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48% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 52% Ball Possessio LIVERPOOL

Napoli 2 – 0 Liverpool

82′ Dries Mertens (pen)
92′ Fernando Llorente

Napoli winning the UEFA Champions League Group Stage Matchday 1 defeating Liverpool on Tuesday 17 September 2019 at the San Paolo Stadium in Napoli, Italy.
Napoli delighting the fans with this important home victory to shine in the Champions League.

Napoli opening the score in the 82nd minute. It is forward Dries Mertens to convert the penalty defeating Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner to give Napoli the lead. The penalty is conceded by Andrew Robertson after a foul on José María Callejón.

⏱ 81: GOOOOOOOOOOOAAALLLLLL!@dries_mertens14 scores from the penalty spot!
⚽️ #NAPLIV 1-0
🏆 #UCL
💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/hIkx6BA9bN

— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) September 17, 2019

The party is on at the San Paolo because forward Fernando Llorente sealed the victory. In the 92nd minute, Llorente scored with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner.

90+2: GOOOAAALLLLLLLLL@llorentefer19 scores his first goal for Napoli to seal the three points in stoppage time! 👏🇪🇸
⚽️ #NAPLIV 2-0
🏆 #UCL
💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/AW2YlgExW4

— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) September 17, 2019

Here is NAPOLI official starting lineup – formation by Coach Carlo Ancelotti:

Napoli (4-4-2): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Callejon, Allan, Fabian Ruiz, Insigne; Mertens, Lozano.

Here is LIVERPOOL official starting lineup – formation by Coach Jurgen Klopp:

Liverpool (4-3-3): Adrian, Alexander Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson, Milner; Salah, Firmino, Mané.

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Referee Felix Brych from Germany will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER) and Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER). The Fourth Official will be Martin Petersen (GER). The VAR will be Bastian Dankert (GER) and the AVAR will be Marco Fritz (GER). The Referee Observer will be Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE).

👕 #UCL KIT

💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/Ku9LJchRVm

— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) September 17, 2019

📌 StartingXI: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui, Allan, Fabian, Callejon, Insigne, Mertens, Lozano.
⚽️ #NAPLIV
🏆 @ChampionsLeague
💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/QrN8gMtWSG

— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) September 17, 2019

🔴 TEAM NEWS 🔴

How we line up for our first #UCL game of the 19/20 campaign 👊

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 17, 2019

📸 Some snaps from the first half
⚽ #NAPLIV 0-0 (HT)
🏆 @ChampionsLeague #UCL
💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/j08Dh8BH39

— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) September 17, 2019

📌 Half-time
⚽️ #NAPLIV 0-0
🏆 @ChampionsLeague #UCL
💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/BtG9uGZTwS

— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) September 17, 2019

2019 – 2020 UEFA Champions League
Group Stage Matchday 1

Napoli 2 – 0 Liverpool
Tuesday 17 September 2019
San Paolo Stadium
Napoli, Italy

21:00

Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Martin Petersen (GER)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)

Goals: 82′ Dries Mertens (N)(pen), 92′ Fernando Llorente (N)

Official lineups – formations:

Napoli (4-4-2): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Callejon, Allan, Fabian Ruiz, Insigne; Mertens, Lozano.

Subs: Ospina; Llorente, Elmas, Maksimovic, Zielinski, Ghoulam, Milik.

Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

Liverpool (4-3-3): Adrian, Alexander Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson, Milner; Salah, Firmino, Mané.

Subs: Kelleher, Wijnaldum, Lovren, Joe Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lallana, Shaqiri.

Coach: Jurgen Klopp