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Liverpool have ended Napoli’s unbeaten record in all competition this season by inflicting their first loss of the season. Liverpool snatched a 2-0 win win at Anfield with two late goals.
Having won five straight games already, Napoli were aiming to set a record of winning all their games in the group stage when they threw in all their best legs in the encounter but their opponent have other ideas.
It was a game of few clear-cut chances that ultimately settled by Mohamed Salah, turning home after a Darwin Núñez effort had come within millimetres of crossing the line. The Uruguayan, Darwin Nunez then came in and scored on the death to give Liverpool their fifth straight win of the campaign.
Neither side had a great deal to play for — Napoli merely needed to avoid a four-goal defeat in order to hang on to top spot, while Liverpool had no real prospects of overturning them. But despite what the scoreline may suggest, it was a fiercely-contested affair.
After scoring his first hattrick for Napoli over the weekend, Red hot Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen wasn’t given a breathing space and marked out in the game by the defensive duo of Virgil Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.
Meanwhile, the Seria A table toppers still finished top of the group with 15 points while Liverpool came with same points but on goal difference.