Sadio Mane struggled, Roberto Firmino was swamped, Mo Salah, at times triple-teamed by Napoli defenders, was as anonymous as the callers ...
Sadio Mane struggled, Roberto Firmino was swamped, Mo Salah, at times triple-teamed by Napoli defenders, was as anonymous as the callers to Pete Price’s local radio show.
"We weren't good enough," Klopp said. "And normally when you are not good enough you lose football games." Napoli, to their credit, stifled their visitors excellently, compact and aggressive defensively, with Kalidou Koulibaly immense for the Serie A side. Insigne, and later Mertens, were the game's outstanding attackers.
It felt it could be ‘one of those nights’ from very early on. Naby Keita’s injury, 19 minutes in, represents a further blow to Klopp’s side. It looks a bad one, a back problem according to Klopp. For the second time in three Champions League games, Liverpool lost a big player before half-time - Keita, like Salah before him, left the field in tears. He was taken to hospital for tests, but should fly home with the rest of his team-mates on Thursday morning.
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