Napoli 2-0 Liverpool: 5 Hits and Flops

#4 Hit: Mario Rui

Rui worked tirelessly to stifle Mohamed Salah & co throughout

Mario Rui was persistent with his defensive work and importantly, stood tall when called upon. Doing consistently well to isolate Mohamed Salah for sustained periods, his distribution in possession (85.7%) was solid.

In addition, he recovered well whenever the Reds pushed forward on promising counter-attack chances and was intelligent enough not to be rash with his tackling nor take the proverbial bait against a side who know how to force defensive mistakes with seeming ease at times.

He came close with a curling effort, forcing an excellent save from Adrian while the scores were still goalless - and relished the battle against one of the world's best-attacking tridents, passing with flying colors. As for his match stats, they speak for themselves: he won possession eight times, had four interceptions, one key pass, duel and clearance completed.