Late goals from Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez helped Liverpool to a 2-0 win over Napoli but the Italians still finished top dogs in Champions League Group A.
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| Image: Porto's Mehdi Taremi celebrates after scoring |
With a lack of jeopardy on the game neither team really moved out of second gear as the chances of Liverpool overturning a four-goal swing to top the group never threatened to materialise.
However, two Liverpool goals did come late on when Salah prodded home from close range after Nunez's header had been clawed off the line by goalkeeper Alex Meret before Nunez grabbed himself a goal, awarded by VAR, after tapping home from Virgil van Dijk's initial header which was saved.
Napoli thought Leo Ostigard had headed them in front on 53 minutes but VAR overturned the goal after a three-minute check that found the centre-back had been ahead of the play.
Player ratings
Liverpool: Alisson (7), Alexander-Arnold (7), Konate (7), Van Dijk (7), Tsimikas (7), Fabinho (6), Thiago (7), Milner (7), Jones (7), Salah (7), Firmino (7)
Subs used: Nunez (7), Elliott (7), Ramsey (N/A), Carvalho (N/A), Bajcetic (N/A)
Napoli: Meret (6), Di Lorenzo (7), Ostigard (7), Kim (7), Olivera (7), Ndombélé (7), Lobotka (7), Anguissa (6), Politano (6), Osimhen (7), Kvaratskhelia (7)
Subs used: Lozano (7), Simeone (N/A), Zielinski (N/A), Raspadori (N/A)
Man of the match: Mo Salah
Tottenham 2- 1 Marseille
Tottenham will play in the last 16 of the Champions League after Clement Lenglet's second-half header and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's strike in stoppage time snatched a dramatic 2-1 win at Marseille on a topsy-turvy night in Provence.
Spurs were overrun at the Stade Velodrome during an insipid first half in which they failed to muster a touch inside their opponents' box - and Marseille deservedly took the lead in stoppage time when a short corner was hooked in by Jordan Veretout and headed home by former Newcastle defender Chancel Mbemba.
Hojbjerg struck the crossbar for the visitors but Marseille should have scored late on when Sead Kolasinac somehow missed an open goal with a header. Hojbjerg then sealed the victory in stoppage time to put Tottenham top of the group and leave Marseille, who at one point in the evening were top, in fourth spot and out of Europe.
FC Porto 2-1 A.Madrid
Goals from Mehdi Taremi and Stephen Eustaquio helped Porto secure a 2-1 win at home to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday to finish top of Champions League Group B.
Porto had already qualified for the last 16 but leapfrogged Club Brugge to finish as group winners with 12 points, one point ahead of the Belgians who also went through.
Atletico finished last, failing even to qualify for the second-tier Europa League knockout round play-offs.
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