Liverpool could not avoid defeat at home despite getting one less time in the opposing team. Inter Milan won 1-0. But being behind in the first leg, the victory only increased the regret of the Italian club.
Liverpool reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League after losing 1-0 in the return leg of the last 16 at Anfield on Tuesday night. After winning 2-0 in the first leg, Jurgen Klopp’s team advanced to the next step with a 2-1 lead in the two legs.
Liverpool tasted defeat after almost a year at home. The last time they lost was to Fulham on March 6 last year. After that 26 consecutive matches were unbeaten.
In Tuesday’s match, Allredy was ahead in everything from ball possession to shots. But they could not play football properly. Among them was the misfortune of the hosts’ three attempts to return to the post and crossbar.
In the 30th minute of the match, Trent Alexander-Arnold’s free kick from the left side was blocked by Joel Matip’s head crossbar. The hosts were unlucky again in the seventh minute of the second half.
The goalkeeper could not clear the ball that was raised in the D-box of Diego Jotter. Mohamed Salah also took a shot after getting the ball in the gap. But his low corner shot hits the post.
In the 71st minute, Inter Milan went ahead. Sanchez’s pass was caught by Argentine striker Lataro Martinez with a great shot from outside the D-box.
But after a minute, the colors of their festival match. Alexis Sanchez was shown a second yellow card for fouling Thiago Alcantara. Inter became a team of 10 people in 63 minutes.
Liverpool increased the pressure on the chances of a reduction in the opposing team. But fate did not write victory for them. In the 7th minute, another shot of Salah hit the post and the club lost the goal.
Despite seeing a 1-0 goal loss in the end, Salah-Manera left the field with the relief of being named in the last eight of the Champions League.