Liverpool vs Inter Milan LIVE: Champions League result, final score and reaction from fixture tonight
Follow live coverage as Jurgen Klopp’s Reds look to put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals with the first leg in Milan
Follow live reaction as late goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah earned Liverpool a 2-0 victory at Inter Milan in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday.
Inter had the better of the first-half chances, with Hakan Calhanoglu firing against the crossbar when afforded too much time in the penalty area. Liverpool were struggling to create many opportunities, with coach Jurgen Klopp ringing the changes in the second half, and one of those substitutes came up trumps - Firmino flicking home from a corner to break the deadlock in the 75th minute.
With their resistance broken, the errors started to creep in for Inter and Salah pounced when they failed to clear a long ball into the box to put the game to bed seven minutes from time. Even with the away goals rule no longer in force, the victory puts the 2019 Champions League winners in a commanding position ahead of the return leg on March 8 at Anfield.
Follow all the reaction below:
GOAL! Inter Milan 0 - 1 Liverpool (Firmino, 75’)⚽️
75 mins: Great goal! Arturo Vidal wins the ball off Mo Salah but his tackle knocks the ball into his own box where Trent Alexander-Arnold recovers it and wins a corner. Andy Robertson takes it for Liverpool and curls the set piece away from the near post. Roberto Firmino leaps in front of Alessandro Bastoni to win the header and guides it across the box to nestle into the far bottom corner!
Inter Milan 0 - 0 Liverpool
72 mins: Chance! Calhanoglu fizzes the corner kick in towards the near post and picks out Dumfries who whips his head onto the ball and sends the effort just over the crossbar!
Inter Milan 0 - 0 Liverpool
69 mins: Alexis Sanchez comes on for Inter Milan replacing Lautaro Martinez up top. Will he able to break the deadlock at the San Siro?
Sanchez’s first touch sees Konate slide in from behind and nick the ball off him before losing it just inside his own half. Inter work the ball up towards Dzeko and win a corner.
Inter Milan 0 - 0 Liverpool
66 mins: Andy Robertson swings a corner deep into the box for Liverpool but it’s goes over the top of Ibrahima Konate and is sweep away by Arturo Vidal.
Liverpool regain possession and work it over to the left side of the pitch where the ball comes up to Luis Diaz. He darts inside and shoots but fires his effort wide of the far post.
Inter Milan 0 - 0 Liverpool
63 mins: Chance! Quick work from Luis Diaz sees him drive the ball through the middle of the pitch before passing it across to Trent Alexander-Arnold. He slides and pass into the box as Diaz continues his run. The substitute gets onto the end of the pass and turns the ball towards goal only for Milan Skriniar to block the effort and turn it behind for a corner.
Inter Milan 0 - 0 Liverpool
60 mins: Harvey Elliott, Sadio Mane, and Fabinho are all hooked by Jurgen Klopp who isn’t happy with what he’s seeing out there. Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita, and Luis Diaz all come on.
Inter score! The ball is flicked over Liverpool’s high backline and is collected by Edin Dzeko. He brings it into the box and guides a nice finish past Alisson but doesn’t get time to celebrate as the offside flag is raised.
Inter Milan 0 - 0 Liverpool
57 mins: Inter Milan are really putting the pressure on Liverpool. They’ve stepped onto the front foot since the restart. The home side win a corner that Hakan Calhanoglu curls into the box. There’s a scramble in the middle and the ball skips loose to Alessandro Bastoni. He shoots from just outside the penalty area and sends his effort high over the crossbar!
Inter Milan 0 - 0 Liverpool
54 mins: Close! What a chance for Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries sends a great cross field pass over to Ivan Perisic on the left and he brings it down perfectly inside the box. Perisic holds the ball up to the back post where Lautaro Martinez leaps towards it but can’t get his head to the pass and the ball skips safely away. Any kind of touch from the striker there and it would have been a goal! Great move from Inter Milan.
Inter Milan 0 - 0 Liverpool
51 mins: De Vrij slots a decent aerial pass over to Bastoni on the left side. He drives it up the pitch and shimmies away from an attempted tackle by Elliott before laying it back to Perisic. He floats a cross into the bo for Dzeko but Alisson is confidently off his line and plucks the ball out of the air.
Inter Milan 0 - 0 Liverpool
48 mins: Chance! Inter Milan create the first chance of the second half as they work the ball over to Ivan Perisic on the left wing. He come inside and lays the ball off to Marcelo Brozovic. Brozovic has time to pick his spot but he pulls his low effort wide of the near post.
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