THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD

TOTTENHAM ODDS 25-1

BY the end of the group stage, Mauricio Pochettino will have managed Tottenham in 55 games in Europe. This will draw him level with Bill Nicholson as the Spurs boss who has led the club in the most European matches (55).

MAN CITY ODDS 10-3

PEP GUARDIOLA has won the Champions League on two occasions as a manager — in 2009 and 2011 with Barcelona. A third win would see him draw level with Zinedine Zidane, Carlo Ancelotti and Bob Paisley.

LIVERPOOL ODDS 13-2

LIVERPOOL are aiming to become the first English club to appear in three successive European Cup finals. The Reds have not lost in 22 games at Anfield in Europe and were last defeated at home by Real Madrid in October 2014.

CHELSEA ODDS 33-1

ON the two previous occasions that Chelsea have been in the same Champions League group as Valencia, they have gone on to reach the final (2007-08 and 2011-12). Frank Lampard played against Valencia four times as a player.

AIR MILES 6,214

DANGER MAN PHILIPPE COUTINHO BAYERN MUNICH COUTINHO has scored three times against Spurs — and the fourth-most expensive player in history will be out to show the PL what it’s missing.

AIR MILES 6,778

DANGER MAN JUNIOR MORAES SHAKHTAR DONETSK TOP scorer in the Ukrainian Premier League last season, Moraes also found the net three times in the Champions League.

AIR MILES 4,746

DANGER MAN LORENZO INSIGNE NAPOLI INSIGNE scored a 90th-minute winner against Liverpool last season. He has played 304 times for Napoli — the seventh most in the club’s history.

AIR MILES 2,408

DANGER MAN DUSAN TADIC AJAX TADIC scored nine times for Ajax in the Champions League last season, helping the Dutch club to a first semi-final since 1997.