in Naples after Otamendi's header cancelled out that tidy Insigne finish.

A result that, if it stays the same, would be good enough to send City through. They just need to avoid defeat tonight, remember.

A surprisingly and somewhat refreshingly solid defensive effort from Maribor, who look far more resolute than they did on their own turf a fortnight ago.

Liverpool have absolutely dominated possession as you might expect, but so far they just have not been creative enough to find a way through that sea of white and purple shirts.

Half-time scores

Liverpool 0-0 Maribor

Sevilla 1-0 Spartak Moscow

Napoli 1-1 Manchester City

Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Feyenoord

FC Porto 1-0 RB Leipzig

Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Apoel Nicosia

Billong concedes another corner but Matip is caught in two minds at the back post. One minute of added time signalled at the end of this first half.

Oxlade-Chamberlain and Firmino combine to tee up Salah, whose woeful left-footed effort clears the crossbar by some distance.

Bohar, already on a booking, is whistled for a high boot on Henderson. The midfielder needs to be careful.

Liverpool vs Maribor is now the only one of tonight's seven 19.45 GMT kick-offs that remains goalless.

Go figure.

City take a short corner and Gundogan's delivery is headed home by centre-back Otamendi at the back post.

Goal: Napoli 1-1 Manchester City (Nicolas Otamendi)

Firmino looks furious with himself as he heads a corner well wide of Handanovic's right-hand post.

Really poor marking and awareness from Milec.

Can heads over and Salah is just unable to control a quick pass into the box. Liverpool turning the screw now.

Goal: Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Apoel Nicosia (Raphael Guerreiro)

Goal: Sevilla 1-0 Spartak Moscow (Clement Lenglet)

We aren't covering it here, but just to say that Dele Alli has scored to put Tottenham in front against Real Madrid at Wembley.

Jasmin Handanovic, now 39, rolls back the years to push the ball onto the crossbar after Oxlade-Chamberlain's cross for Salah had looped up off Billong. Fantastic save.

Ragnar Klavan's tame header from the corner is easily held.

Billong's flicked header is just enough to prevent Salah from applying the finishing touch to a Firmino cross.

The ball cannons back off his thigh and Maribor survive.

Insigne combines nicely with Dries Mertens before coolly slotting past Ederson from close range. First blood to the hosts in Naples, where you suspect there are more goals to come.

Goal: Napoli 1-0 Manchester City (Lorenzo Insigne)

Damjan Bohar does have his name taken for a shirt pull on Salah. Henderson then fires well wide after a short free-kick from the right.

Aleks Pihler scythes down Milner and is extremely fortunate to avoid a yellow card.

Oxlade-Chamberlain then fires just wide from a Firmino cross.

Goal: Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Feyenoord (Marlos)

Goal: Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Feyenoord (Facundo Ferreyra)

Wijnaldum won't be able to carry on at Anfield. Henderson enters the fray as Klopp is forced into an early first-half change.

Goal: Porto 1-0 RB Leipzig (Hector Herrera)

Goal: Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 Feyenoord (Nicolai Jorgensen)

Liverpool are just struggling to break down Maribor's determined defence at the moment.

Georginio Wijnaldum, who only returned from a knee injury against Huddersfield, appears to twist his leg under minimal pressure from Marwan Kabha and looks to be in some discomfort.

Salah rolls 34-year-old Marko Suler with ease before seeing his hopeful shot deflected behind by Aleksander Rajcevic.

The subsequent corner comes to nothing and Maribor again try to counter, but fail to hold onto the ball for very long.

A superb tackle from Billong denies Oxlade-Chamberlain a great shooting opportunity inside the Maribor box.

Alexander-Arnold then picks out Firmino with a cross, but the Brazilian flicks his header wide of the far post.

After a rare Maribor counter is snuffed out, Liverpool go back to dominating possession.

It's a rather subdued atmosphere at Anfield, with the home supporters seemingly just waiting for the goals to start flying in.

The 2,000+ travelling Maribor fans are making all the noise early on.

Crucial headed intervention from Billong to keep Mohamed Salah's cross away from Firmino.

The Frenchman's introduction into the team tonight has seen an understandably cautious Milanic switch to a more defensive 5-4-1 system.

Maribor were already a goal down by this stage in Slovenia.

Roberto Firmino forces an early corner, but Joel Matip is unable to connect with stand-in captain James Milner's right-wing delivery and Martin Milec can clear.

Slovak referee Ivan Kruzliak gets the game underway.

Will this be another extremely comfortable night for Liverpool, or can Maribor spring an almighty shock?

The teams have emerged from the tunnel, 'You'll Never Walk Alone' has been belted out and the generic Champions League anthem is at an end.

We are almost ready for kick-off at Anfield.

This is the first time that City have ever won their first three Champions League matches, while Napoli, despite their recent domestic dominance, have actually lost four of their last five games in the competition.

City have won just one of six previous competitive fixtures on Italian soil, although their 4-0 loss to Barcelona in October 2016 is the only defeat they have suffered in their last 10 group stage contests.

Opta also reveal that all 42 teams that have previously won all three of their opening fixtures in the Champions League have gone onto reach the last 16.

Maribor's only success in nine previous matches against English opposition was a 2-1 win over Wigan Athletic in December 2013.

Per Opta, they are on a 14-game winless run in the Champions League, scoring just once in their last four outings in the competition. By contrast, Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 11 group stages fixtures across both the Champions League and Europa League.

Anything other than another goal-laden victory for the Reds would be a real surprise this evening.

Group G: Besiktas (9) v Monaco (1), Porto (3) v RB Leipzig (4)

• Besiktas are through with a win, or with a draw if Leipzig win.

Group H: Tottenham Hotspur (7) v Real Madrid (7), Borussia Dortmund (1) v Apoel (1)

• Tottenham will qualify if they win.
• Real Madrid will qualify if they win.
• Borussia Dortmund will be unable to finish in the top two if they lose and the other match is drawn.
• Apoel will be unable to finish in the top two if they lose and the other match is drawn.

Let's take a quick look at all the permutations for tonight's matches, as featured on the official Uefa website...

Group E: Liverpool (5) v Maribor (1), Sevilla (4) v Spartak Moskva (5)

• Maribor will be unable to finish in the top two if they lose and Spartak win.

Group F: Napoli (3) v Manchester City (9), Shakhtar Donetsk (6) v Feyenoord (0)

• Manchester City will qualify if they avoid defeat.
• Feyenoord will be unable to finish in the top two if they do not win.

Klopp has confirmed that Coutinho and Lovren are not fit to play this evening.

On the decision to hand versatile England midfielder Oxlade-Chamberlain only his second start since joining from Arsenal in a £35m deal in the summer, the German said...

The team selection for tonight was [based on] that we need to have a team which is ready for a very intense start.

That's what we want to have and what we need – a lively performance, speed, good in small spaces, good offers for runs in behind.

[It's] a team which played together already. The only really new player is Ox, who is in. He deserved it 100 per cent and can help us tonight hopefully. That's all.

Darko Milanic, who endured an ill-fated 32-day spell in charge of Leeds United in 2014, makes one change to the Maribor XI that started Saturday's narrow win over Domzale.

French defender Jean-Claude Billong gets the nod over Dare Vrsic.

That result at Vodafone Park means that Besiktas extend their lead at the top of Group G to six points. As we mentioned earlier, they will qualify for the first knockout phase if Leipzig win in Porto later on.

Full-time

Besiktas 1-1 AS Monaco

Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri brings back Elseid Hysaj and Kalidou Koulibaly after resting the duo for the 3-1 win over Sassuolo on Sunday.

Christian Maggio and former Tottenham centre-back Vlad Chiriches drop out.

Guardiola also makes four alterations to the team that notched up an eighth successive Premier League victory at West Brom.

Danilo is preferred to Kyle Walker at right-back, while Sergio Aguero, who still needs just one more goal to move clear of Eric Brook as City's all-time leading scorer, starts ahead of Gabriel Jesus in attack.

The Silvas, David and Bernardo, make way for Ilkay Gundogan and Sterling.

Klopp makes four changes to the side that helped to ensure he earned bragging rights over best friend David Wagner, with Loris Karius continuing in place of Simon Mignolet as Liverpool's first-choice goalkeeper in Europe.

Gomez, captain Jordan Henderson and Daniel Sturridge drop to the bench as Trent Alexander-Arnold, Emre Can and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all come in.

Coutinho and Lovren both miss out again, although Moreno is deemed fit enough to start.

Napoli vs Manchester City

Napoli are only without Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik, who continues to recover from a severe knee problem.

Benjamin Mendy is a long-term absentee for City after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament against Crystal Palace last month and Vincent Kompany has yet to return to training after being dogged by yet more calf issues.

Brahim Diaz is also injured, while fellow academy starlet and Under-17 World Cup Golden Ball winner Phil Foden is not involved after helping England to success in India last weekend.

Liverpool vs Maribor

Maribor are still missing talented young Portuguese forward Luka Zahovic, who broke a metal plate in his collarbone during a training session on the eve of that first meeting with Liverpool.

Defender Denis Sme also underwent surgery in September and was not part of the 22-man travelling squad that flew out from Slovenia on Tuesday.

While that contest continues, let's run you through all the latest team news for our two feature games...

Liverpool vs Maribor

Jurgen Klopp said he would make a late decision on the respective availability of Philippe Coutinho and oft-maligned defender Dejan Lovren, although both remain major doubts with hip and groin injuries respectively.

Alberto Moreno and Joe Gomez were also set to be assessed after sustaining minor knocks in Saturday's 3-0 Premier League win over Huddersfield, while Sadio Mane and Adam Lallana are not expected back until after the upcoming international break.

Nathaniel Clyne, Danny Ward and Adam Bogdan are all still sidelined.

All square in Turkey. Rumoured Premier League target Tosun nets his fourth Champions League goal of the season from the penalty spot after Ricardo Quaresma is brought down by Jorge.

A draw would be enough for Besiktas to go through tonight, provided RB Leipzig beat Porto. A win sees them advance regardless of events in Portugal.

Goal: Besiktas 1-1 Monaco (Cenk Tosun)

Good evening and a very warm welcome to IBTimes UK latest's live coverage of the Champions League.

Coverage of the headline fixture of the second night of matchday four between Tottenham and Real Madrid can be found with my colleague Nick Howson, but here our focus is on two of the other five British teams in the competition - Liverpool and Manchester City.

The inconsistent Reds, currently level on points with Spartak Moscow at the summit of Group D, welcome NK Maribor to Anfield just a fortnight after inflicting a club-record 7-0 defeat on the reigning Slovenian champions at Stadion Ljudski vrt.

While Liverpool cannot book their place in the round of 16 just yet, Manchester City will seal their progress from Group E this evening if they avoid defeat away to Serie A leaders Napoli.

The last meeting between these two gloriously attack-minded sides was a thrilling spectacle, with early goals from Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus securing a 2-1 victory for the hosts. Napoli earned two penalties last night, the first of which was saved by Ederson.

We will also endeavour to keep you fully up to date with all the goals as they fly in around the rest of Europe. In the day's early kick-off, AS Monaco currently lead Besiktas in Istanbul courtesy of a late first-half effort from Rony Lopes.