Napoli 2-0 Liverpool LIVE RESULT: Llorente avenges Champions League final after Mertens scores controversial penalty

LIVERPOOL began the defence of their Champions League crown in the worst possible fashion.

Napoli avenged their elimination in last season’s group stage as a penalty and a Virgil Van Dijk error proved decisive.

• Napoli 2-0 Liverpool FT
• Mertens penalty gave hosts lead in Naples.
• Referee controversially adjudged Robertson to have brought down Callejon.
• Llorente pounces on Van Dijk error in stoppage time to secure convincing win.
• Napoli XI: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui, Allan, Fabian, Callejon, Insigne, Mertens, Lozano
• Liverpool XI: Adrian, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Milner, Henderson, Mane, Salah, Firmino