Inter drop Liverpool at Anfield and bid farewell to champions league
Inter Milan bid farewell to the Champions League, despite beating Liverpoolfc 1-0, in their match at The Reds at Anfield, in the second leg of the round of 16.
Laotaro Martinez scored the game's only goal in the 62nd minute.
Liverpool qualified for the quarter-finals despite the loss, with the English team benefiting from a 2-0 victory in the first leg in The San Siro in Milan, to qualify with a 2-1 victory in the total two matches.
The first attempt of the match came six minutes later, after a cross by Perisic into the area, separated by Robertson to reach Vidal, who set it up for his teammate Dumfries to fire the latter a shot that reached the middle of the goal for Eddie Allison.
Liverpool got a corner in the 16th minute, carried out inside the area, to be picked up by Dutchman Van Dijk and met with a header towards the goal, but Inter goalkeeper Handanovic had a lookout.
Reds defender Matip almost scored the first goal in the 30th minute, after Arnold's free kick from the left inside the area, which the defender met with an excellent header that hit the crossbar that denied him the chance to score the first goal.
One minute later, a new opportunity came to the home side after Arnold's corner also went into the area, to be met by defender Van Dijk with a header that hit Scrinyar's head and passed next to the goal for a corner.
Allison starred and saved his team's goal from Inter's first goal, after a free kick from the right by Calhangolo with a tricky shot and straight towards the net, Allison managed to keep it out in the 41st minute.
Arnold almost capped his performance with a superb goal in the 45+6 minute, after the Reds got a steady free kick from outside the area, which Arnold shot straight past Handanovic's right-hand post, ending the first half.
Inter's left-hand post saved a certain goal from Mo Salah feet, and in the 51st minute Handanovic came out of his goal to keep the ball away but fell to Mohamed Salah, who fired a shot into the goalkeeper's empty net but hit the post.
Lautaro missed a goal in the 59th minute, after Perisic's pass was received by the Argentine and the defender was in a good position to shoot into the net but he hit a weak ground ball that touched a Liverpool defender and passed next to the post for a corner.
In the 62nd minute, Lautaro finally scored the first goal, after a false pass from Matip was obtained by Perisic to pass it to Sanchez and then to Laotaro, who fired a rocket shot from outside the area in a difficult angle on the goalkeeper who failed to counter it.
In the 64th minute, Alexis Sánchez received the second yellow card and then the red after a strong intervention on the feet of Liverpool midfielder Fabinho, to complete the inter meeting with 10 players.
Salah threatened inter's goal with a chance to score in the 75th minute, after the Egyptian star met a cross with a powerful shot from inside the area to hit the right-hand post of goalkeeper Handanovic.
Inter almost scored by mistake in their own goal, after a corner by Robertson passed in front of everyone to hit Vecchino's head and pass next to Handanovic left post to a corner.
Inter almost scored by mistake in their own goal, after a corner by Robertson passed in front of everyone to hit Vecchino's head and pass next to Handanovic's left post to a corner.
Vidal saved his team's goal from a Reds goal in the 90+2 minute, after a quick counterattack that reached Arnold to pass it inside the area to Luis Diaz, who hit the ball from the front of the six-yard area to intervene Vidal with a decisive and wonderful intervention and take the ball to a corner.