Because already after five minutes, the nightmare started for Liverpool, when they ended up losing to Napoli. The half that followed was a humiliating affair for the Merseyside side. – It is truly a historic evening that we are witnessing, said TV 2 commentator Øyvind Alsaker during the match. In 47 minutes, the visitors had ended up 0-4 down against Napoli. Only after 49 minutes did the reduction come for Luis Diaz and Liverpool – but it was only a microscopic plaster on the wound. Punished for the first half The first half in particular receives strong criticism from the experts: HOLE IN THE BOIL: Allison Becker (th) had to see the ball pass her by three times in the first half alone. Photo: CIRO DE LUCA / Reuters – Liverpool are two behind and Napoli have missed a penalty. What the hell?, wrote Gary Lineker on Twitter. This was only half an hour into the first half, and soon after Napoli made it 3-0 against what looked like a hopeless Liverpool. – Haven’t seen many worse matches than this one under Klopp. A defensive chaos, former Liverpool player Jamie Carragher also wrote on Twitter after the first half. Liverpool’s defensive play was heavily criticized. – Liverpool is shockingly bad. They bring their poor start in the Premier League with them here. Structurally, they do not fit together, they are taken completely on their heels, says TV 2 expert Morten Langli. After six games played in the Premier League, Liverpool is in seventh place, after only two wins, three draws and one loss. Overrunning for 45 minutes Liverpool were able to drive right from the referee’s start of the game. Napoli had their first big chance before the minute was played, and continued to drive towards the Liverpool goal. After five minutes, a penalty was awarded to the hosts. A shot from Piotr Zielinski hit James Milner’s outstretched hand and referee Carlos del Cerro made the decision immediately. Zielinski himself scored to make it 1-0 for Napoli. Just over ten minutes later, del Cerro points to the penalty mark again. This time after a trip to the sidelines to look at the VAR screen. The pictures showed Virgil van Dijk stamping on Victor Osimhen, who was first on the ball. Osimhen lined himself up at eleven metres, but this time Allison Becker was on the ball and prevented 2-0. FIRST ON THE BALL: Victor Osimhen gets to his feet after the duel with Virgil van Dijk. Photo: CIRO DE LUCA / Reuters Got the reduction But Liverpool couldn’t prevent 2-0 in the long run. After half an hour played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, the visitors were played round once more. Zielinski played the ball into the box and parked the Liverpool defence, before André-Frank Anguissa put the ball in past Becker. The third blow to Liverpool’s stomach came just before the break. The visitors’ defense did not hold together, Giovanni Simeone made it 3-0 for Napoli and the hosts received loud cheers on their way into the dressing room after the first 45. But the cannonade against the Liverpool goal did not pause. After the break, Napoli went up 4-0 almost immediately, after Zielinski scored his second of the night. The Liverpool reduction was also to come to an end. Two minutes after Zielinski made it 4-0, Luis Diaz struck from distance to reduce the score to 1-4. However, it was the first and last for the all-red.
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