The second half began, and Liverpool, true to their coach's word, began to play a beautiful, suffocating, patient game.
It was tiki-taka at its finest, a mesmerizing web of one-touch passes that slowly began to drain the energy and the will of the Napoli players.
"IT'S A CAROUSEL OF RED!" Barry roared. "Liverpool are putting on a passing clinic! Napoli are chasing shadows! They can't get a touch of the ball!"
But Chivu's ghost was patient. He let them have the ball. He let them pass. He was waiting for his moment. And in the 58th minute, that moment arrived.
A single, slightly misplaced pass from Liverpool's midfield was intercepted. And in an instant, the trap was sprung.
The ball was played to Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian maestro took one look, and with a single, devastating touch, he played a perfect pass into the space behind Liverpool's high defensive line. Rasmus Højlund was onto it in a flash.
