Football

Liverpool beat Inter 2-0 in first leg of Champions League last-16 tie

By Aman Shukla

Liverpool put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday with a 2-0 victory at Inter Milan which came after a hard-fought encounter at a bubbling San Siro. Goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah in the second half of an hour gave Liverpool a commanding lead ahead of the last-16 second leg at Anfield in three weeks’ time.

“Tough place to come, a very good team, difficult to break down and I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the crowd. A good result to take back to Anfield,” Van Dijk said to BT Sport.

“Everyone expects to be under pressure, it is the Champions League. The message before was you need to be ready to suffer and do the hard work. It is a very good performance, clean sheet and happy days.”

The last eight now looks a step too far for Inter in the wake of making the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time in a decade, leaving Juventus as Italy’s only real hope of success in the competition.

“I think it was a good match and we should be proud of the way we played against one of the best teams in the world. For 65-70 minutes we deserved to win,” Inter manager Simone Inzaghi told reporters after the match.

 

Aman Shukla

Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication. A media enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication, content writing, and copy writing. Aman is currently working as a subeditor at dailyindianews.com and can be reached at [email protected]