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Four reasons Liverpool will spank Napoli in the Champions League

By David Gate

DUBLIN, IRELAND - AUGUST 04: Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and Raul Albiol of S.S.C Napoli during the international friendly game between Liverpool and Napoli at Aviva Stadium on August 4, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
DUBLIN, IRELAND - AUGUST 04: Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and Raul Albiol of S.S.C Napoli during the international friendly game between Liverpool and Napoli at Aviva Stadium on August 4, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) /
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Four reasons Liverpool will beat Napoli: Piotr Zielinski (L) of SSC Napoli jump for the ball against Goran Causic (R) of Crvena Zvezda during the Group C match of the UEFA Champions League between Crvena Zvezda Belgrade and SSC Napoli at Rajko Mitic Stadium on September 18, 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images) /

No.4 – All The Pressure On The Hosts

Liverpool are undefeated in the league and Europe while Napoli have two losses in Serie A already. A crushing loss to Juventus at the weekend leaves them six points adrift of their rivals. Can the Italian pick themselves up to face the Reds?

Their first fixture of the Champions League group stage was a 0-0 draw with Red Star Belgrade. They would have been hoping for maximum points against the Serbs as Liverpool and PSG will be much tougher opponents.

A loss for Napoli tomorrow night will put them in trouble in the group with one point from two fixtures and the two toughest away games still to come.

They lost their manager Maurizio Sarri to Chelsea this summer and replaced him with Carlo Ancelotti. The heralded new manager was brought in to take them over the line and finally win Serie A and help them progress in Europe.An underwhelming start to the season means much more is riding on this game for the hosts.

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Hopefully we can trigger some bad memories for Ancelotti as he recalls losing to the Reds in Istanbul 13 years ago.

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