Napoli vs Liverpool

2022 - 9 - 7

liverpool vs napoli

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Damning Trent Alexander-Arnold footage for Napoli goal gives ... (Mirror.co.uk)

The Liverpool right-back was part of a defence that got ripped apart by Napoli in the Reds' Champions League opener and new footage has clearly shown how ...

[Jurgen Klopp](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/jurgen-klopp) ’s troops found themselves 3-0 down at the break but the scoreline could well have been even more emphatic at the break. When people don’t run or don’t have the desire to get back. Liverpool got teased, they got embarrassed, they got shown up. What you can’t accept as a manager or as a player is a lack of effort and desire. It is the latest in an ever-growing list of defensive indiscretions from the Reds’ academy graduate as Liverpool’s inconsistent start to the new season continues. They were lacklustre and lacked grit, determination and desire.” Former Red Fowler accused Alexander-Arnold of lacking “desire”. New footage has shown Alexander-Arnold not tracking his runner and practically standing still within the penalty area. “Gomez makes the mistake but you’ve got to get back and help your team-mates and Trent didn’t do that. [Liverpool](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc) ’s defensive horror-show against [Napoli](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/napoli) has been torn apart by [Rio Ferdinand](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/rio-ferdinand) and [Robbie Fowler](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/napoli) with fresh footage shining the spotlight on a lack of “desire” from [Trent Alexander-Arnold](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/trent-alexander-arnold). [Share your thoughts in the comments below](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-napoli-ferdinand-alexander-arnold-27936390#comments-section) [Champions League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/champions-league) campaign in the [worst possible way as they were torn apart by the Serie A outfit](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-napoli-champions-league-defeat-27934274) at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Jamie Carragher's Liverpool analysis after 4-1 loss v Napoli is ... (GiveMeSport)

Jamie Carragher produced some fascinating analysis around Liverpool's defending after his former club suffered a 4-1 defeat to Napoli in the Champions ...

What I’m saying is that when the ball is there and you know he’s going to kick it, you are ready to go and as he goes to kick it, you go back. I said before, it’s kids’ stuff and this is the big problem with Liverpool right now. That energy is not there now. “It’s not a problem with how high the line is, it’s about being compact, being together. “This is a problem for Liverpool: the high line,” the respected pundit began. “They’re not actually getting pressure on the ball.

Liverpool vs. Napoli: Reds' difficult start to the season continues with ... (CNN)

Liverpool reached the Champions League final last season. (CNN) From a Liverpool perspective, the biggest positive to take from the team's humiliating 4- ...

"It looks a little bit like we have to reinvent ourselves. "[It's] tough to take," the German told BT Sport. "I would say not that difficult to explain when you saw the game.

Liverpool defenders 'give up' in 'utterly embarrassing' goal against ... (Daily Star)

Liverpool stars Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho Joe Gomez can be seen giving up in their efforts to defend against Napoli as they scored freely on Wednesday ...

We were not working as a team. “We were not compact defensively or offensively. The two penalties we concede, they were both a little unlucky. That is the first explanation for the defeat. Fabinho was not much better, stepping up with the pace of a snail as Andre Zambo Anguissa strolled through with ease. What was more alarming, though, was the lack of effort from his defenders.

Jamie Carragher: Are Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool reaching the end of ... (Sky Sports)

Liverpool suffered a 4-1 loss to Napoli in the Champions League on Wednesday; Jamie Carragher said on CBS: Is this the end of a cycle?

"I said before, it's kid stuff and this is the big problem with Liverpool right now. But if that's not happening, you have to adapt." "Can this team get it back? Because this team looks so far off it." For me, the big worry is, 'is this almost something that's going to carry on through the season?' Have Liverpool massively got the transfer ideas in the summer wrong?

Jürgen Klopp calls for Liverpool to 'reinvent ourselves' after Napoli ... (The Irish Times)

Manager apologises after 4-1 defeat in Naples as they suffered one of their heaviest European defeats.

“If you don’t have any pressure on the guy on the ball, yes it is a risk, but that is not normally the case. That is how they always saw it and on the day they change their thoughts they might tell me.” - Guardian It is not that we have to invent a new kind of football but we have to improve. “A high line is not a risk when you have pressure on the ball,” he said. We lost the ball in areas and the next situation was a counterattack. Liverpool’s shambolic defending and failure to counter-press stunned Klopp, who insisted it should be a watershed moment in their season.