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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Liverpool were thrashed by Napoli in their first Champions League Group A game on a night to forget in Italy.<\/p>\n

Jurgen Klopp’s side were 3-0 down at half time but it could easily have been more as Alisson saved a penalty and Virgil van Dijk made a goalline block.<\/p>\n

Piotr Zielinski put Napoli ahead from the spot in the fifth minute after Victor Osimhen had hit the post.<\/p>\n

Andre-Frank Anguissa and Giovanni Simeone extended Napoli’s lead, before Zielinski scored again after the break.<\/p>\n

It was a terrible opening half from Liverpool as Joe Gomez struggled to deal with Osimhen and was relieved when the Napoli forward trudged off with an injury before half-time.<\/p>\n

His replacement, Simeone, needed just three minutes to score on his Champions League debut as Liverpool looked shell-shocked by the home side’s relentless forward approach.<\/p>\n

There were chances for the visitors – Van Dijk had a header well saved, Mohamed Salah struck an effort at the goalkeeper and a teasing cross bounced dangerously off Harvey Elliott’s knee at the back post.<\/p>\n

But Liverpool were sloppy in possession – even Salah mis-controlled a good pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold when well-placed in the box – and their defensive mistakes were punished by an expressive Napoli side.<\/p>\n

Any hope of a second-half comeback were over when Zielinski chipped a finish over Alisson from close range to make it 4-0 and though Luis Diaz curled in for an immediate response and came close with a diving header, Liverpool were deservedly beaten.<\/p>\n

Deadline-day signing Arthur Melo came on for his debut late in the second half and fellow midfielder Thiago returned from injury to make a brief cameo, but Liverpool will head home having now won just two of their last seven matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n

From the very first minute, Liverpool were on the back foot in Naples.<\/p>\n

Osimhen gave them an early warning when he rounded Alisson and fired against the post from a tight angle.<\/p>\n

Napoli, though, needed only five minutes to take the lead when Zielinski coolly slotted in his penalty after handball against James Milner.<\/p>\n

A typical Klopp side would have been expected to bounce back immediately, but this season Liverpool have looked tired, demotivated and seriously out of form.<\/p>\n

What followed instead was only humiliation as the hosts were ruthless, while Liverpool made numerous mistakes and struggled to get a stronghold of the game with talisman Salah having several poor touches.<\/p>\n

Osimhen ran the struggling Gomez ragged and Napoli could have scored at least another two goals, were it not for a goalline clearance from Van Dijk to deny Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and a penalty save from Allison to thwart Osimhen after the lively frontman had been caught by Van Dijk.<\/p>\n

Former Fulham midfielder Anguissa doubled Napoli’s lead in style as a quick one-two ripped apart Liverpool’s defence, before Kvaratskhelia set up Simeone’s third.<\/p>\n

When the whistle finally blew for the break, Klopp sprinted straight down the tunnel.<\/p>\n

The last time Liverpool conceded three goals in the first half of a Champions League game was in October 2014 when they lost 3-0 to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

“That’s an embarrassing 45 minutes,” former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand said on BT Sport,<\/p>\n

Liverpool at least improved in the second half but Napoli remained in complete control.<\/p>\n

The impressive Zielinski added the fourth two minutes after the restart and Diaz’s curling effort in the 49th minute was no consolation for the disappointing six-time European champions.<\/p>\n

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