Liverpool back in Champions League football
After a 5 year absence Liverpool FC are back in the Champions League.
Scholes backs Liverpool for Champions League
Former Manchester United star and Champions League winner Paul Scholes believes Liverpool could be a good outside bet to win this season's competition.
Liverpool, the five-times European champions, are returning to the elite event this season after a five-year absence.
The Merseysiders begin their campaign later by hosting Bulgarian champions Ludogorets and will also play holders Real Madrid and Swiss side Basle in Group B.
Scholes, a member of the Manchester United side that won the 2008 final, expects Anfield to be a tough place for visiting sides. The 39-year-old, speaking in his role as a pundit for ITV's Champions League coverage, said: "Liverpool are the dark horse of the competition this year.
Liverpool qualified for the Champions League after a superb 2013-14 campaign in which they finished close runners-up to Manchester City in the Barclays Premier League.
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