Salah goal does it for Liverpool

LIVERPOOL, England (AP):

Mohamed Salah scored a solo goal and goalkeeper Alisson Becker produced a crucial late save as Liverpool beat Napoli 1-0 to clinch a place in the Champions League's knockout stage at the expense of the Italian side yesterday.

Salah shrugged off one defender, drifted past another with a superb feint, and delivered a low finish inside the near post from an acute angle for the winning goal in the 34th minute on another European night to remember at Anfield.

Liverpool came into the game knowing a 1-0 victory, or any other win by a two-goal margin, would guarantee a spot in the round of 16 as the English team looks to go one better than last season, when it lost in the final to Real Madrid.

Paris Saint-Germain, which won 4-1 at Red Star Belgrade advanced as Group C winners, and Napoli had to settle for third place and dropping into the Europa League for the second straight season.

It would have been Liverpool missing out had Alisson not produced a reflex save to deny Napoli substitute Arkadiusz Milik in the second minute of stoppage time.

The only negative of the evening for Juergen Klopp's side was centre back Virgil van Dijk collecting a yellow card that means he will be suspended for the first leg of the round of 16.

Other results: Barcelona 1 Tottenham 1; Club Brugge 0 Atletico Madrid 0; Monaco 0 Dortmund 2; Inter 1 PSV 1; Red Star 1 PSG 4.