Champions League: Liverpool confirmed items of actually good soccer, says Jurgen Klopp after win over Napoli

Jurgen Klopp stated that Liverpool confirmed items of actually good soccer in a 2-1 win over Napoli within the Champions League match on Tuesday. Liverpool have already certified for the knockout phases.

New Delhi ,UPDATED: Nov 2, 2022 09:32 IST

Nunez and Salah (R) scored in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Napoli. (AP Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp stated that his group “showed pieces of really good football” in a 2-1 win over Napoli in a Champions League match on Tuesday.

In Klopp’s one centesimal match as a supervisor in European soccer’s elite membership competitors and his four-hundredth as Liverpool supervisor, Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez scored late targets.

The victory margin, nevertheless, was not sufficient to take the Reds, who’ve already certified for the Champions League knockout phases, to the highest of Group A. The prime spot and a doubtlessly extra beneficial opponent within the final 16 have been up for grabs, with Liverpool required to beat Napoli by at the least 4 targets or extra to displace Napoli from the highest spot within the desk.

“We showed tonight everything. We showed pieces of really, really, really good football and the defensive stuff was on high level,” Klopp stated after the match.

The Liverpool supervisor additionally heaped reward on Napoli, saying: “Napoli is (at) the moment a real force, really. And so it could have been extremely difficult for us tonight, but the boys played a really good game and that’s why it was not

“A really tough recreation in opposition to a extremely good opponent. We have been compact and so it was by no means simple for Napoli to play out in all of the moments. And you see a soccer taking part in aspect in all moments once they may play out. Saw instantly how good they’re in one-on-one conditions and collectively as effectively. So we did rather well.”

The match took an attention-grabbing flip solely within the second half when Leo Ostigard thought he had put Napoli in entrance, however his header was ultimately dominated out after a VAR verify.

Although there was nothing to lose, Liverpool managed to safe a win after Salah and Nunez added targets. Salah now has 43 Champions League targets and is only one behind from equalling Didier Drogba as the highest African aim scorer within the competitors.

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Nov 2, 2022