UEFA Champions League

Liverpool vs Napoli 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

  • 85': Mohamed Salah
  • 90'+8': Darwin Núñez
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2 - 0

Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez help Liverpool to morale-boosting win against Napoli

Liverpool bounced back from defeat against Leeds United with a hard-fought 2-0 victory against Napoli.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 36': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 48': Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces James Milner because of an injury.
  • 70': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  • 73': Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Curtis Jones.
  • 73': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  • 83': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 83': Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 85': Goal! Liverpool 1, Napoli 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  • 87': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Victor Osimhen.
  • 87': Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Tanguy Ndombélé.
  • 87': Substitution, Liverpool. Fábio Carvalho replaces Roberto Firmino.
  • 87': Substitution, Liverpool. Stefan Bajcetic replaces Thiago.
  • 87': Substitution, Liverpool. Calvin Ramsay replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 90'+4': Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+8': Goal! Liverpool 2, Napoli 0. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 52,077

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+6 Bayern Munich 6 16 0
0 FC Copenhagen 6 8 2
-3 Galatasaray 6 5 3
-3 Manchester United 6 4 4
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 18
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 2
47.7 Possession 52.3
10 SHOTS 14
2 ON GOAL 6
0.2 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
366 Accurate Passes 405
454 Passes 494
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 3
13 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.2
63 Long Balls 65
34 Accurate Long Balls 32
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 2
14 Effective Tackles 7
22 Tackles 19
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
6 Interceptions 10
21 Effective Clearances 12
21 Clearances 12

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
5 Ibrahima Konaté Yellow Card
21 Kostas Tsimikas
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold Yellow Card
3 Fabinho
6 Thiago Alcantara
7 James Milner
9 Roberto Firmino
17 Curtis Jones
11 Mohamed Salah

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alex Meret (GK)
3 Kim Min-Jae
55 Leo Ostigard
17 Mathías Olivera
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68 Stanislav Lobotka
91 Tanguy Ndombele
99 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
9 Victor Osimhen
77 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
21 Matteo Politano

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