Napoli showed how to play against Jürgen Klopp’s side by looking to exploit the space behind Liverpool’s full-backs
Ils sont les meilleurs! In the buildup to this game Jürgen Klopp had been at pains to play down any suggestion Liverpool came to Naples with an air of wider destiny about them. The notion had been put to the manager that Liverpool are, in a snapshot, the best football team out there: convincing Champions League winners last season and five points clear in the Premier League.
Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day and for once Uefa’s cheese-laden anthem – the soundtrack down the years to so much autumn mediocrity – had seemed to strike the right note at the start of this thrillingly full-throttle Group E opener. Sie sind die Besten!
Written by Barney Ronay at Stadio San Paolo
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/sep/17/liverpool-might-be-best-but-rest-have-done-homework under the title “Liverpool might be the best but the rest have done their homework | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
