A lucky first half for Liverpool. Rui stopped playing and appealed to the ref instead of trying to tackle or pressure Salah, and Ospina should really have done better. Salah was great as always, but it should never have been a goal. And Liverpool are very lucky not to be down to 10 men after van Dijk's tackle on Mertens. Studs up and very close to a broken ankle. Should have been a straight red.
Edit: Allison might be the best keeper in the world right now. After a phenomenal stoppage time save against Burnley last week to save the game for Liverpool, he makes another phenomenal stoppage time save to save the game against Napoli and ensure Liverpool qualify. What a keeper.
Game was incredible atmosphere-wise. Liverpool were EXTREMELY lucky that Mertens was next to anonymous, Ancelloti made 3 subs in 10 mins of 2nd half I believe, and that really took the game to the Reds but bloody hell Allison and Salah were true heroes. Scored the goal we needed, and kept the clean sheet we needed. Cometh the hour, cometh the men, indeed.
What I like most about Becker is that he was never unfazed by that blunder he made earlier in the season, and his confidence never dipped. Still played bravely, a little cheeky at times but cool as ice. VVD as usual makes 1 second 3 seconds... and has he been training his volleys or what? Shoots better than Hendo!
Rui got turned embarassingly, and Koulibaly just gave up too, and then the keeper inexplicably tries to predict Salah's cutback, so yeah that goal should never have been scored but don't take away Salah's strength.
VVD red? No way... Kuolibaly's studs on Salah was actually a lot more careless, and it took a linesman and some moments to think before the ref brandished the yellow!
