5 things we learned from Matchday 2B of the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League

#2 Group C would live up to its billing as the group of death

SSC Napoli v Liverpool - UEFA Champions League Group C

Liverpool’s placement in pot 3 during the Champions League draw meant that they stood a high chance of being placed in a nightmare group, as they had most of the best clubs in Europe placed ahead of them, and as it turned out, those fears were confirmed as The Reds were drawn alongside French champions PSG as well as last season’s Serie A runners-up Napoli and Serbian champions Crvena Zvezda.

The quality between the top three teams in the group is so close that the group was rightly classified as the ‘group of death’, as any of the trio could top the group, guaranteeing that one of the best teams in Europe gets eliminated at the group stages.

Matchday one served us a real thriller as Liverpool edged out PSG 3-2 at Anfield while Napoli disappointingly drew 0-0 in Serbia, but it was on matchday two that the group turned on its head.

Liverpool put up one of their worst performances under Jurgen Klopp to lose 1-0 in Naples with the scoreline flattering them, while PSG trounced Crvena 6-1 in Paris.

Napoli is the only unbeaten team in the group and currently, sits atop the standings with four points while PSG and Liverpool are on three each.

The Partenopei would play PSG in a doubleheader next which would ultimately decide each other’s fate, while Liverpool faces the Serbian team.

A lot of people expected Group C to be one of the tightest in the competition owing to the quality of teams involved, and after two matches, the group hasn’t disappointed.