Mohamed Salah & Co. help Liverpool seal emphatic 5-0 victory in penultimate pre-season friendly against Napoli as record-breaking new signing Alisson gets a clean sheet on his Reds debut.
2018 Club Friendlies
5-0
Match Events
4' GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Napoli (Milner)
Clyne wins the ball in Napoli's left-back position and it's passed inside for Mane. He finds Milner around the penalty spot and he slices a shot across goal and into the corner.
9' GOAL! Liverpool 2-0 Napoli (Wijnaldum)
A second goal inside the opening 10 minutes as Milner swings in a cross from the left and Wijnaldum gets ahead of the goalkeeper and nods into the empty net.
24' CLOSE! Milik's shot wide out
25' Alisson denies Insigne's shot with a decent save
34' OFFSIDE! Firmino scores but goal is disallowed
40' CHANCE! Salah's shot saved
43' OFFSIDE! Callejon's goal disallowed
52' Mane's powerful shot wide out
58' GOAL! Liverpool 3-0 Napoli (Salah)
He nods Shaqiri's cross into the middle for Mane, who wins a challenge with Albiol. The ball breaks loose and Salah curls an excellent shot into the far top corner.
Napoli are not happy with the referee as they thought Mane fouled Albiol. They probably have a case, but the goal stands.
73' GOAL! Liverpool 4-0 Napoli (Sturridge)
It's four for Liverpool. Shaqiri is the creator as he slides a good ball through for Origi. He hits a shot which the keeper saves but palms out into the middle of the box for Sturridge to finish.
77' GOAL! Liverpool 5-0 Napoli (Moreno)
Sturridge plays a wonderful crossfield pass to pick out Moreno on the left side. The full-back goes outside his marker and then drives a shot past the goalkeeper, who really should do better than let it fly through him.
Match reports
Carlo Ancelotti’s side were a week behind in terms of pre-season preparation, and that lack of sharpness showed when they fell behind after only four minutes.
Nathaniel Clyne showed good anticipation to win possession on the left, with Mohamed Salah poking the ball through for Sadio Mané.
The Senegal international turned and found James Milner in space, and the midfielder rifled a left-footed shot into the top corner.
It was Milner who was involved again for the second, taking a short corner, receiving the ball back and whipping it into the centre.
Orestis Karnezis came to punch but didn’t get there, and Wijnaldum took advantage to head into the net.
It took 24 minutes for Alisson to be called into action in the Liverpool goal, beating away Lorenzo Insigne’s shot after a fine Napoli move.
Roberto Firmino thought he had made it 3-0 after a fine run by Salah, but his goal was ruled-out for offside despite it appearing that the final touch was off Marek Hamsik.
It took until 58 minutes for the Reds to make it three, and it was a classic Salah finish.
The Egyptian headed down toward Sadio Mané, who pushed Raul Albiol in the back, a foul that was missed by the officials.
The ball found its way back to Salah, and the former Roma forward curled a left-footed shot into the far top corner.
Karnezis once again didn't cover himself in glory for the fourth, beating out substitute Dominic Solanke’s shot straight into the path of Daniel Sturridge, who made no mistake.
With just under 15 minutes to play the Reds made it 5-0, Alberto Moreno’s fierce strike beating Karnezis at his near post.
Line-ups
Liverpool XI: Milner, Wijnaldum, Clyne, Alisson, Roberto Firmino, Salah, Van Dijk, S. Mané, A.Robertson, Gomez, N.Keita
Subs: Sturridge, X. Shaqiri, Moreno, L. Karius, Origi, Fabinho, Solanke, C. Kelleher, T. Alexander-Arnold, C. Jones, Rafael Camacho, N. Phillips
Napoli XI: Albiol, Hamsik, Orestis Karnezis, Callejón, Allan, Insigne, K. Koulibaly, Hysaj, A. Milik, S. Luperto, F.Ruiz
Subs: Chiriches, Maksimovic, Inglese, Verdi, Mário Rui, A.Grassi, N. Contini Baranovsky, Rog, Ounas, A.Diawara, Carlos, D. Marfella