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The first qualifiers for the quarter-finals of the C1 are expected on Tuesday March 8. Liverpool, who had won the round of 16 first leg against Inter Milan (2-0), received the Italians on their lawn. The “Reds” are the big favorites in this duel.
Liverpool had fulfilled their mission by going to dominate Inter Milan (2-0) Wednesday February 16 in Italy, taking a big advantage before the return leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League. Mohamed Salah scored his 8th goal in seven C1 matches this season. The Egyptian international is still top of the Premier League goalscoring charts.
Sadio Mané at the top
Second in the Premier League six points behind Manchester City, Jürgen Klopp’s “Reds” show great confidence. Saturday March 5, against West Ham, Liverpool chained a seventh consecutive victory thanks to Sadio Mané (1-0). His victory in the last African Cup of Nations gave him another dimension according to Jürgen Klopp. ” He was a great player, a world class player when he left here, but he’s coming back as a leader on a different levelestimated the coach of the “Reds”. It was a big tournament, the biggest of his life so far. He reached a huge milestone, 100%. »
In 2018-19, Mané finished co-top scorer in the Premier League with 22 goals and was one of the centerpieces of the “Reds” European champion crown. Jürgen Klopp’s players have great ambitions on the European scene, like their winter recruit, the Colombian Luis Diaz.
If the Interists have already managed to come up with two goals against Liverpool, winning 3-0 in the second leg, it was at home, in the semi-finals in 1965, another year in which they lifted the trophy. The “Reds” have qualified in the 34 UEFA double confrontations in which they have won the first leg away from home.
At Anfield, Liverpool are hard to beat, especially on big European nights. Liverpool remain unbeaten in all competitions in 2022. The Reds have already won the League Cup, and are in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. While Jurgen Klopp still scoffs at the idea of his team winning a historic quadruple of trophies, he admits he has the best team since the start of his tenure at Anfield. Liverpool won their sixth C1 fairly recently in 2019, while Inter have been waiting since 2010 to win a fourth Champions League.
