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Liverpool eases its task at Anfield with two goals against Inter Milan


 

Liverpool FC facilitated their task at Anfield after they beat Inter Milan 2-0 during the match that was held at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in the first leg of the Champions League final.


 


 Liverpool advanced in the 75th minute through Roberto Firmino from a header following a corner by Andy Robertson from the right, and Mohamed Salah doubled the score in the 83rd minute after a cross from Robertson.


 


 The match was strong from both sides, during which Inter was the best party that played a great match and dominated the match completely with a high tactical performance from Jurgen Klopp.


 


 With the domination of Inter, Klopp made a three-way substitution to regain control of the match and succeeded in scoring two goals that gave his team victory during the match, to make his task easy in the second round at Anfield.


 


 Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi started the match with a formation consisting of:


 Goalkeeper: Samir Handanovic.


 Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni - Stefano De Vri - Milan Skrniar.


 Midfield: Denzel Dumfries - Ivan Perisic - Marcelo Brezovic - Hakan Calhangulu - Arturo Vidal.


 Forward: Edin Dzeko - Lautaro Martinez.


 Inzaghi made 5 changes to his lineup, starting in the 70th minute, with Alexis Sanchez participating in the place of Lautaro Martinez, and in the 87th minute, he made a three-way substitution by leaving Roberto Galliardini, Andrea Ranocchia and Matteo Darmian instead of Stefano De Frei, Denzel Dumfries and Arturo Vidal, and completed it in the nineties with the exit of Alessandro Bastoni and entry.


 


 While Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp entered a formation of:


 Goalkeeper: Alison Becker.


 Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold - Ibrahima Konate - Virgil van Dijk - Andy Robertson.


 Midfield: Fabinho - Thiago Alcantara - Harvey Elliott.


 Attack: Mohamed Salah - Sadio Mane - Diego Jota.


 Klopp made five substitutions, the first of which was at the beginning of the second half, leaving Diego Jota and entering Roberto Firmino. In the 60th minute, he made three substitutions at once, with Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson and Louis Diaz entering instead of Harvey Elliott, Fabinho and Sadio Mane, and completed it in the 86th minute with the participation of James Milner instead of Thiago Alcantara.


 


 The match was moderated by a Polish refereeing team led by Simon Marciniak, who did not issue any cards throughout the meeting.


 


 It is noteworthy that the return match will be held at Anfield on the eighth of next March.

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