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Atletico Madrid v Chelsea Champions League match moved to Bucharest
Chelsea said in a statement on their website that the date of the match, February 23, and the kick-off time (2000 GMT) would remain the same.
The 47-year-old German replaces the sacked Frank Lampard and will be the 15th change of manager since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003.
Lampard signed a three-year deal in July 2019, leading Chelsea to the FA Cup final and a fourth-placed Premier League finish in his first season in charge.
Frank Lampard's side suffered a fourth defeat in their last six Premier League games on Sunday as Manchester City eased to a 3-1 win.
Lampard's side had already qualified for the last 16 as group winners after beating Sevilla 4-0 last week.
But it is Everton who are setting the early pace in the Premier League as they secured a third straight win in controversial circumstances, 2-1 at Crystal Palace.
Veteran Brazil defender Thiago Silva (36) joined Frank Lampard's side from Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer last month after suffering defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.
Frank Lampard’s side dominated for long periods but were stunned late on when Andriy Yarmolenko slotted home an 89th-minute winner following a counter-attack by the home side.
To complete a miserable night for Liverpool, former Everton midfielder Barkley drove home Chelsea’s second goal just past the hour mark after a surging run.
Players such as influential midfielder N’Golo Kante have had a stop-start campaign while others like Antonio Rudiger have either returned from injury recently or been sidelined like winger Christian Pulisic.
Liverpool, who have been fielding a second-string side in the competition, also have a replay with Shrewsbury Town at Anfield with the winners visiting Frank Lampard’s Chelsea.
The German was involved in an incident in which Tottenham’s Son Heung-min was red-carded in the 62nd minute and indicated shortly afterwards he had been the victim of a monkey gesture from the home section.
It was a dispiriting day for Tottenham on and off the field with allegations of racist behaviour by one of their fans.
The Portuguese has been the opposing manager scheming against the club he led to three Premier League titles during spells with Inter Milan and Manchester United.
Former fans' favourite Duncan Ferguson is in interim control at Goodison Park after Marco Silva was sacked on Thursday and the former forward had an instant impact.
Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante has not featured since a 1-1 draw at home to Leicester nearly a month ago.
David Luiz made a deadline day move across London to Arsenal where he signed a two-year contract after spending three seasons in a second stint with Chelsea.
Marcus Rashford scored twice as Manchester United made the perfect start to their Premier League season by inflicting a 4-0 defeat on Frank Lampard in his first match in charge of Chelsea on Sunday.
There has been no official confirmation of the agreement from either club but Sarri, who won the Europa League with Chelsea, is expected to sign a three-year contract, Sky reported.