Liverpool in Europe - 2019/20 Champions League

Round:

Group E : M1

Stadium:

Stadio San Paolo

Date:

Tue, 17 September 2019

Attendance:

38,878

Time:

21:00 (local time)

Referee:

Felix Brych

Coach:

Carlo Ancelotti

Coach:

Jurgen Klopp

VALIDATED

SSC NAPOLI

LIVERPOOL

Alex Meret

13.

Adrian San Miguel

Allan

Fabinho Tavarez

Mario Rui

Virgil Van Dijk

Jose Callejon

James Milner

Fabian Ruiz

Roberto Firmino

11.

Hirving Lozano

10.

Sadio Mane

14.

Dries Mertens

82 1:0

11.

Mohamed Salah

22.

Giovanni Di Lorenzo

14.

Jordan Henderson (C)

24.

Lorenzo Insigne (C)

26.

Andrew Robertson

26.

Kalidou Koulibaly

32.

Joel Matip

44.

Kostas Manolas

66.

Trent Alexander-Arnold

Fernando Llorente

Lozano 69

90+2 2:0

62.

Caoimhin Kelleher

12.

Eljif Elmas

Allan 75

Georginio Wijnaldum

Milner 66

20.

Piotr Zielinski

Insigne 66

Dejan Lovren

12.

Joe Gomez

15.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

20.

Adam Lallana

23.

Xherdan Shaqiri

Henderson 87


Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy

2018-2019 Champions League Winners and Second in FA Premier League

2020-21 Liverpool staff worn Champions League jacket.

Official programme. 24 pages.

Official UEFA team sheet.

IO Tifo Napoli Magazine. 36 pages. Available at the stadium.

56 page Tifosi Napoletani magazine, dated September 2019, included 4 pages preview.

16 page La Repubblica supplement dedicated to the match.

Images courtesy of Andy Marsden

Corriere dello Sport newspaper previews the match.

8 page Corriere dello Sport supplement dedicated to the match.

Match Sheet Submission.

Images courtesy of Andy Marsden

FORM GUIDE

Taking in the surroundings - we’re all ready to begin our European title defence 💪🏻🔴🇮🇹#UCL #thelongroadstartshere #YNWA pic.twitter.com/lTKNea4wvA
— James Milner (@JamesMilner) September 16, 2019

Flight ✈️
Stadium walk 🏟️
Press conference 🎙️

Go behind-the-scenes with the Reds on their first day in Naples, with an edition of Inside Napoli 🙌 pic.twitter.com/U3V0bcYpHT
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 17, 2019

⚽️🔴 @ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/MEgZOr7QyE
— Fabinho (@_fabinhotavares) September 17, 2019

Bobby makes his 2⃣0⃣0⃣th Reds appearance this evening 🙌🔴 pic.twitter.com/Hk80PJbuv5
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 17, 2019

All that matters is how we respond together 👊🏾 #YNWA pic.twitter.com/j7uxQ1R7RH
— Gini Wijnaldum (@GWijnaldum) September 18, 2019

Not the start we wanted - but there’s a long way to go in the group #YNWA pic.twitter.com/YEB8CKezBd
— James Milner (@JamesMilner) September 18, 2019

We're gonna keep fighting! #YNWA pic.twitter.com/D56Z2WJlrA
— Fabinho (@_fabinhotavares) September 18, 2019

Inside tonight's dressing room 👊🔴

Ready for another #UCL campaign to begin 💪 #NAPLIV pic.twitter.com/4yRtmO72Jw
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 17, 2019

⭐️⭐️⭐️ MATCHDAY ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Another European chapter begins tonight ✊ #ThisMeansMore #UCL pic.twitter.com/I96Fb7dohj
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 17, 2019

Bad result last night in our first game defending the title. It’s time to react and recover our positive way 💪🏻🔴

Mal resultado anoche en nuestro primer partido defendiendo el título. Ahora es momento de reaccionar y recuperar nuestro camino positivo!#LFC #YNWA #UCL pic.twitter.com/uyMWzGvbtF
— Adrian San Miguel (@AdriSanMiguel) September 18, 2019

Difficult night last night and disappointing result but we must put it behind us and now it’s about how we react. It’s time to stand up, be positive and focus on putting in a big performance against Chelsea. Thanks to all of the travelling reds who came out to support us #LFC 😁 pic.twitter.com/g5maoufVjX
— Virgil van Dijk (@VirgilvDijk) September 18, 2019

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Attendance and Receipt Sheet.

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On the following Sunday Liverpool won 2:1 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The match had a 4:30 PM kick-off time. Goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino gave Liverpool a half time lead. N'Golo Kante pulled one back for the home side midway through the second half.

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