Victor Osimhen scored twice as Napoli cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals with a comfortable win over Eintracht Frankfurt. With Luciano Spalletti’s side two goals up from the first leg, the Nigeria striker’s thumping header in first-half stoppage time dispelled any lingering nerves at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
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Goals from Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo sealed a comfortable win for Napoli in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League last-16 clash with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany. The runaway Serie A leaders weathered an early storm to seize control then cruised home.
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European heavyweights PSG and Bayern Munich have been drawn against each other in the Champions League Last 16 while Liverpool will face Real Madrid in a repeat of last season’s final. Elsewhere Chelsea will face Borussia Dortmund with Man City taking on RB Leipzig
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Late goals from Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez helped Liverpool to a 2-0 win over Napoli but the Italians still finished top dogs in Champions League Group A. With a lack of jeopardy on the game neither team really moved out of second gear as the chances of Liverpool overturning a four-goal swing to top the group never threatened to materialise.
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Liverpool’s Champions League campaign got off to a nightmare start in hot and humid Naples on Wednesday as sensational Napoli ran out comprehensive 4-1 winners. Victor Osimhen set the precedent early on, hitting the post inside the opening minute before James Milner conceded a fifth-minute penalty, which Piotr Zielinski kept his cool to convert.
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