In the early morning of February 17, Beijing time, the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals ushered in a focus battle, with Liverpool playing away to Inter Milan. At half-time, Klopp replaced Firmino, and 30 minutes later, Firmino scored with a header to help Liverpool break the deadlock 1-0, and is expected to take away the victory of the Italian team in three consecutive away games.
This is the second time the two teams have met in the Champions League after a gap of 14 years, in the round of 16 in the Champions League in 2008, when Liverpool doubled Inter Milan 3-0 and 1-0. Liverpool are six Champions League champions and Inter Milan are three Champions League champions and have won at least three Champions League titles.
In the group stage, Liverpool won six consecutive games and easily qualified first in the group, and Inter Milan ranked second with 11 points to advance. The first draw in the round of 16, Liverpool originally played against Salzburg, Inter Milan against Ajax, and finally the second draw confirmed that Liverpool and Inter Milan met.
In terms of starting, Inter milan continued the duo of Dzeko and Lautaro, with Liverpool sending Mane, Salah and Jota's forward trident.
In the opening 5th minute, Inter broke the ball in front of the field and Lautaro's kick from the top of the arc of the penalty area was deflected. In the 14th minute, Robertson drove a set-piece and Mane nodded his head high. In the 15th minute, Perisic's cross from the left was met by Char khanoglu, who cut in from a tight angle and fired over the crossbar, leaving Inter out of the way.
In the 28th minute, Alexander-Arnold took a free-kick and shot slightly off target. In the 40th minute, Char khanoglu fired a corner kick and Shkriniar flicked his header off the post. At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0 draw, Liverpool had 9 shots on goal, Inter 3, none of them were on target, and the attack was not efficient.
In the second half, perisic crossed from the left in front of the goal, and The follow-up Lautaro failed to top it, missing the opportunity. In the 59th minute, Vidal sent a wonderful pass from the back, Dzeko inserted a single knife in front of him, and finally pushed the goal, the referee signaled that Dzeko was offside, and the goal was invalid.
In the 75th minute, Robertson drove in a corner on the right, Firmino nodded the ball in front of him and then rubbed it into the far corner, Liverpool broke the deadlock 1-0, and Klopp on the sideline finally smiled.
At halftime, Klopp made an early substitution, allowing Firmino to come off the bench and replace Jota, this time the substitution was very effective, after Firmino completed the goal, Liverpool touched the victory of the game with one hand.