UEFA Champions League Matchday 3 schedule: Liverpool, Napoli, Tottenham, Bayern, Inter, Barcelona buildup

We have all of Monday's buildup

Welcome to our UEFA Champions League live buildup coverage as players and coaches speak on Monday ahead of Tuesday's important matchups for the third round of games.

There are some corkers lined up this week with Ajax vs. Napoli, Liverpool vs. Rangers and Inter Milan vs. Barcelona just a few of the highlights to look forward to on Tuesday.

As for Wednesday, Chelsea vs. AC Milan will be tough to beat, but Benfica vs. Paris Saint-Germain is very tempting at Estadio da Luz and buildup to Wednesday's games will continue on Tuesday.

Here are this week's full slates of Champions League group fixtures which you can watch on Paramount+.

Tuesday

Group C: Bayern Munich vs. Viktoria Plzen -- 2:45 p.m. ET

Group D: Olympique de Marseille vs. Sporting CP -- 2:45 p.m. ET

Group A: Ajax vs. Napoli and Liverpool vs. Rangers -- 3:00 p.m. ET

Group B: Club Brugge vs. Atletico Madrid and Porto vs. Bayer Leverkusen -- 3:00 p.m. ET

Group C: Inter Milan vs. Barcelona -- 3:00 p.m. ET

Group D: Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Tottenham Hotspur -- 3:00 p.m. ET

Wednesday

Group E: RB Salzburg vs. Dinamo Zagreb -- 2:45 p.m. ET

Group F: RB Leipzig vs. Celtic -- 2:45 p.m. ET

Group E: Chelsea vs. AC Milan -- 3:00 p.m. ET

Group F: Real Madrid vs. Shakhtar Donetsk -- 3:00 p.m. ET

Group G: Manchester City vs. Copenhagen and Sevilla vs. Borussia Dortmund -- 3:00 p.m. ET

Group H: Benfica vs. PSG and Juventus vs. Maccabi Haifa -- 3:00 p.m. ET

[Oct 3, 2022 at 2:56 pm ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Rangers ready

Giovanni van Bronckhorst spoke to the press at Anfield earlier ahead of the Scottish outfit's clash with Liverpool.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 2:46 pm ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Nagelsmann wary of Plzen

Bayern's German boss is wary that his team could be caught out similarly to their recent loss away at Augsburg in the Bundesliga.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 2:27 pm ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Spalletti wants more

The Napoli boss on his team's start to the season...

"We want to keep going forward, to create glimmers to do even better. We have to be the ones who bring a proper work ethic to every training session and put into practice what we prepare. If you come here and settle on what might be in the indecisions, it might not end well. As always, we will have to push hard on every ball without the risk of becoming reckless. We have to be aware, good at interpreting the game, go hard on the opponent and recompose quickly because the defensive line and team distances must be the same. We want to earn our best on the pitch, game after game. More steps forward can be taken and there must be the will to believe in it and to go and earn it game after game."

[Oct 3, 2022 at 1:16 pm ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Klopp recap

The Liverpool boss on...

A tough start to the season: "We realised after Napoli it was a low point and we had to change things quickly. We did not play Wolves, played Ajax, then did not play Chelsea and could not keep up anything from the Ajax win. Then we played Brighton, a really good team, and conceded two early goals. When you spot a problem and think you have the solution and you expect the solution to be instant and influential, that in football is never the case."

Squad morale: "Do you think Cristiano Ronaldo at the moment is at the top of his confidence? It happens to all of us. Lionel Messi last season pretty much the same. You have to take a step in the right direction and when you're ready, it is back (the confidence). In individual sports you can fight yourself through it. In team sport, you have to do it together. It can be more complicated."

Defense: "We have conceded similar goals with teams going through the same gaps. The problem we have is a brave way of defending. We need intensity and if we do not do that then it is a problem. We have to be more compact. Defending is an art, and it worked for us really well for a long time. But with it not working you realise you have to go back to the basics."

Patience: "Patience is not 100% the right word, but we have to be patient to do the right thing again and again until it works out. We cannot always start new, completely new. If we can help the boys with way to defend differently then we have to do that. We have to be more compact."

Darwin Nunez: "New players come in and want them to shine immediately and that happens from time to time. We are completely calm. It's really important in our situation that he is not worrying. The three-game suspension did not help him, that is clear. The team is not flying and that does not help a striker."

[Oct 3, 2022 at 11:58 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Brugge look ahead to Atleti

The Belgian giants' boss Carl Hoefkens is looking forward to the game and has named his squad for the clash.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 11:53 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Napoli jet to Amsterdam

This is Luciano Spalletti's squad to face Ajax on Tuesday with the Italians in fine fettle. Still no Victor Osimhen, though. 

[Oct 3, 2022 at 9:54 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Clauss to deliver again?

It was an excellent outing for the Marseille man over the weekend with one goal and two assists so Sporting can consider themselves warned.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 9:52 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Klopp looks ahead to Rangers

Liverpool's German boss was full of praise for this week's Scottish opponents.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 8:49 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Simeone's Atleti troops

The Spaniards are in Belgium to face Club Brugge and this is their squad.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 8:47 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Frankurt without Gotze vs. Spurs

The German outfit's head coach Oliver Glasner has confirmed that Mario Gotze will miss this week's clash with Tottenham Hotspur in Europe.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 8:43 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Barca are Milan-bound

The Catalan giants have named their squad for their crunch Champions League clash with Inter.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 8:42 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Kimmich and Muller out

Bayern Munich will be without Joshua Kimmich and Thomas Muller against Viktoria Plzen after both Germany international stars tested positive for COVID-19.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 8:39 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Leverkusen's squad in Porto

The Germans have named their traveling party for the trip to Portugal.

[Oct 3, 2022 at 8:35 am ET · Jonathan Johnson]

Alfred Schreuder on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

The Ajax boss had some positive words for Napoli's rising Georgian star ahead of Tuesday's clash.