He cost 80 million, was the new Carroll, but Darwin Nunez will score more goals than Haaland

Mohamed Salah confirmed his love affair with the Champions League with his seventh goal in the competition this term and led a Liverpool side to a 2-0 win that eased Jurgen Klopp's tension and they will go into the last 16 as group runners-up. The Reds needed a near-miracle to progress as group winners, needing a 4-0 or better result to overcome the 4-1 drubbing Napoli inflicted on them at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium.

There was no goal and Liverpool did not look good in front of their fans, but they did win on the stroke of half-time thanks to a rebound that Salah grabbed inside the six-yard box, making him the top scorer in the Champions League with seven goals, one more than Kylian Mbappé. Darwin Núñez, at the last second, made it 2-0 and sealed the win. Although they won, Liverpool did little to improve on the performance on this same stage at the weekend against a Leeds United side who beat them in the dying minutes.

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In fact, they flirted with another failure when Leo Ostigard headed home from a free-kick to put Klopp, who is experiencing his worst spell in England, in check. Fortunately for the Reds, the VAR spotted a pinpoint offside and overturned what would have been Napoli's 0-1 scoreline. Despite a lacklustre game, it was the English side who tried to take the initiative, especially in a bland first half, but one in which Thiago Alcantara came close to scoring. In a quick counter-attack, after a save by Alisson, Salah drove the ball into the box and laid it off to Thiago on the halfway line. The Spaniard, with more placement than strength, met a great Alex Meret and there he missed Liverpool's best chance, who then enjoyed a good cross from Firmino's spur that Curtis Jones failed to finish accurately.

Liverpool's goal came in the 85th minute, with Darwin Nunez finding Darwin Nunez inside the box and the Uruguayan's low header was cleared off the line by Meret. As Darwin was calling for the goal to go in, Salah tapped in the rebound to make it 1-0. UEFA, after checking that Darwin's ball had not crossed the line, awarded the goal to Salah, who has seven goals to his name and closes the group stage as top scorer ahead of Wednesday's matches.

Nunez to score 20-plus goals

'Nunez is going to "what a flop" his way to 20+ goals all comps', are the messages being read on social media from Liverpool fans who have been delighted with the performance of the Uruguayan who cost 80 million euros but already has more goals than Gabriel Jesus and more goals than Haaland in the Champions League.