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Persistent PSV Rain On Liverpool's Champions League Perfect Parade

Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven twice came from behind Wednesday to beat Liverpool 3-2 in a spectacular Champions League match, denying the Reds a perfect record in the league phase. The dogged performance from PSV marred the homecoming of Liverpool striker Cody Gakpo to his boyhood club and Dutch coach Arne Slot's first match in his home country as Anfield boss. With big Premier League games to come and first or second place already assured in the new-look Champions League, Slot's team featured no fewer than nine changes. Star names like Dutch defender Virgil Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah were left at home, but Gakpo started, to the joy of both sets of supporters.

Persistent Sanju Samson Convinces Suryakumar Yadav To Take DRS. India Reap Big Reward. Watch

Sanju Samson, from behind the stumps, was an energetic presence for India against England in the third T20I in Rajkot on Tuesday. He even convinced India captain Suryakumar Yadav in taking a DRS which turned out to be the right call. On the final ball of the 10th over, Buttler went for a reverse sweep against Varun Chakravarthy. The ball was positioned very close to the gloves and Samson grabbed it. The wicketkeeper started appealing and celebrating. He was the only Indian player who looked animated. The on-field umpire gave him not out. But Samson kept persisting and SKY relented after a while. Even Chakravarthy, the bowler, was not as convinced as Samson.