“The scoreline flatters us” – Liverpool fans react to Champions League defeat away to Napoli

October 3, 2018
Henry Jackson

Liverpool lost 1-0 at the death away to Napoli on Wednesday in the Champions League, and it was a night where the Reds’ performance was widely criticised.

Napoli 1-0 Liverpool

Champions League Group Stage, Stadio San Paolo
October 3, 2018

Goal: Insigne 89′

The Reds faced Carlo Ancelotti’s side at Stadio San Paolo, looking to follow up their opening Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain.

It was a dour contest in Naples, however, with chances few and far between for Liverpool and the hosts the better team throughout.

Lorenzo Insigne struck in the final minute of normal time to break Red hearts, blowing Group C wide open in the process.

Here’s how Liverpool supporters reacted to the game on Twitter, Facebook and our forums.

Naby Keita left the pitch on a stretcher early on, with many concerned…

Please be okay Naby ?

— OLSC Raleigh (@LFCRaleigh) October 3, 2018

Horrible to see Keita stretchered off. Wish him a speedy recovery – will be sorely missed if out for a sustained period.

— Leanne Prescott (@_lfcleanne) October 3, 2018

Doesn't look good for Keita that. Explains why he was so poor.

— Henry Jackson (@HenryJackson87) October 3, 2018

“Sad to see.”

– Redopium on the forums.

Thought Keita had a poor opening 15 but that’s still a worry. #LFC

— And Could He Play (@andcouldheplay7) October 3, 2018

When a player goes down without a challenge near him I get worried. Hope Naby is alright.

— Red (@TaintlessRed) October 3, 2018

Massively, massively, massively pissed off on that Keita injury. #LFC

— Hari Sethi (@Hari_Sethi) October 3, 2018

Joe Gomez received plenty of plaudits around half-time…

Joe Gomez has been our best player so far. So good playing out from the back. Beast.

— Jack Sear (@JackSear) October 3, 2018

https://twitter.com/Ste_Halliwell11/status/1047571610797051904

“Gomez having an excellent game so far.”

– Caradoc on the forums.

Gomez is a machine

— John O'Sullivan (@NotoriousJOS) October 3, 2018

Gomez is playing like fucking Baresi.

— Joseph Cousins (@JCuzzy1) October 3, 2018

It was a fairly below-par first-half performance…

HT: Napoli 0 #LFC 0: Klopp's side just haven't got going. Fortunate to be level. Far too many careless errors. Centre-backs aside, very poor.

— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) October 3, 2018

“I know we have to be cautious when we are away in Europe, but that was pathetic and TAA that was the worst I’ve seen you play in a very long time.”

– Jason Rowlands on Facebook.

Odd – look clueless in attack

— Tom McMahon (@tomjpmac) October 3, 2018

“Bag of porridge that half. Shocking pitch hasn’t helped. They’re playing rough house. Couple of yellows missed by the ref. TAA having a poor one.”

– RJK on the forums.

Scrappy first half. No real good link play between midfield and attack just yet Keita had looked like he was willing to do that before coming off

— keith costigan (@KeithCostigan) October 3, 2018

The display was criticised at the final whistle…

https://twitter.com/ViewOfTheKop_/status/1047591809705279493

https://twitter.com/_lfcleanne/status/1047590967145103367

https://twitter.com/LFCStanleyHouse/status/1047590853601054720

The scoreline flatters Liverpool.

— Kauser Soze (@NinaKauser) October 3, 2018

“Napoli shut us down very well. That is one of the worst performances from a Liverpool team I have seen for a couple of years. No imagination whatsoever. Poor.”

– Darran Liam Wade on Facebook.

https://twitter.com/stehoare/status/1047590747636203522

Exactly what we deserved. Would’ve been lucky to escape with a draw, Napoli much the better side. Poor performance all round.

— Joel Rabinowitz (@joel_archie) October 3, 2018

“I haven’t seen us playing so bad from many games… No words! It was a match to forget at the minute it finished. COMPLETE disaster!”

– Lidoris on the forums.

Can’t argue with that, Napoli far better than us all over the pitch tonight. The group is suddenly wide open and we’re still waiting for our front three to click.

— Ian Salmon (@IanRSalmon) October 3, 2018

Difficult, gritty game, and ultimately not good enough. First time saying that this season, but one lapse and you’re caught. A show of calibre now needed to learn from that, because it’s poor. #LFCdigest

— Danny Gallagher (@Danny7Gallagher) October 3, 2018

Mohamed Salah had another poor night and it didn’t go unnoticed…

Salah worked hard off the ball but on the ball his touch and technique constantly let himself down.

— Red (@TaintlessRed) October 3, 2018

Does Salah even press from the front anymore, just like never going on his right foot. He has all the ability but really needs a break to refresh his mind imo

— LFC NEWS (@LFCTransferNRS) October 3, 2018

https://twitter.com/Ste_Halliwell11/status/1047589027019456516