The second leg of the Champions League round of 16 kicked off in the early hours of this morning, with a focus battle played at Anfield Stadium and Liverpool playing at home. In the first leg, Liverpool won the 2-0 away game against Inter to take advantage of the promotion opportunity, which means that Liverpool only need to draw with Inter at home today to secure the promotion, Klopp sent the strongest squad today, Salah, Mane, Jota Trident joint start.
Although it is the strongest squad to play, but the 2-goal lead of Liverpool today is still a bit of a stability, which is to give Inter a chance, Liverpool side of the luck today is also a little bad, in the 30th minute, Liverpool front left 30 degree angle free kick opportunity, Arnold handled the penalty to hang in the middle of the penalty area, Matip grabbed the point to shake his head to attack the goal, BOOM a leather ball was blocked by the crossbar. In the 40th minute, Inter were given a better free-kick opportunity, a free-kick on the right side of the penalty area, Martinez directly shot at the penalty, and goalkeeper Alisson struggled to save the ball. In the first half of stoppage time 5 minutes, the last minute, Sanchez, Vidal to eat a yellow card consecutively, the two sides half-time 0-0 flat.
Just one minute into the opening minute, Inter's free-kick opportunity at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the field, Char Khanoglu took the penalty and hoisted it to the front of the small penalty area, and Sanchez's ultra-close fish jumping hammer was also saved by Alisson. In the 52nd minute, Liverpool broke the ball in front of the counter-attack, Thiago on the left side of the penalty area should be cleverly picked out, goalkeeper Handanovic attacked the ball wrong, Salah got the opportunity to empty the goal, but Salah pushed out by the goalpost.
In the 62nd minute, Matip's backfield ball was somewhat inexplicable, Inter counter-attacked in front of the field, Sanchez should be obliquely plugged, Martinez received the ball on the left side of the penalty area and adjusted a step after suddenly shooting from a long distance, the ball hung directly in the far corner of the goal, Alisson was beyond the reach of the whip this time, Inter broke the deadlock 1:0, the total score was 1:2, and the Serie A champion also saw the hope of equalizing.
However, in just the past 1 minute, Inter suffered a heavy blow, Sanchez in the front of the scramble for some unnecessary shoveling down Fabinho, referee Raos this time without mercy to give Sanchez a yellow card, 2 yellow to 1 red Sanchez was sent off, just scored the joy of the momentum has not passed, Inter have to face the disadvantage of playing less and more. Liverpool, who had one more man, also played very steadily, and in the 75th minute they got a great opportunity again, the midfielder grabbed the ball, Mane exquisitely overhanged the top, Salah followed up with a half-single knife volley in the middle, BOOM, the ball was blocked by the goalpost again, Salah's mid-frame "opened twice".
After that, Inter, who had one less man, wanted to fight back and lacked strength, and finally the score was fixed at 0:1, Liverpool lost at home, but they eliminated Inter 2:1 in two legs to advance to the quarter-finals. What was most discussed after the game was that many Inter fans believed that Inzaghi Jr. replaced Sanchez in the second half, and perhaps Inter had the hope of equalizing, but Sanchez was replaced, can Martinez score a goal? For Inter, it is the "right way" to defend the Serie A title now.