UEFA Champions League 2018-19: 3 talking points from Group C's final day matches (PSG, Liverpool, Napoli, Red Star Belgrade)

#3 Napoli plunged to Europa League as Carlo Ancelotti's 18-year-old record ends

Ancelotti's men had almost achieved the impossible

As Liverpool progressed to the round of 16, Napoli was only left to bemoan their loss at Anfield. The Serie A side finished third in Group C after falling to a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday.

Ancelotti's men had almost achieved the impossible, as they had not lost a single Champions League fixture this season, and needed only a draw to progress into the last 16. But a first-half Salah strike and a stoppage-time save from Alisson denied the men from Naples.

"We have to accept it, even if this is very disappointing, as we did everything we could," Ancelotti said to Sky Sports Italia. "Over the six games, we perhaps did more than anyone expected and came very close to qualification, so there are no regrets.

"We lacked a little sharpness when building our forward play, as Liverpool pressed us very high and in the second half, it was more disorganised from both sides. Having a few difficulties against the side that lost the Champions League final last season is hardly that surprising"

With the Champions League out of the way, Ancelotti and Napoli will shift their focus to the Europa league.

"We will have to give everything in the Europa League to go as far as possible, and even try to win it," he said. "We know it won't be easy because now we are the favourite for it. It will be a difficult competition because there are good teams in the Europa League"

Star defender Kalidou Koulibaly seemed to echo his manager's sentiments:

"You can try to look back over regrets, like Angel Di Maria scoring in the last minute [to earn PSG a 2-2 draw on Matchday 3], but I don't think there ought to be regretted. We did all we could, we were a little unlucky and now hope to rediscover that luck in the Europa League"