Liverpool vs. Napoli – Match Report – November 1, 2022 – ESPN

(EFE) – Mohammed Salah confirmed his idyll with the Champions League with his seventh goal in the competition this year and led the victory (2-0) of a Liverpool that reduces the tension of Jürgen Klopp and that he will be in the round of 16 as second in the group.

The ‘Reds’ needed practically a miracle to access as group champions, because they needed a 4-0 or a better result to overcome the 4-1 that nailed them Naples at the Diego Armando Maradona. There was no goleada and neither good image of the Liverpool before his fans, but he did win at the buzzer thanks to a rejection that Salah hunted within the small area and that places him as the maximum gunner of the Champions, with seven goals, one more than Kylian Mbappé. Darwin Núñez, at the last second, made it 2-0 and sentenced the victory.

Although he won, Liverpool The image given on this same stage over the weekend against Leeds United, who beat them in the final minutes, did not improve too much. In fact, he flirted with another failure when Leo Ostigard headed a lateral free kick into the net and put in check a Klopp who is experiencing his worst moment in England. Luckily for the ‘Reds’, the VAR saw a millimetric offside and canceled what would have been the 0-1 of the Naples.

Despite their lackluster game, the English team was the one that tried to take the initiative, especially in an insipid first half, but in which Thiago Alcántara touched the goal. In a quick counterattack, after a save by Alisson, Salah He drove the ball to the area and left it in the crescent to Thiago. The Spaniard, with more placement than strength, ran into a great Alex Meret and there he lost the best of the Liverpoolwho then enjoyed a good spur center from Firmino that Curtis Jones did not know how to finish off with precision.

With the Naples conformist and the Liverpool incapable, the stopped ball was about to proclaim the plenary session of the Italians. A large lateral foul over the area of ​​the Liverpool that was closing and found the head of Leo Ostigard, who scored and directly looked at the linesman waiting for confirmation. This gave a goal, but the VAR, after several minutes of review, threw it back for an almost imperceptible offside.

The replica of Liverpool It arrived in the 85th minute. A corner that found Darwin Núñez inside the area and the Uruguayan hit a header down the line that Meret took. As Darwin called for the goal to go up on the scoreboard, Salah took advantage of the rebound to score 1-0.

UEFA, after verifying that Darwin’s ball had not crossed the line, gave the goal to Salahwho has seven goals and closes the group stage as top scorer while waiting for Wednesday’s matches.

To close the match, Darwin repeated the 1-0 play, catching a rebound after a header from Van Dijk and scoring his third goal in this Champions.

The Liverpool ends the group stage with five wins and fifteen points, the same as the Naples, which is first because of the thrashing he inflicted on the ‘Reds’ on the first day. Ajax, as third, will go to the Europa League and Rangers finish bottom with zero points in six games.