Liverpool - Napoli ended with the victory for 2 to 0 of the British. Despite this, Napoli played a good match and still ranked first in their Champions League group.
Due to this defeat, Napoli interrupts the streak of 13 wins in a row which had started against Lazio in September 2022. Furthermore, this is the first match lost by Napoli after the one lost 24 to 2022 against Empoli on 3 April 2.
Liverpool - Naples was one very balanced game, all decided in the final.
Broad synthesis Liverpool - Napoli 2-0
Below are the highlights of the match played by Liverpool and Napoli.
Liverpool 2-0 Napoli: first half summary
The first chance of the match has Liverpool, which at the 5th minute sees Jones kick hard just over the crossbar.
The game continues in a fairly balanced way, with both teams proving very physical and able to manage each other.
Al 30rd minute, Meret he intervenes brilliantly and stops a ball kicked towards the bottom right corner by Thiago.
The first yellow card was remedied by Liverpool's Konate in the 36th minute due to a too vigorous play on an opponent.
At the 39th, Milner collapses and requests help from the medical staff. After a short time, however, he returns to the field.
The first half ends 0-0.
Liverpool 2-0 Napoli: second half summary
The first minutes of the second half see Elliott come in for Milner, who leaves the field at the 48th minute due to an injury.
At the 53th minute, Ostigard heads the ball just thrown from kvaratskhelia via set-piece and deposits the ball in the net. At 57 °, however, the goal is canceled for offside, detected at the VAR.
At the 60th minute, another opportunity for Napoli. kvaratskhelia kicks to the lower left corner of the Liverpool goal, but Alisson dismisses the shot.
Between 70 and 73 a little bit of everything happens: enter Lush in place of politan, Nunez replaces Jones and Alexander-Arnold gets a yellow card for protests.
The game proceeds fairly evenly up at the 85th minute, when Tsimikas takes a corner kick that will lead to the next goal from Salah, also helped by a fortuitous rebound.
A Naples now completely unbalanced tries in every way to score and bring at least a draw. This, however, created a lot of space for Liverpool, who scored their second goal with Nunez in the 98th minute and took the game home.
