Champions League | "Slapstick": FC Liverpool honests despite quarter-final

Lost and yet in the quarterfinals: While Team Manager Jürgen Klopp the 0: 1 home defeat against Inter Milan Locker took, Liverpools Torjäger Mohamed Salah responded to the result.

Jürgen Klopp left, but his star door Mohamed Salah reacted irritably. "Maybe we were confident in mind. At least it was a good game to learn from it," said the Egyptian after 0: 1 (0: 0) - home defeat of the FC Liverpool against Inter Milan, but after the 2: 0-game victory was enough to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Salah responded emotionally to the current result at the Anfield Road and wanted to know the result as a wake-up call. Seeing the return leg as a unit, which was Klopp's view. And as a bonmine for this, the 54-year-old named his co-trainer Peter Krawietz: "He said, 'The art of football is to lose the right games'".

That's exactly what the Reds did despite significant superiority, with a bit of luck at the right moment: only 120 seconds after the gate of Lautaro Martinez (61.) Alexis Sanchez flew with yellow-red from the square. In addition, the Reds had an aluminum allergy, because Salah (52./73.) Met the post twice.

Klopp: "It was already a bit slapstick, as we skipped the chances." In the case, the guests tried in vain for a second goal, with which they had forced at least an extension.

FC Liverpool misses Bayern's top

Nevertheless, two proud Liverpooler series ended. The 0: 1 was the first defeat after twelve compulsive defeats in succession and also the eighth win in the eighth season game of the royal class missed the former English record champion. This feat was made only the FC Barcelona (2002/2003) and Bayern Munich (2019/2020).

Therefore, Klopp did not want to go completely to the agenda. "We do not go to the place to lose. I still hate. But we are qualified for the next round, that's all that counts," said the German coach.

This also had to give up his Italian coaching colleague Simone Inzaghi, whose conclusion exfoluted: "An away win in Anfield is beautiful, for which he was unfortunately useless." Also because Klopp "with the autopilot in the next round" drove, as La Repubblica wrote.