{"id":1235424,"date":"2022-10-26T21:54:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T21:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/26\/liverpool-secure-spot-in-champions-league-last-16-after-win\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T21:54:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T21:54:32","slug":"liverpool-secure-spot-in-champions-league-last-16-after-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/26\/liverpool-secure-spot-in-champions-league-last-16-after-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool secure spot in Champions League last 16 after win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3479527-70937708-2560-1440-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Liverpool celebrate\" title=\"Liverpool celebrate\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liverpool celebrate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Liverpool put their domestic woes behind them by reaching the Champions League knockout stage with a clinical second-half display against Ajax in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>Needing a draw to reach the last 16, the Reds were fortunate not to be behind before Mohamed Salah clipped in with their only shot on target of the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin Nunez, back in the starting line-up after injury, should have doubled the lead before half-time but the \u00a364m summer signing struck a post with an open goal in front of him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, the Uruguay forward quickly made amends by powering in a precise header from Andy Robertson\u2019s corner shortly after the restart.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, England Under-21s midfielder Harvey Elliott added the third by latching on to Salah\u2019s reverse pass and lashing into the roof of the net from a tight angle.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool knew a draw would be enough to clinch their spot in the last 16 for the sixth successive season.<\/p>\n<p>But the comfortable victory means the Reds host Napoli in next week\u2019s final round of group-stage fixtures safe in the knowledge their place is assured.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"5MJvjwFs4_g\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Little Singer Kulfi Chat Room on Adom TV (26-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MJvjwFs4_g?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool celebrate Liverpool put their domestic woes behind them by reaching the Champions League knockout stage with a clinical second-half display against Ajax in Amsterdam. Needing a draw to reach the last 16, the Reds were fortunate not to be behind before Mohamed Salah clipped in with their only shot on target of the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1235428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[774,674,1958,6245,2841,309],"class_list":{"0":"post-1235424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-champions","9":"tag-league","10":"tag-liverpool","11":"tag-secure","12":"tag-spot","13":"tag-win"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1235424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1235424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}