Liverpool vs Napoli as it happened– Mohamed Salah’s goal sends Reds into Champions League last 16
Re-live the action from Anfield as Liverpool reached the knockout stages
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Salah shrugged off one defender, drifted past another with a superb feint, and delivered a low finish inside the near post from an acute angle for the winning goal in the 34th minute.
Liverpool came into the game knowing a 1-0 victory, or any other win by a two-goal margin, would guarantee a spot in the round of 16 as the English team looks to go one better than last season.
Paris Saint-Germain, who won 4-1 at Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday, advanced as Group C winner, and Napoli had to settle for third place and dropping into the Europa League for the second straight season.
It would have been Liverpool missing out had Alisson not produced a reflex save to deny Arkadiusz Milik in the second minute of stoppage time. Re-live the action below:
Barcelona 1-0 Tottenham, 75 minutes
Spurs so close at the Nou Camp!
Lucas Moura looks to have perhaps scored with a miscued header, unmarked a matter of yards out.
Jasper Cillessen somehow manages to claw the ball away centimetres from crossing the line. That looked very, very tight.
Moura then curls just wide cutting in from the left.
Liverpool 1-0 Napoli, 74 minutes
Mohamed Salah is away and rushing through on David Ospina.
The Colombian just about manages to get a palm on the Egyptian's touch as Salah rounds him, pushing him wide, and recovers superbly to get back to swat away Salah's attempted chip.
Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham, 76 minutes
Another outstanding save by David Ospina, blocking Sadio Mane's shot with his legs when the Senegalese attacker seemed to have sent him the wrong way.
Barcelona 1-0 Tottenham, 80 minutes
At the Nou Camp, Ousmane Dembele has been replaced by Denis Suarez for Barcelona.
Lucas Moura has had a penalty appeal turned down.
A reminder that Spurs need to score as things stand. Time running out...
Liverpool 1-0 Napoli, 78 minutes
Nearly for Napoli!
Lorenzo Insigne squeezes a cross to the far post and Andrew Robertson somehow misses his sliding clearance, and is very fortunate that Jose Callejon can't sort his feet out and spoons over the bar.
Naby Keita replaces Roberto Firmino as Jurgen Klopp looks to shut things down. 1-0 would send Liverpool through.
Barcelona 1-0 Tottenham, 83 minutes
Spurs have to go for broke and take off Harry Winks in order to bring on Fernando Llorente.
And immediately after Philippe Coutinho hits the post for a second time of the evening. Similar to his first effort, his shot just doesn't quite curl enough and rate away off the woodwork.
GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Tottenham (Lucas Moura, 85 minutes)
It's there for Tottenham!
It's lovely football, Harry Kane making the run down the left and being well found.
Kane waits for the perfect moment and plays the square pass to Lucas Moura, who makes no mistake with his right boot.
That goal could send Spurs through. As things stand, it will...
Liverpool 1-0 Napoli, 84 minutes
James Milner has run himself into the floor, and Fabinho will have to come on in his place.
A deserved ovation for the experienced midfielder as he trudges off, grimacing.
Barcelona 1-1 Tottenham, 88 minutes
What a miss!
Danny Rose!
It is a gorgeous blind reverse pass from Harry Kane after hearing the shout from Rose overlapping.
The left back simply has to hit the target but blazes over from about eight yards out.
What a chance!
Liverpool 1-0 Napoli, 87 minutes
That's equally bad from Sadio Mane!
Mohamed Salah gets to the byline, cuts back for Mane and it seems that he is going to seal it from the corner of the six yard box at the the near post.
But Mane's effort merely glances the side netting.
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