Liverpool's success penetrated the last 16 of the 2018/2019 Champions League

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The revenge mission carried by Liverpool while entertaining Napoli goes according to plan. In the match that took place at Anfield Stadium on Wednesday (12/12/2018), the hosts won with a thin score of 1-0. High tension colors the course of the match the elimination of the Champions League Group C allowance. There were 22 violations warned by referee Damir Skomina. but only five yellow cards were given by the Slovenian court.

The two players who received the yellow cards were Virgil van Dijk (13 '), Kalidou Koulibaly (40'), Mohamed Salah (83 '), Andrew Robertson (90'), and Sadio Mane (90 '). Although the tension of the players on the green field boiled, the match continued to be interesting.

Liverpool, who took the initiative to carry out an attack several times, managed to threaten goalkeeper David Ospina. But a number of opportunities that have been created have not produced results.

Short bait game exhibited by foster children Juergen Klopp finally paid off in 34 minutes. Is the actor Mohamed Salah created the goal. Starting from the turmoil that occurred in front of the Napoli goal, the Egyptian striker then sent a flat kick from a tight angle which the Ospina goalkeeper could not block. One really is a serious threat to Napoli's defense. The frizzy-haired player has three golden opportunities. Two of them happened on 50 minutes.

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Starting from a defender's mistake. Salah who received a sodoran pass from his team mate failed to maximize the chances after kicking his left foot was still thin on the Ospina goal. At minute 73, Salah again threatened the Napoli goalkeeper. But the effort was still foiled by Ospina. Colombia goalkeeper's brilliant performance under the crossbar should be thumbs up.

Ospina managed to block Sadio Mane's left-footed shot on 77 minutes. Napoli, who were left behind 1-0, tried to get out of the pressure. But a number of changes made by Carlo Ancelotti are still not able to change the situation.

Four minutes before the match ended. Liverpool almost doubled the position if Mane's left-footed shot was not sideways from Ospina's goal. In extra time, Napoli have a golden opportunity from Arkadiusz Milik. But his shot was still able to be blocked by goalkeeper Alisson Becker.

Until the match was over, Liverpool managed to maintain a 1-0 advantage over Napoli. An additional three points is enough for the Reds to qualify for the last 16 with runner-up status. While Napoli dropped to third place and will appear in the Europa League after losing productivity from the Reds.