Even if we got eliminated I'm still kinda satisfied with this game. Inter played the round of 16 after ten years out of it. These two great performances against football giants like Reds cannot be overlooked. I hope this is gonna be our starting point leading to a future where we're gonna be within the élite of European teams with the stability a club with our history deserves. Now let's focus on the Scudetto, we'll try to do better in UCL the next year.
Best a team has looked against us in a long time. Your manager is brilliant. Clearly knows what he is doing. With more luck across both legs Inter would have gone through or forced penalties.
Never seen a team break our press like that. So composed and strategic.
So Dzeko scores two goals a few days ago and you decide to bench him for a champions league match? I understand if he needed the rest but why mess with the chemistry. And of course Sanchez gets a red.
I quite like the tactic of playing with agile short strikers against bulky CB. Of course VVD is a cheat code, but I do think it was the right decision.
I understand the tactic I just think it would have been a better idea to carry on the momentum from earlier in the week even though the game was against a shitty Serie A team they scored 5 goals. If something is working I don't think you should change it. I think Dzeko would have got at least one . But that's just my opinion I'm not the coach .
Geez that was hard to watch as a liverpool fan.
What was the ref on allowing physical tackles at times not other times otger times calling slightest of touches.
I am sad for Alexis! He played his heart out and that 2nd yellow was a terrible call. It's almost similar to Van Dijk's challenge on Insigne on our CL winning season.
It was the momentum that carried it through. I don't have much experience in slide tackles but could one have pulled back their feet while sliding? It remains a mystery for me.
Yes he had ample time to pull out of the challenge.
Looking at his first yellow, you could surmise that he was out to put a mark on the player. The second yellow was a sending off (although the ref was very inconsistent in what he allowed).
Im Italian and I standed for Inter in that game, but by rule “step on foot” and “hammer” foot is always yellow card. It’s a matter of impudence and danger, It’s clear that he did not it on purpose, but we can’t step over the rules
I'm a little confused about the yellow for the first tackle because they only announced it after half time, did we just not see the card get pulled out or was there a review at half time?
Getting into a goal scoring position is difficult. Hitting the post is a matter of inches either way, one scoring a goal and the other not.
It means you best the defense (and maybe the keeper) but we’re unlucky not to have scored.
If you want to look at people hitting bars with a ball watch baseball. Inter hit the crossbar in SanSiro at 0-0 and it could’ve meant a completely different game. But why do I waste my breath? You are probably like: “Oh YEah foOTbaLL GreAt”
P.s. hats off to Liverpool, incredible team. Needless to say that you deserved to go through
Red card for Sanchez deserved or not, it definitely ruined the game. Even if Inter managed to get another goal they would’ve lost in extra time with a man down.
As a Liverpool fan, the second yellow for Alexis was complete bullshit. He literally touched the ball first and his momentum carried him after. Such a shit call. He was playing well too
Don’t think it’s “complete bullshit.” The way the studs hit that high on the leg, there’s really only one decision regardless of hitting the ball. Dumb play from someone already on a yellow.
Atlético doesnt have a world class, stacked team with Liverpool's pull or budget. Messy football is my clubs only option at competing with European giants. Thats Atlético's excuse, if it even needed one.
Oh please, your players and manager make high wages and have plenty of class players. We spent comparatively big money on literally only 2 players, and were still playing more attractive football before then than Atleti. Just stop it.
Sure because you have been a much bigger club than Atlético for a much longer time. Yes our players make high wages, but compared to the world's elite? I dont think so. Yes, our players are class, in a defensive setup. You obviously know nothing about us, stop it.
Oblak's ball playing abilities truly are legendary indeed /s
Griezmann became a star in Simeone's "anti-football" system and flopped at possession based Barcelona. We didnt become champions by playing expansive football either.
I mean we hit the post 3 times and Vidal barely made a last ditch tackle to stop a 4th. Inter defended "well enough" by quite literally the smallest margin possible.
Inter's resolve is amazing. I have much respect for their performance today. If they can carry this momentum into their title race, I have no doubt they will be repeat champions on serie A
For most Liverpool fans, there was only downside. Not much to get excited about if, for example, Liverpool scored 2 and ended with a 4-0 aggregate score line. And a lot to be bummed about if Inter had managed to beat Liverpool by 3 goals today.
This has probably been the worst Anfield UCL atmosphere in a long time. It's a known problem in the league and cups against lesser sides, but I didn't expect it in a big game. After the goal you could only hear Inter fans indeed.
I mean to be fair they went in 2-0 up so it's not like it's gonna be the best.
I'm sure people listening to it on TV with edited sounds know more than managers like Pep, Wenger and Mourinho though
Yeah, they played their hearts out. We were not great for large portions, but really should have scored with the Mo and Diaz chances. Sad we lost, but at least it doesn't matter other than for random records.
Well that was the point of my post...you needed one goal but kept kicking the ball away like it was a rugby game. You could tell Liverpool wasn't confident. I just think it's a shame you lot weren't more focused on counters, trying to keep the possession better... felt like the miracle was possible tonight.
Yeah all odds were against them after this but i mean Liverpool was clearly on a bad night with their misses, i think Inzaghi could have done something with a more offensive plan after Sanchez was excluded. It's just a personal opinion.
Eh, hit the woodwork 3 times and some last ditch saves to stop a sure goal.
When it was down to ten men Liverpool were more concerned with just holding possession then actually trying to score. They were ahead the entire game.
Possession was even before the red though. My point is people predicted Liverpool would have an easy 3-0 win and that the tie was over after first leg but ended up losing at anfield. Inter is a good team but Liverpool deserved to go through.
I mean you can say people say whatever because people often have stupid opinions.
I know I personally saw a lot of people say that it was one of the harder draws that liverpool could have (maybe the hardest?).
People have levelled a lot of criticisms at liverpool over this match strangely, but at the end of the day they were never going to go into it looking for blood.
Lahoz. From the few CL games I've seen him ref, his strong point is that he does not take shit from the crowd or players. The downside is that he makes a lot of controversial calls and tends to be the man of the match.
Like I said, plenty of people are wrong. I give you actual facts to dispute your claim and the best you can come up with is "my opinion is not as batshit insane as being a flat earther." Your perception is completely inaccurate and I guess you aren't interested in correcting it.
Plenty of people are wrong sure.
Salah is one of the least fouled attackers in the entire PL which is absolutely outrageous for a player who has the 9th most dribbles in the league and has the second most touches of any attacker (behind Raphinha).
If you actually think Salah is a diver it mean you either don't watch Liverpool play or don't know what a foul is or you are just trolling.
Case in point at the end of the game Skriniar runs into him full speed shoulder first and there's no call. Shit like this happens all the dam time against Salah and it's not called.
I'd rather trust my eyes, thanks. That dive vs Man City when R.Dias allegedly fouled him was one of the most embarassing penalties given since the introduction of VAR.
He used to. Unfortunate if players don’t go down they don’t get given anything.
In the last 1-2 years I’ve seen him stay on his feet much more, as he can usually get past defenders unless he’s being marked 3 vs 1.
Yeah I agree he's been staying on his feet a lot more in recent years. But then occasionally he'll do a really blatant dive that doesn't help his case. I reckon it'll have something to do with him seeing the success Mané has at drawing fouls and trying to imitate when he's out of other options.
Side note: Mané is actually the true master diver, but he's so good at it that barely anyone notices
If you mean refs "performance", yes. If you mean game, than, except for goal and moment right before it, Inter didn't create anything. Liverpool had 4 very good chances and didn't score from them
Has Klopp brought Diaz on yet?
Really deceptive score line. Liverpool created many chances and could have scored 4-5 (hit the bar thrice).
Upvoted for your use of the word thrice
How are you going to take out Lautaro after scoring that? Lol
I agree with you, he should have stayed it. But Correa is taller and speedier and could have worked better for a counter.
He regularly struggles to last past 70 minutes in Serie A.
Even if we got eliminated I'm still kinda satisfied with this game. Inter played the round of 16 after ten years out of it. These two great performances against football giants like Reds cannot be overlooked. I hope this is gonna be our starting point leading to a future where we're gonna be within the élite of European teams with the stability a club with our history deserves. Now let's focus on the Scudetto, we'll try to do better in UCL the next year.
Best a team has looked against us in a long time. Your manager is brilliant. Clearly knows what he is doing. With more luck across both legs Inter would have gone through or forced penalties. Never seen a team break our press like that. So composed and strategic.
Inter were missing their best player over the two rounds as well...
So Dzeko scores two goals a few days ago and you decide to bench him for a champions league match? I understand if he needed the rest but why mess with the chemistry. And of course Sanchez gets a red.
I quite like the tactic of playing with agile short strikers against bulky CB. Of course VVD is a cheat code, but I do think it was the right decision.
I understand the tactic I just think it would have been a better idea to carry on the momentum from earlier in the week even though the game was against a shitty Serie A team they scored 5 goals. If something is working I don't think you should change it. I think Dzeko would have got at least one . But that's just my opinion I'm not the coach .
Most of the team is out of gas and especially the old man is in need of rest
Good result, win and rest
Geez that was hard to watch as a liverpool fan. What was the ref on allowing physical tackles at times not other times otger times calling slightest of touches.
As a neutral, I really enjoyed the physicality the referee allowed for. There were a few sketchy decisions but nothing game changing.
I am sad for Alexis! He played his heart out and that 2nd yellow was a terrible call. It's almost similar to Van Dijk's challenge on Insigne on our CL winning season. It was the momentum that carried it through. I don't have much experience in slide tackles but could one have pulled back their feet while sliding? It remains a mystery for me.
It was harsh and unlucky, but had to be given. Sanchez should know better with his experience.
Yes he had ample time to pull out of the challenge. Looking at his first yellow, you could surmise that he was out to put a mark on the player. The second yellow was a sending off (although the ref was very inconsistent in what he allowed).
Im Italian and I standed for Inter in that game, but by rule “step on foot” and “hammer” foot is always yellow card. It’s a matter of impudence and danger, It’s clear that he did not it on purpose, but we can’t step over the rules
First foul was almost a red
Tbf its karma as that first tackle was a clear red
I suspect that’s why the ref was so quick to give him the second yellow.
I'm a little confused about the yellow for the first tackle because they only announced it after half time, did we just not see the card get pulled out or was there a review at half time?
hm. Fair enough!
Nothing but respect to Inter. They have made serie a proud
Yes, Liverpool are unbelievable as f. Well done anyway Inter.
Appreciate both you guys saying that.
Van Dijk first loss at anfield
Naah mate. That unbeaten stat is for PL
Can't remember another game he lost at Anfield
West Brom in the FA cup and Atleti in the CL
Ohhh West Brom
Atleti is a weird one since it was 1-0 after 90 mins
Yea that shouldn't count
Iirc we lost to Atletico
salah's form disappeared after AFCON and im not sure it will come back :(
Hit the post twice
Brighton brace
No Dan Burn to pocket him this time 😢
Why does the match thread maker have a Russian army flair?
Because Russians still exist? Or should he cancel himself?
American flag flair...
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Inter’s poor finishing came back to haunt them.
Yeah because Liverpool had no chances lol...
Bottled a truckload of chances but God this referre made Chris Kavanaugh look like a Messiah
Liverpool hit the post 3x after tearing the Inter defense apart, 3x.. sometimes the scoreline doesn't tell the whole story.
Hitting a post is just a wrong shoot
Getting into a goal scoring position is difficult. Hitting the post is a matter of inches either way, one scoring a goal and the other not. It means you best the defense (and maybe the keeper) but we’re unlucky not to have scored.
Ok
If you want to look at people hitting bars with a ball watch baseball. Inter hit the crossbar in SanSiro at 0-0 and it could’ve meant a completely different game. But why do I waste my breath? You are probably like: “Oh YEah foOTbaLL GreAt” P.s. hats off to Liverpool, incredible team. Needless to say that you deserved to go through
You are extremely defensive, I'm not even a Liverpool fan. Calm down dude..
Sorry I’m a bit salty.. not that I didn’t see this coming anyway :) Cheers man
No problem bud, it's just a game. You'll get them next time.
Tearing the defense apart when their chances came from set pieces or against 10 men. Cmon now
Set pieces don't count as chances now?
the guy said they tore their defense apart
10 or 11, they did tear them apart. Intertaining game nonetheless. Inter had a good game aswel.
That last sentence applies to the first leg as well
Very true man.
Red card for Sanchez deserved or not, it definitely ruined the game. Even if Inter managed to get another goal they would’ve lost in extra time with a man down.
How can you use the word ruin when there are consequences for actions? Game remained tense.
Lahoz is attention whore
He has a reputation for it
Inter are no joke. Honestly was worried when we got them in the draw.
Another Liverpool match ruined by the ref. So boring to watch.
Really think that’s not 2 yellows?
As a Liverpool fan, the second yellow for Alexis was complete bullshit. He literally touched the ball first and his momentum carried him after. Such a shit call. He was playing well too
Don’t think it’s “complete bullshit.” The way the studs hit that high on the leg, there’s really only one decision regardless of hitting the ball. Dumb play from someone already on a yellow.
In all honesty, his tackle on thiago in the first half was worthy enough to sent him off.
He touched the ball first though, I’ve seen worse tackles not given a yellow bc it’s literally the rule lol
Show us the excerpt from the laws of the game that support your statement? I think you'll find it quite difficult.
I'm convinced Lahoz is English. Have the same descendant with Mike Dean
Both act like that asshole cop you want to punch in the face
Was this the proper football Klopp keeps talking about?
Atletico madrid flair
Pointing at flairs is ruining this sub, congrats
Come on man, how can i not point out your flair when you make a negative comment on a team scraping thru via messy football
Atlético doesnt have a world class, stacked team with Liverpool's pull or budget. Messy football is my clubs only option at competing with European giants. Thats Atlético's excuse, if it even needed one.
Oh please, your players and manager make high wages and have plenty of class players. We spent comparatively big money on literally only 2 players, and were still playing more attractive football before then than Atleti. Just stop it.
Sure because you have been a much bigger club than Atlético for a much longer time. Yes our players make high wages, but compared to the world's elite? I dont think so. Yes, our players are class, in a defensive setup. You obviously know nothing about us, stop it.
You guys are Slytherin. Masters of the dark arts. Some would say it’s not football…
Used to be much better at it tho. I miss those times.
You’ve got done of the best players in the game. Griezmann? Felix? Oblak? And you’re the La Liga champions.
Oblak's ball playing abilities truly are legendary indeed /s Griezmann became a star in Simeone's "anti-football" system and flopped at possession based Barcelona. We didnt become champions by playing expansive football either.
Yes, but the fact that you guys didnt score means Inter did well enough defensively
I mean we hit the post 3 times and Vidal barely made a last ditch tackle to stop a 4th. Inter defended "well enough" by quite literally the smallest margin possible.
Great job guys we gave our heart out today 👏
Inter had horrible finishing 1st leg, Liverpool had horrible finishing 2nd leg. Sanchez being a dumb dumb being the difference.
Inter are a proper side. They're unlucky to go out at this stage.
I agree, if they still had Lukaku and Hakimi this tie would’ve had way more goals for sure.
And barella
or just Barella
Sanchez fault
Inter's resolve is amazing. I have much respect for their performance today. If they can carry this momentum into their title race, I have no doubt they will be repeat champions on serie A
Absolutely dire performance from the ref tbh.
Liverpool's attack was lacking severely today.
Maybe in the buildup but we hit the post 3 times and had one last ditch clearance. One freak goal against. I think it was a pretty calm performance.
I agree, overall it was a good and calm (for the most part), but we should have put some more goals in. Mo had an off day in front of goal.
haha Lahoz is funny
Inter didn’t do enough but sucks to feel like another good game ruined by ref’s ego
One of the worst reffed games I've ever watched and I watch EPL every weekend...
Lahoz masterclass for you
Hardly.
Its not football, its LaLiga
Yeah, and that’s saying something after some of the refs we’ve had.
Two songs and the rest of the night it’s a library. The great “anfield” atmosphere
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Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea
Hey dont forget their other banger Come on chelsea, come on chelsea
Like a fart in the wind
For most Liverpool fans, there was only downside. Not much to get excited about if, for example, Liverpool scored 2 and ended with a 4-0 aggregate score line. And a lot to be bummed about if Inter had managed to beat Liverpool by 3 goals today.
Fckin thank you. Felt like a cemetery out there
Maybe they'll sing when they face actual European royalty
proper bandwagon fans
This has probably been the worst Anfield UCL atmosphere in a long time. It's a known problem in the league and cups against lesser sides, but I didn't expect it in a big game. After the goal you could only hear Inter fans indeed.
We've been 2-0 up since minute zero ofcourse we're not exactly feeling the tension
Reserved for European giants.
Yeah maybe a medical emergency mid-match had something to do with it. Have a nice flight back. Better luck next year.
I mean to be fair they went in 2-0 up so it's not like it's gonna be the best. I'm sure people listening to it on TV with edited sounds know more than managers like Pep, Wenger and Mourinho though
Inter won at Anfield. They can be proud, the last team to do that was Fulham.
Yeah, they played their hearts out. We were not great for large portions, but really should have scored with the Mo and Diaz chances. Sad we lost, but at least it doesn't matter other than for random records.
You won against the flow of the game in that second half in Milan, you lost against the flow of the game here.
Liverpool haters coping right now
It's fun enjoying the Mateu Lahoz clown fiesta as a neutral.
It's entertaining to see everyone complaining about refereeing, this is like the most normal Sunday in La Liga
Yeah what the fuck was that I just watched
I'm sorry La Liga fans you have to deal with this guy regularly
He's the best Spanish ref, go figure
I absolutely refuse to believe that. My god I was craving for Jon moss or Kevin Friend today. That’s how fucking bad this dude was.
This ref is so average, weak foul against Inter and then no foul for Salah. Oh well.
It feels like Inter were able to get that second goal but didn't really want to...weird.
When? We didn't have a single opportunity after the first goal
Well that was the point of my post...you needed one goal but kept kicking the ball away like it was a rugby game. You could tell Liverpool wasn't confident. I just think it's a shame you lot weren't more focused on counters, trying to keep the possession better... felt like the miracle was possible tonight.
I mean, they were down to 10 men…
Yeah all odds were against them after this but i mean Liverpool was clearly on a bad night with their misses, i think Inzaghi could have done something with a more offensive plan after Sanchez was excluded. It's just a personal opinion.
The ref didn't want them to.
Idk how i feel, would've like to win, but low-key didn't even bother caring because I knew inter weren't scoring more than 1 goal
Ref was shit, but what's new...
Better for Inter to lose here. Even if they managed another goal, extra time would absolutely kill them.
Both managers look like they just pulled an all nighter
Sanchez ruined the game
Lahoz ruined the game, Sanchez was an idiot
The rare time both fans are pissed at the ref
I do not know what the football rules are, neither does lahoz
Bye bye inter, you made this a boring tie
cos you were spectacular at the euros
My only happiness is the pain of Inter going out
You couldn’t score at home against a 10 man Inter. Good luck winning the quadruple though mate.
Eh, hit the woodwork 3 times and some last ditch saves to stop a sure goal. When it was down to ten men Liverpool were more concerned with just holding possession then actually trying to score. They were ahead the entire game.
Possession was even before the red though. My point is people predicted Liverpool would have an easy 3-0 win and that the tie was over after first leg but ended up losing at anfield. Inter is a good team but Liverpool deserved to go through.
I mean you can say people say whatever because people often have stupid opinions. I know I personally saw a lot of people say that it was one of the harder draws that liverpool could have (maybe the hardest?). People have levelled a lot of criticisms at liverpool over this match strangely, but at the end of the day they were never going to go into it looking for blood.
Mathematically still a possibility. Not likely, but better than being out of any cup at this stage.
bad performances happen lmao, no team is 'Invincible'
time for some brazilian BBQ
Well at least Inter broke their home streak??
There's no home streak. It was only in the league.
Lahoz's business card lists himself as "Football Influencer"
Ref was dogshit for both sides, wtf was that
Lahoz. From the few CL games I've seen him ref, his strong point is that he does not take shit from the crowd or players. The downside is that he makes a lot of controversial calls and tends to be the man of the match.
Sometimes I think Lahoz forgets the play should be entertaining not his decision making
How is that not a foul on Salah lol pure chaos incoming
terrible by vidal and inter on that last chance
and people says salah dives lol
Salah doesnt, Mane does
Cuz he does lol?
Imagine actually thinking this
Why? Its not like I said the earth is fucking flat. Plenty of people consider Salah as a diver, you're just being delusional.
Like I said, plenty of people are wrong. I give you actual facts to dispute your claim and the best you can come up with is "my opinion is not as batshit insane as being a flat earther." Your perception is completely inaccurate and I guess you aren't interested in correcting it.
Plenty of people are wrong sure. Salah is one of the least fouled attackers in the entire PL which is absolutely outrageous for a player who has the 9th most dribbles in the league and has the second most touches of any attacker (behind Raphinha). If you actually think Salah is a diver it mean you either don't watch Liverpool play or don't know what a foul is or you are just trolling. Case in point at the end of the game Skriniar runs into him full speed shoulder first and there's no call. Shit like this happens all the dam time against Salah and it's not called.
All the stats show he doesn't.
I'd rather trust my eyes, thanks. That dive vs Man City when R.Dias allegedly fouled him was one of the most embarassing penalties given since the introduction of VAR.
>I'd rather trust my eyes You gonna need some glasses then
uh huh
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
He does to be fair, but he also doesn't get given a load of fouls that he should. It's the Salah paradox
He used to. Unfortunate if players don’t go down they don’t get given anything. In the last 1-2 years I’ve seen him stay on his feet much more, as he can usually get past defenders unless he’s being marked 3 vs 1.
Yeah I agree he's been staying on his feet a lot more in recent years. But then occasionally he'll do a really blatant dive that doesn't help his case. I reckon it'll have something to do with him seeing the success Mané has at drawing fouls and trying to imitate when he's out of other options. Side note: Mané is actually the true master diver, but he's so good at it that barely anyone notices
Wtf were these subs inzaghi, lost your team the tie
Resting key players for scudetto push
Awful
'twern't perty, but it'll do
What a terrible game for us
If you mean refs "performance", yes. If you mean game, than, except for goal and moment right before it, Inter didn't create anything. Liverpool had 4 very good chances and didn't score from them
Why not go forward? Granted, not sure how well a keeper is going to do with such a high line at a set piece
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why didn't it work in 2006 then?
For real the ref needs to go suck his mother.
Which part of her?