UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Liverpool WWWWW 0
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Napoli LLWLW 2
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Diego Armando Maradona · 38,878 att.

Match Report

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Liverpool's UCL defence begins with Napoli loss

Napoli beat defending champions Liverpool 2-0 in their opening Champions League group game on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
4
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
4
52.4
Possession
47.6
13
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
484
Accurate Passes
437
571
Passes
515
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
58
35
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
3
19
Effective Tackles
6
24
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
12
15
Effective Clearances
21
15
Clearances
21

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 8Fabián RuizCM-L
  7. 5AllanCM-R
  8. 24Lorenzo InsigneLM
  9. 7José CallejónRM
  10. 11Hirving LozanoCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  2. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB
  3. 99Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  4. 9Fernando LlorenteSUB
  5. 25David OspinaSUB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiSUB
  7. 12Eljif ElmasSUB

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 3FabinhoCM
  7. 7James MilnerLM
  8. 14Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Georginio WijnaldumSUB
  2. 62Caoimhín KelleherSUB
  3. 12Joe GomezSUB
  4. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  5. 20Adam LallanaSUB
  6. 23Xherdan ShaqiriSUB
  7. 6Dejan LovrenSUB

Timeline

  1. 57' Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 61' James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 66' Substitution, Liverpool. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces James Milner.
  4. 66' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  5. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Fernando Llorente replaces Hirving Lozano.
  6. 75' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Allan.
  7. 82' Goal! Napoli 1, Liverpool 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 87' Substitution, Liverpool. Xherdan Shaqiri replaces Jordan Henderson.
  9. 90' Fernando Llorente (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90'+2' Goal! Napoli 2, Liverpool 0. Fernando Llorente (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

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