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He has two faces so different this Liverpool that sometimes it is hard to believe that he is the same team in Europe as in his league. While in the Premier he rules with an iron hand, full of victories in seven days , in the Champions League he advances and shows enormous fragility. He lost in Naples on the first day and on Wednesday he was ridiculous against Salzburg, who managed to overcome an adverse difference of three goals in 22 minutes. Salah ended up avoiding the drama of starting the defense of the title with a single point marking the goal that set the final 4-3 on the scoreboard.

In this Champions League so prone to collapse, partial or total of the giants (see Madrid, Barcelona and Tottenham), Liverpool fiddled with ridicule for a mere matter of relaxation. He was so comforted by his splendid initial half hour, overflowing with electric and hyperrevolved football that gave him success last spring, that he let himself go through Salzburg, a daring and complex team, that nothing has to lose and that It has more arguments than it seems to win.

Because the normal thing would have been for the Austrians to fade after the goals of Mané, Robertson and Salah . Let them begin to think about their weekend commitment and assume that Anfield is not a challenge at their height. But they stirred to cover the mythical English stadium with fear. Hwang before the break and Minamino and Haland after him made the draw to three impossible, severely punishing the relaxation of the Klopp team. Salah ended up removing the chestnuts from the fire 20 minutes from the end and avoided an embarrassing embarrassment for the current champion.

Borussia Dortmund , meanwhile, achieved victory in Prague with more trouble than the score indicates (0-2). Slavia, the next rival of Barcelona, ​​is a much fiercer team than his name suggests and he proved it by tightening the nuts to the German team for many minutes. Those of Lucien Favre found in Achraf Hakimi, the Moroccan side owned by Real Madrid, his savior, since the two goals were his.

Worse was the afternoon for Naples , which after a level premiere winning Liverpool failed to pass the tie (0-0) at the home of the Belgian Genk. Chelsea, however, took forward (1-2) a game that Lille, the next rival of Valencia, did not make it easy. Abraham, the jewel of Lampard that adds 8 goals in 10 games, advanced to the English, Osimhen later matched the score and Willian scored the final goal. In addition, Zenit defeated Benfica (3-1) and Olympique de Lyon won in his visit to Leipzig (0-2).

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