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M. Salah
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End of match

  • 90'
    FULL TIME: LIVERPOOL 1 - 0 NAPOLI - Liverpool are through!
  • 90'
    ALISSON HAS WON LIVERPOOL THE GAME: Alisson does incredibly to save from Milik, he then punches away the cross and gets fouled, HE HAS WON THEM THE GAME.
  • 90'
    Final change for Liverpool, OFF Trent Alexander-Arnold, ON Lovren.
  • 88'
    Insigne volleys over, Napoli are really knocking on the door!
  • 86'
    MANE MISS: Now this is bad, Salah does well to set up Mane hits the side netting from five yards out, criminal. Terrible miss.
  • 84'
    Liverpool change, Milner OFF, Fabinho ON.
  • 80'
    Nervous final 10!
  • 78'
    HUGE MISS: How has hemissed that!? Insigne plays in a brilliant ball to Callejon, he somehow fires over from two yards out. Easier to miss than score.
  • 76'
    OSPINA AGAIN: Great save, Robertson squared the ball to Mane, however Ospina saves with his feet.
  • 75'
    Liverpool on the back foot but defending well, it's going to be a nervy final 25.
  • 73'
    GOOD GOALKEEPING: Salah did well to round Ospina, but he got a glove to it and forced him wide, the former Arsenal goalkeeper then did well to save his effort on the retreat. Good goalkeeping.
  • 68'
    AMBITIOUS: Alexander-Arnold fires a shot from thirty yards which hits Firmino and is well saved by Ospina, may have been drifting just wide.
  • 66'
    Second change for Napoli, Mertens OFF, Milik ON.
  • 60'
    First change of the afternoon for Napoli, OFF Ruiz, ON Zielinski.
  • 57'
    Ospina does well to save from Firmino.
  • 56'
    Alisson does well to save a Koulibaly header. Tame effort, but the hosts are threatening.
  • 55'
    If Napoli were to score, Liverpool would have to win by two clear goals, an incredibly tight tie.
  • 50'
    GOOD DEFENDING: Van Dijk does well to read Napoli's play and clear the squared pass for Mertens, saved a goal there.
  • 50'
    CLOSE: Salah puts it just wide.
  • 49'
    Can Liverpool hold on for the win? At the moment they WILL progress to the knockout stages!
  • 47'
    Ospina does well to gather a Liverpool corner.
  • 45'
    SECOND HALF: LIVERPOOL 1 - 0 NAPOLI - We're back underway!
  • 45'
    Mo Salah loves a goal at Anfield!
  • 45'
    HALF TIME: LIVERPOOL 1 - 0 NAPOLI
  • 45'
    THREE MINUTES ADDED TIME
  • 40'
    Resulting Liverpool free kick was wasted.
  • 39'
    YELLOW: Koulibaly booked for a late challenge on Salah, correct decisoin.
  • 35'
    As things stand - Liverpool are going through.
  • 33'
    SALAH SCORES: Salsh holdes off Mario Rui, slips in behind and then manages to slip it past Opsina from the most acute angle possible, the goalkeeper should have done better there - it's gone in through his legs. Take nothing away from Salah though!
  • 33'
    GOAL: SALAH: LIVERPOOL 1 - 0 NAPOLI
  • 31'
    Henderson has an ambitious shot from the edge of the penalty area, his effort is dragged well wide.
  • 26'
    Ospina down injured after Mane nudged the goalkeeper. He is staying down for treatment, can't help feel like he is wasting time. Napoli's game plan will be to frustrate Liverpool here, Ancelotti will have his tactics.
  • 24'
    OFFSIDE: Now it's Napoli's turn, Koulibaly whips in a cross, however Rui is just offside. Dangerous.
  • 23'
    FACT: Napoli have NEVER won in England...Liverpool NEED to win. Intetesting.
  • 21'
    BALL IS IN THE BACK OF THE NET: But it's offside! Mane fires home from an Alexander-Arnold cross however it was clearly offside.
  • 20'
    Liverpool's pre-match photo:
  • 19'
    The atmosphere is incredible at Anfield!
  • 13'
    I take that back, Van Dijk follows through to his standing foot and that was actually a bad tackle, replays do not look good, Mertens is able to hobble off.
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  • 13'
    YELLOW: Van Dijk is booked for a tackle on Mertens, to be very honest that looked like a perfectly timed tackle, there was not a lot wrong with that.
  • 7'
    NAPOLI GO CLOSE: End to end football! This time, Hamsik fires over after great play from Insigne. A let off for Liverpool.
  • 6'
    CLOSE: Salah should have done better! Robertson dinked in an inviting cross, however Salah was not able to control the ball. Ospina does well to come out and collect. Should have hit it first time.
  • 5'
    Good defending from Van Dijk to clear away a dangerous Napoli cross.
  • 3'
    Insigne flagged offside.
  • 1'
    KICK OFF: LIVERPOOL 0 - 0 NAPOLI - We're underway! What an atmosphere here at Anfield, it is electric!
Start of match

Start of match

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    Form guide:
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    Liverpool need to win tonight if they are to have any chance of progressing to the knockout stages.
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    The hosts have arrived at Anfield!
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    NAPOLI XI: Ospina, Maksimovic, Albiol, Koulibaly, Mario Rui, Callejon, Allan, Hamsik, Fabian, Insigne, Mertens.
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    LIVERPOOL XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Milner, Mane, Salah, Firmino.
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    Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti: "We have done very well so far and we will have a little advantage, the cake has been made, now we need the cherry. "We know what's at stake. We need to take the final step to get through the group. "We haven't come here to sit back but to play our own game - we are going to have to be very focused and set out to score a goal"
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    Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "We know the result we need, and it's difficult because Napoli are dangerous on the counter attack and good defending. "They are a typical Italian team. But if something special is possible, then it's here, and we will try that. We will not get carried away. We know how difficult it is. "We are not the most experienced side but we know our way and which way we will go all the time.
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    TEAM NEWS | Napoli: Vlad Chiriches and Simone Verdi will both miss out through injury. Ancelotti could welcome some first-team players back into his side after resting them at the weekend, though, including David Ospina, Raul Albiol and Jose Callejon. Dries Mertens is also expected to come back in, although Arkadiusz Milik scored twice at the weekend to throw his own name in the hat for a starting role up front.
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    TEAM NEWS | Liverpool: Dejan Lovren remains a doubt due to concussion and Joel Matip could therefore start alongside Virgil van Dijk once again, with Andrew Robertson set to complete the back four after making his own return at Bournemouth. Joe Gomez, Nathaniel Clyne and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all longer-term absentees, while Adam Lallana is a doubt after suffering a head injury on Saturday.
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Pre-match

11 December 2018, 21:00

Referee: Damir Skomina

Stadium: Anfield

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    Good evening and welcome to tonight's text coverage of Liverpool v Napoli in the Champions League! It's set to be a memorable night tonight at Anfield, Liverpool need to win to go through. Match preview to follow: