Liverpool have everything in their favor to be in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. For the 0-2 in the first leg and for the twelve wins in a row that he has accumulated in all competitions; a level that places them well above the reigning champions of Italy and who cling to a miracle to cause an upset.
The match, which will be played at Anfield Road, will be broadcast on ESPN and Star+, starting at 3 in the afternoon, Colombian time.
Liverpool will make a break in its pursuit of Manchester City in the Premier League to secure a spot in the Champions League quarter-finals for the fourth time in the last five seasons.
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To turn the match around, Inter will have to do something that only Leicester City and Milan have done at Anfield this season, score two goals or more. Interestingly, both teams lost the match despite drilling the ‘Red’ goal twice.
Liverpool’s approach to sustain the advantage
Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool’s German coach, hopes to be able to recover Thiago Alcántara, who was injured in the League Cup final, and Joel Matip for the clash, while Roberto Firmino has it very difficult to play this Tuesday.
This shouldn’t be a problem for a Liverpool side who, in addition to Diogo Jota’s goals, added Colombian Luis Diaz to the team in the winter. The champion in 2019 and finalist in 2018 is even more fearsome, although they have been warned of a first leg that was not easy and in which only their punch saved them.
Inter trusts his recent moment for the comeback
Inter Milan go into the second leg with good feelings after overwhelming Salernitana (5-0) at the San Siro and with only one goal in mind, to maintain the level shown in the first leg to conquer Anfield and qualify for the quarterfinals.
The men led by Klopp have one foot in the next round, but the ‘neroazzurri’ trust in the comeback. ANDhe Argentinian striker Lautaro Martínez appears as the great threat -and hope- for Inter. The striker, who has rediscovered the goal at the key moment of the season, has beaten Chilean Alexis Sánchez for the title.
In addition, his ‘hat-trick’ last day, as well as his great performance during the match, seems to have excited the ‘tifosi’ before the most important game of the year.
The Italian coach Simone Inzaghi recovers the Argentine Joaquín ‘Tucu’ Correa for the clash, who could be an alternative in attack; the German Robin Gosens in defense, who already had minutes this weekend in the left lane although the Croatian Ivan Perisic is still the first option and aims to start; and the Uruguayan Matías Vecino for midfield.
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However, Inzaghi will not be able to line up, as happened in the first leg, the Italian midfielder Nicolo Barella -fundamental in Inter’s scheme-, who will serve his second game of suspension for an attack on the Brazilian Eder Militao in the match against Real Madrid in the group stage, something that can once again open the door to the starting eleven for Chilean Arturo Vidal, starter in the first leg.
The victory in the league, the team’s good feelings after the first leg, Lautaro’s reunion with the goal and the motivation of playing on a stage like Anfield keep Inter’s dream of returning to the Champions League quarter-finals alive ‘ after eleven years (2010-11).
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