UCL: Osimhen, Bassey in motion as Napoli, Ajax dismantle Liverpool, Rangers

Tremendous Eagles ahead Victor Osimhen solely noticed forty-three minutes of motion as Napoli hammered Liverpool 4-1 within the Group A match of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League on the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Wednesday night time.

Osimhen may have opened his scoring account on this season’s Champions League marketing campaign however had his penalty kick saved by Alisson Becker earlier than he leaped out of the match as a consequence of damage.

It solely took Napoli 5 minutes to go forward within the Group A fixture when Piotr Zieliński scored a penalty awarded to the hosts after James Milner dealt with Zieliński’s shot contained in the 18-yard field.

Moments later, one other penalty was given to Napoli after Van Dijk fouled Osimhen however the Nigerian failed to search out the again of the online from the spot-kick Alisson did nicely to reserve it.

Nonetheless, Zambo Anguissa doubled Napoli’s lead within the thirty first minute earlier than Giovanni Simeone netted the hosts’ third objective of the match in direction of the top of the halftime whistle.

The primary half ended 3-0 in favour of the Italian facet.

Napoli picked it up from the place they left it within the first half when Piotr Zieliński grabbed his brace of the night time because the ‘Gli Azzurri’ went four-nil up within the forty seventh minute.

In the meantime, Andrew Robertson assisted Luis Diaz as Liverpool pulled one again simply two minutes later.

Diaz’s objective gave the six-times champions league some momentum with Liverpool pressuring Napoli’s defenders to cut back the deficit however the hosts’ protection line didn’t look weary.

Within the eighty fifth minute, Alexander-Arnold launched a cross to Van Dijk however the header was cleared simply earlier than it reached the goalkeeper’s space.

Liverpool made the final try at objective within the encounter when Diaz fired a shot within the hosts’ 18-yard field but it surely couldn’t go previous the crowded Napoli’s protection.

Napoli gamers jumped into celebration because the referee blew the full-time whistle to say a shocking 4-1 victory.

Elsewhere within the Netherlands, one other Tremendous Eagles participant Calvin Bassey performed the entire 90 minutes as Ajax thrashed Scottish outfit Glasgow Ranger 4-0 in their very own Champions League opening recreation Group A fixture.

Bassey, a defender, put in a formidable efficiency within the composed Ajax’s backline to maintain a clear sheet for his workforce.

Edson Álvarez, Steven Berghuis, and Mohammed Kudus all acquired their names on the rating sheet within the seventeenth, 32th and thirty third minute respectively as Ajax went 3-0 up within the first 45 minutes on the Johan Cruijff Area.

The Eredivisie champions maintained complete dominance within the second half of the match, creating threats within the Rangers’ half to increase their lead.

Rangers shot themselves within the leg when Jack performed a poor cross to Goldson however former Tottenham man Steven Bergwijn grabbed the ball and slotted it into the online to seal the victory for Ajax.

On the blow of the full-time whistle, Bassey and his workforce walked away with a formidable 4-0 victory to go prime of Group A.