Alisson warns Liverpool of Napoli threat
LONDON: Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has happy memories of his last visit to Napoli but has warned his teammates to expect a tough test at the San Paolo Stadium.
Alisson’s Roma side travelled south in March this year and left with the points after the Brazilian starred in a 4-2 win.
Ahead of today’s Champions League encounter, he told the club website: “They had 24 attempts on goal, 13 on target. I made 11 saves and conceded two goals.
“It’s always tough playing away against a great club. In Napoli, we’ll definitely find really passionate fans, and a team that comes onto the pitch with a huge desire to win.
“The last and only time I played there, we happily got a win, but it was one of the games I had to work hardest in during the season.
“It was one of the toughest games of the season for us in Serie A, so it’s definitely going to be a tough game. They’ve had the same basis of the team for three to four years.’
The goalkeeper is hoping for more of the same in their second group game after beating Paris Saint-Germain in an Anfield thriller two weeks ago.
He added: “To beat a great team like PSG fills you with confidence, but it’ll be a different game so we have to look at it differently as well, bringing our desire on to the pitch, doing everything that we’ve been doing up until now at the start of the season.”
PSG face Red Star Belgrade in the other Group C clash.