Liverpool Edges Napoli In Champions League Nail-Biter To Reach Round Of 16
Mohamed Salah’s goal sent Liverpool into the UEFA Champions League last 16, as the Reds achieved a 1-0 result required to leapfrog Napoli in Group C.
UP THE REDS! 🔴🔴🔴
We're into the #UCL last 16…#AllezAllezAllez https://t.co/rQ0IZaOWgg
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 11, 2018
The forward’s first-half strike ultimately clinched three points from a fraught encounter with the Serie A outfit that remained in the balance until the last kick.
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It was a result sufficient to lift Jurgen Klopp’s team above Napoli in the section by virtue of goals scored, with the head-to-head record and goal difference unable to separate them.
Group C:
GD PTS
PSG 8 11
Liverpool 2 9
Napoli 2 9
Red Star -12 4Group of Death. It didn’t disappoint. #UCL
— Bolarinwa Olajide (@iambolar) December 11, 2018
The Reds therefore take second place behind Paris Saint-Germain and will be in next Monday’s draw for the first round of the competition’s knockout stages.
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