LIVERPOOL will play next week's away Champions League match against Atletico Madrid at a neutral venue, after the Spanish club were hit with a stadium ban by Uefa.
Atletico have been fined £120,000 for racist abuse of Marseille players earlier this month and handed a three-match stadium ban after crowd trouble and lack of organisation at the same match.
It is Uefa's toughest-ever action for racist behaviour, and Atletico coach Javier Aguirre has also been banned for his club's home and away fixtures against Liverpool for insulting Marseille player Mathieu Valbuena.
Uefa said the next two Champions League home games cannot be played within 300 kilometres of Madrid. The third match ban will be invoked only if there is a repeat within the next five years.
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