Liverpool vs Napoli as it happened– Mohamed Salah’s goal sends Reds into Champions League last 16
Re-live the action from Anfield as Liverpool reached the knockout stages
Mohamed Salah scored a solo goal and Alisson produced a crucial late save as Liverpool fc beat Napoli 1-0 to clinch a place in the Champions League's knockout stage at the expense of the Italian side.
Salah shrugged off one defender, drifted past another with a superb feint, and delivered a low finish inside the near post from an acute angle for the winning goal in the 34th minute.
Liverpool came into the game knowing a 1-0 victory, or any other win by a two-goal margin, would guarantee a spot in the round of 16 as the English team looks to go one better than last season.
Paris Saint-Germain, who won 4-1 at Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday, advanced as Group C winner, and Napoli had to settle for third place and dropping into the Europa League for the second straight season.
It would have been Liverpool missing out had Alisson not produced a reflex save to deny Arkadiusz Milik in the second minute of stoppage time. Re-live the action below:
And moments later, Liverpool vs Napoli is underway, too.
Barcelona 0-0 Tottenham, 2 minutes
Clever passing from Spurs to move the ball into the box but Christian Eriksen can't quite manage to get his shot away before Juan Miranda manages to nip the ball away from him.
Good start from Tottenham.
Liverpool 0-0 Napoli, 3 minutes
A bright start for the visitors, but Napoli are perhaps a touch guilty of overplaying in the final third as several players spurn opportunities to shoot and Jose Callejon eventually fails to retrieve a pass inside the Liverpool area.
Barcelona 0-0 Tottenham, 6 minutes
Positive stuff from Kyle Walker-Peters, surging past one Barcelona player and drawing a foul from Juan Miranda.
Christian Eriksen and Danny Rose stand over the free kick on the right...
GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Tottenham (Ousmane Dembele, 7 minutes)
Barcelona lead!
It is a poor initial error from Walker-Peters after Barcelona clear Eriksen's disappointing delivery, allowing Ousmane Dembele to dispossess him on halfway.
Dembele presses forward and has support with him, forcing a two-on-two. But the Frenchman opts to go it alone and does so in magnificent fashion, turning the Spurs defenders inside and out and slotting past Hugo Lloris.
Tottenham's tough task just got even harder.
Liverpool 0-0 Napoli, 9 minutes
A flurry of chances at both ends for Liverpool and Napoli, with James Milner the latest to find one, stealing in at the far post but heading over the bar.
Both sides are going for it.
Ousmane Dembele celebrates his superb solo goal that has given Barcelona an early 1-0 lead against Tottenham.
Barcelona 1-0 Tottenham, 12 minutes
Ousmane Dembele seems to be relishing the spotlight tonight. With no Lionel Messi or Luis Suarez the winger is firmly the main man for Barcelona and looks a constant threat to Danny Rose.
Liverpool 0-0 Napoli, 13 minutes
A booking for Virgil Van Djik, who wins the ball but follow through onto Dries Martens' upper ankle.
The Dutchman will miss Liverpool's next Champions League game. Not ideal if they do progress.
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