18/19 Champions League Preview | Matchday 2 | Napoli (A)

18/19 Champions League Preview | Matchday 2 | Napoli (A)
October 2, 2018 Gary Fulcher

 

An old foe will hope to inspire Napoli to go one better than PSG when Liverpool travel to Naples for Wednesday evening’s Champions League clash – 8pm kick off UK time – with Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli hoping to prevent the Reds from opening up a five point gap between the two sides, which is what a victory for Klopp’s men would result in.

The two sides have met just twice before in competitive fixtures, those being the 2010 Europa League group stage encounters which ended 0-0 at the San Paolo and a 3-1 win at Anfield courtesy of a Steven Gerrard hat-trick.

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