The miracle he needed did not happen. Liverpool be first in the group. English must win by four goals or more in a Naples which ended up leaving undefeated Anfield but not the first place that guarantees them, a priori, a better match in the round of 16. The Italians, in which VAR annulled a goal for a millimetric offside, surrendered in the last minutes with a goal from Mohammed Salah and another one at Darwin Nunez at a discount.
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Liverpool: Allison; Alexander-Arnold (Ramsay, d.87), Van Dijk, Konaté, Tsimikas; Thiago (Bajcetic, m.87), Fabinho, Milner (Elliot, m.48), Jones (Darwin, m.73); Salah and Firmino (Carvalho, m.87).
Naples: Mereth; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Kim, Olivera; Ndombele (Raspadori, d.88), Lobotka (Zielinski, d.83), Anguissa; Politano (Lozano, m.70), Kvaratskhelia (Elmas, m.83) and Osimhen.
The objectives: 1-0, m.85: Salah. 2-0, m.98: Nunez.
Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER). He advised Konaté (m.36), Alexander-Arnold (m.74) and Darwin (m.94), of Liverpool
Incidents: The match corresponding to the sixth day of Group A of the Champions League played at the Anfield stadium (Liverpool).
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That’s right, the ‘azzurro’ team reached the round of 16 leading Group A thanks to ‘average’ with Liverpool, who celebrated Jürgen Klopp’s 400th game on their bench with a symbolic victory.
low gloss party
The ‘eleven’ raised by the German coach, with several substitutes, showed how little confidence he has in fighting for first place. In Naples, on the other hand, is worth not getting rid of to tie the first position. For all these reasons, the first act had few scoring opportunities.
The second started with a bit of chaos and with a Naples ahead with a header from Ostigard in a set piece play. However, technology came in after a long review to inform the referee that the Norwegian defender is in an illegal position within a few millimeters (53′).
Great finish for Liverpool
The tone of the meeting was maintained until the last minute, when they appeared wrong (85′) and Darwin (90+8′) for Liverpool to close out this group stage with a win.
Source: La Verdad
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