Liverpool in Salzburg showed why the champion, Milik took Napoli to the round of XNUMX

Liverpool created chances for 50 minutes, endured blows from Salzburg, and then in just 100 seconds showed why they are European champions.

The "Reds" celebrated in Austria in a match without the right to a kick-off (2:0) and from the first position secured a place in the round of XNUMX of the Champions League.

Salzburg played an excellent 45 minutes, threatening practically in every attack, but Liverpool had better opportunities - Salah twice and Keita missed what they usually hit. On the other side, Haaland and Minamimo were dangerous.

And then, the second half, the 57th and 58th minutes and - the decision.

Keita shook the net with his head after a sprint and an assist from Mane, and the attack after that Salah masterfully checked the goalkeeper Stanković with his weaker right foot from the dead corner.

From that moment on, it was clear that Salzburg had nothing more to look for, because only a victory guaranteed it a historic ranking.

Napoli is also in the round of 4, easily defeating Genk at home - 0:XNUMX.

It was 3:0, and Arkadiusz Milik excelled, scoring three goals in the first 38 minutes.

It was the fastest hat-trick in the Champions League since October 2013 when Zlatan Ibrahimovic did it in 36 minutes.

Dries Mertens also enrolled later.