Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s admission after Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan at Anfield could concern fans hoping to lift a seventh Champions League this season. The Reds were beaten on the night but progressed to the quarter-finals with a 2-1 aggregate triumph over Inter.
After their success at the San Siro last month, Liverpool entered the game with a two-goal advantage but failed to add to their lead in another uninspiring performance.
Lautaro Martinez opened the scoring on 61 minutes with an unbelievable long-range strike, spiking the tension in Anfield through the roof.
But just minutes later, Alexis Sanchez saw red after a reckless challenge earned his second yellow card of the game.
And the Chilean’s moment of madness all but ended Inter’s hopes as Liverpool lost 1-0 on the night but progressed into the last eight on aggregate.
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After full-time, Klopp admitted it’s a good thing that Liverpool don’t have to face the Serie A champions every week.
He told BT Sport: “Over the two legs, I think it is fair. We won one and they won one. It was a very interesting game, but in the end we lost which isn’t cool, but we respect Inter – they caused us a lot of problems.
“We are through, and that is the main target. Sometimes you face teams like Leeds, where you face a man-marking side.
“You have to move a lot, which we did, but maybe we didn’t do it smart enough – and we lost a lot of simple balls. It was tricky – in the end, it’s good we don’t face Inter every week!”
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Mohamed Salah also spoke in the aftermath, suggesting complacency was potentially Liverpool’s downfall at Anfield.
“We need to start better from the beginning, we need to push a little bit more,” Salah explained.
“Maybe in the back of our mind we felt we were a little bit overconfident, but it’s a good game for us to take and learn from.
“It’s always important to win a game, but like tonight we hit the post twice, had a lot of chances, but that can happen in football and the good thing is that we qualified.”
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