Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah scored as Liverpool recorded an important 2-0 win against Inter Milan in their Champions League round-of-16 first leg at San Siro on Wednesday.
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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 struggled 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 an Andy Robertson corner to break the deadlock in the 75th minute.
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Salah then added a second on 83 minutes, picking up a loose ball in the penalty area and scoring after Inter failed to clear a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross.
The Egypt international has now scored eight goals in seven Champions League starts this season.
Late in the game James Milner came on as a substitute to make his 800th career appearance.
Even with the away goals rule no longer in force, the victory puts the 2019 Champions League winners in a commanding position ahead of the return leg on March 8 at Anfield.
“We expected to be under pressure because this is the Champions League,” Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk told BT Sport. “One of the messages before the game was that we needed to be ready to suffer.
“It was a very good performance and clean sheet.”
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