{"id":247933,"date":"2018-10-02T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=247933"},"modified":"2018-10-02T17:20:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T21:20:01","slug":"liverpool-travel-to-napoli-looking-for-second-champions-league-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2018\/10\/02\/liverpool-travel-to-napoli-looking-for-second-champions-league-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Travel to Napoli Looking For Second Champions League Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Champions League Preview, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Football<\/a>\u00a0looks ahead to Napoli&#8217;s home game against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool<\/a> on 3rd October 2018 in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have had an outstanding start to their Premier League and Champions League campaigns while\u00a0<em>Gli\u00a0Azzurri<\/em>\u00a0have been indifferent at best. Napoli played out a dull goalless draw on match day one against Red Star Belgrade. Liverpool,\u00a0on the other hand, won a thrilling encounter 3-2 against <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/paris-saint-germain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> at Anfield.<\/p>\n<h1>Can Liverpool Maintain Champions League Perfect Start?<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/champions-league\/napoli-vs-liverpool-live-stream-kick-off-predicted-line-ups-team-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool<\/a> dropped their first points of the season at the weekend at <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/chelseafootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a> but are still the team brimming with confidence in the Premier League, demonstrated by a wonder strike from a rejuvenated Daniel Sturridge. Napoli have already lost twice in their start to Serie A, losing last time out against <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/juventus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juventus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti took over from now Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri ahead of the new season and will be looking for maximum points from this fixture. Napoli\u2019s Stadio San Paulo is known for being a cauldron of noise and the Anfield club will need to be ready to quieten the home fans.<\/p>\n<h2>Team News<\/h2>\n<p>Neither team has major injury problems. Vlad Chiriches, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/tottenhamfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> centre-back, remains out through injury whilst Liverpool have Divock Origi back in contention. Virgil van Dijk picked up a slight rib injury against Chelsea but is expected to start.<\/p>\n<h2>Champions League Cracker?<\/h2>\n<p>Both teams like to play fast, fluid football, so there should be goals in this game. Liverpool can be devastating on the counter attack and Ancelotti will have prepared for that. Jurgen Klopp would have seen from Napoli\u2019s loss to Juventus that they gave the ball away on a number of occasions so you can expect a high pressing game from Liverpool to force errors as early in the game as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"u-1OtewnRw1Y5xnld-LVgA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1035854304\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'u-1OtewnRw1Y5xnld-LVgA',sig:'RcJ7sELlw-b6xUH_9sxPqNHw5jX0dFvk973Ie7_Zzmw=',w:'594px',h:'394px',items:'1035854304',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Champions League Preview, Last Word on Football\u00a0looks ahead to Napoli&#8217;s home game against\u00a0Liverpool on 3rd October 2018 in Italy. Liverpool have had an outstanding start to their Premier League and Champions League campaigns while\u00a0Gli\u00a0Azzurri\u00a0have been indifferent at best. Napoli played out a dull goalless draw on match day one against Red Star Belgrade. 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