English side Liverpool have made it to the UEFA Champions League Quarter Finals, after a tricky 2 legs against Italian champions Inter. The final leg of the tie saw Inter surprisingly beat the Scousers in Anfield something which hasn’t happened in over a year.
The narrow 1-0 win wasn’t enough for the Nerrazzuri to win on aggregate, as they had to overturn a 2 goal deficit suffered in the first leg.
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Inter started the match on the right foot, aggressively pressing Liverpool and winning many close range set pieces. Liverpool didn’t start in their best form but gradually improved once the game and half got on. The best chances of the half came from a Hakan Çalhanoğlu free kick that certainly confused the Liverpool defence and keeper and a Joel Matip header that managed to rattle the Inter crossbar. The half ended with both teams challenging each other to find an all important first goal.
The beginning of the second half was all Inter. They looked more confident on the ball and seemed more eager to find the back of the net and that is what exactly happened in the 61st minute, when Lautaro Martinez scored an absolute screamer into the top right of the Liverpool net.
However Inter celebrations where quickly muted, as in the 63rd minute, striker Alexis Sanchez managed to get himself controversially sent off after a risky tackle. The game practically ended after that point as Liverpool managed to control the game, without letting Inter getting a needed second goal.
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