Custom Loop, Match Category with Page: How to display post featured image?

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I found this answer. It saved my day, but could you tell me how to display featured image of the post with the following code?

When I’m using

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<?php echo $cpost->post_thumbnail('thumbnail', array('class' => 'alignleft')); ?>

An image does not show up…

Code below: 

<?php if(is_page()) : // check we are a page ?>
    <?php global $post; $cposts = get_posts("numberposts=-1&category_name={$post->post_name}"); if($cposts) : ?>

            <?php foreach($cposts as $cpost) : ?>
             <div class="mb20"> 
                <h2><?php echo $cpost->post_title; ?></h2>
                <p><?php echo $cpost->post_content; ?></p>

                <?php echo $cpost->post_thumbnail('thumbnail', array('class' => 'alignleft')); ?>

            </div>  
            <?php endforeach; ?>


                <?php endif; ?>
        <?php endif; ?>

Could you tell me how the correct code should work?

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  1. get_posts fetches an array of WP_Post objects (see the return values of get_post for a complete list of object properties).

    In your above code snippet, you are iterating over said array with a foreach loop. Inside it, you are currently attempting to use a non-existent method ( post_thumbnail() ) of those objects.

    Instead, make use of the get_the_post_thumbnail function and feed it the current post objects’ ID property as a first argument:

    <?php
    echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $cpost->ID, 'thumbnail', array( 'class' => 'alignleft' ) );
?>

    That answers the core of your question.
    As an aside, let me point out that you do not need <?php opening and closing tags on every line. So here’s a complete revision of your snippet:

    <?php
    if ( is_page() ) {

        global $post;

        $cposts = get_posts( array(
            'posts_per_page' => -1,
            'category_name' => $post->post_name
        ));

        if ( $cposts ) {
            foreach ( $cposts as $cpost ) {

                echo '<div class="mb20">' .
                        '<h2>' . $cpost->post_title . '</h2>' .
                        '<p>' . $cpost->post_content . '</p>' .
                        get_the_post_thumbnail(
                            $cpost->ID,
                            'thumbnail',
                            array( 'class' => 'alignleft' )
                        ) .
                    '</div>';
            }
        }
    }
?>