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Napoli needs a point at Anfield to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and his coach is confident in his team's chances
Carlo Ancelotti said insolently that the trip from Napoli to Atalanta in Serie A would be "more difficult" than their decisive encounter between Liverpool and the Champions League.
Napoli beat Red Star Belgrade 3-1 on Wednesday at Stadio San Paolo to take top spot in Group C before a final confrontation with the Reds at Anfield, while Paris Saint-Germain, in second place, faces Serbian formation.
Avoiding defeat against Jurgen Klopp's men – who are unbeaten in the Premier League – would let them pass, but the Italian club could still be placed in the qualifying position for the Europa League.
Ancelotti, however, is confident that his men will do the job and has more pressing concerns for the next match of the upscale Italian against mid-table Atalanta.
"We have to go with courage and play," Ancelotti said of the trip to Merseyside. "Now, think of Bergamo, which is more difficult than Liverpool."
Marek Hamsik's first goal of the season meant that the Red Star match was in favor of Napoli after only 11 minutes, and a Dries Mertens double took them 3-0 within 52 minutes.
The visitors rallied in the second half, scoring El Fardou Ben, but Ancelotti was indifferent to how his team's superb first-half performance was somewhat blurred in the last half-hour.
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"I'm satisfied," he says. "We played with great intensity for 60 minutes, then there was an inevitable physiological decline.
"The goal [for Red Star] could have been avoided immediately. But we can not do math when we play Liverpool.
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"We have shown our qualities, we have an advantage that makes us proud, we are leading the toughest group in the Champions League."
PSG's win over Liverpool on Wednesday left just three points between leaders C and Napoli and the Reds, and resulted in an intriguing final day of action that could potentially allow all three teams to score nine points at the end of the match. the group stage, which would leave a draw – Breakers to determine which team managed to qualify for the round of 16.
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