Wednesday, November 27, 2019

UEFA Champions League, Group E: Three Teams (Liverpool, Napoli, Red Bull Salzburg) Still Alive For Knockout Stage

UEFA Champions League group-stage play continued on Wednesday with eight games, two of them in Group E.

At Genk, Belgium:

Patson Daka (43'), Takumi Minamino (45'; that's him here, celebrating after scoring), Hwang Hee-chan (69'), and Erling Haland (87') each scored once as FC Red Bull Salzburg kept their hopes of advancing to the Champions League's knockout stage alive after dominating KRC Genk 4-1 on the road, eliminating the Belgian club from European competition.

AFP photo via Getty Images by Kenzo Tribouillard

At Liverpool, England:

Dejan Lovren's equalizer in the 65th minute (confirmed after a video review) carried Liverpool to a 1-1 home draw with Napoli.

That's ol' Dejan, center, celebrating after scoring.

Dries Mertens scored for the Italian club at 21 minutes.

Photo from UEFA website

Group E Standings:

1.    Liverpool (GP: 5; GD: +3; PTS: 10)
2.    Napoli (GP: 5; GD: +3; PTS: 9)
3.    FC Red Bull Salzburg (GP: 5; GD: +5; PTS: 7)
4. o-KRC Genk (GP: 5; GD: -11; PTS: 1)

o-Eliminated from European competition 

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