Liverpool won a difficult victory against its host Inter Milan, with two clean goals, in the match that brought them together this evening, Wednesday, at the San Siro stadium, in the first leg of the 16th round of the Champions League.

Roberto Firmino scored the first goal in the 75th minute, while Mohamed Salah scored the second goal in the 83rd minute.

Inter is a guest of Liverpool, in the second leg, which will be held at Anfield, on 8 March.

Lautaro almost scored an early goal against Liverpool, after the ball reached the edge of the area in the fifth minute, to launch a powerful shot that passed next to the left post of the Reds goalkeeper, Alisson.

After continuous pressure from the guests on the Inter goal, the Nerazzurri defense dispersed the ball outside the area, to be met by Thiago with a distinctive shot that passed over the crossbar to hit the upper net of the goal.

Mane missed a real chance to score in the 14th minute, after a fixed free-kick from the left, which was executed by Robertson, with an elaborate crosshair inside the area, which the Senegalese met with a header over the crossbar.

The crossbar stood in front of a missile shot from the Turkish Kalhangulu, the Inter midfielder after the ball reached him from the left side of Perisic to penetrate the area and launch a projectile towards the goal that hits the crossbar and prevents him from the first goal.

Mane missed a new opportunity for the Reds in the 23rd minute after a corner was executed inside the area, which Konate headed with a header to reach Mane, who hit it with a scissor kick that hit the side nets of the goal.

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Liverpool defender Konate starred, and saved his team from a one-on-one with Dzeko, after a quick counter-attack, the ball reached Dumfries, who passed a cross from the right into the area for Dzeko, who was in a solitary position on the goal, but Konate intervened wonderfully and removed it for a corner before it reached the Inter striker.

Inter got a corner kick from the right by Calhangulu inside the area, to be met by defender Skriniar with a header that passed next to Alisson’s right post.

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The start of the second half came very strong from Inter Milan, whose players were dedicated to wasting opportunities in front of the Liverpool goal after Vidal missed an easy opportunity to shoot on goal after he preferred to pass the ball to his colleague Laotaro, but the Reds’ defense kept it away.

Perisic returned with a new opportunity, achieved after starting from the left in the 53rd minute and passing across in front of the goal, it passed in front of Laotaro’s head outside the field, in a new opportunity for the owners of the land.

Dzeko scored the first goal in the match in the 60th minute, after he scored from the middle of the field and hit the ball into the net, but the referee blew his whistle, announcing the presence of an offside attack on the Inter striker.

Substitute Diaz almost scored a goal for the Reds after his participation in a few seconds, after several passes that reached the Colombian to pass to Arnold, who returned it to him again inside the area to hit the net, but Skriniar shined and removed the ball from his goal for a corner.

Inter’s attacking flood continued on the Reds’ goal, and in the 73rd minute, Calhangulu took a corner kick inside the area, Dumfries met it with an excellent header, but it crossed Alisson’s goal.

Contrary to the course of the meeting, in the 76th minute, Liverpool managed to score the first goal of the meeting through substitute Firmino, who took advantage of a corner that he met with a perfect header in the net against Handanovic.

Perisic, who played a more than wonderful match, almost equalized for his team in the 79th minute, after the Liverpool defense scattered the ball outside the area, to be met by the Croatian with a missile shot that passed over the Liverpool bar.

And in the 83rd minute, Liverpool doubled the score with a second goal through Mohamed Salah, who took advantage of a free kick carried out inside the area that was scattered by the defense awkwardly so that Salah could shoot the ball from inside the area from under the feet of the Inter players into the net.