Luciano Spalletti expects Napoli to play a ‘blinder’ as they take on Liverpool

Liverpool are favourites to top the pool and kick-off their Champions League quest with arguably their toughest test.

Luciano Spalletti’s Napoli host Liverpool this week (Carmelo Imbesi/PA)

Napoli head coach Luciano Spalletti expects his side to play a “blinder” against Liverpool in a Champions League opener where he says the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona roar will be heard back at Anfield.

Just over three months of from their narrow loss in the Stade de France final to Real Madrid, Jurgen Klopp’s men return to continental action in Wednesday’s Group A opener in southern Italy.