10/12/2019
Another high-wire act, then, for a team which seems to specialise in them. The easy route is rarely Liverpool’s preferred one. Drama is their European currency.
A year ago they needed to beat Napoli, either 1-0 or by two clear goals, in order to progress to the last 16. They managed the former, but only courtesy of a brilliant stoppage-time save from Alisson Becker. Whenever the story of European Cup number six is told, the Brazilian’s heroics in December should be given as much prominence as Divock Origi’s goals, Mo Salah’s penalty or Trent Alexander-Arnold’s corner.
