Liverpool do it the ugly way in the Champions League, but what have done Robert Lewandowski?! - The Warm-Up

WEDNESDAY’S BIG STORIES Liverpool battle through Ad/> Before the BT Sport stream had even stopped showing the replay of Lautaro Martinez’s second-half stunner, Twitter was already abuzz about Alexis Sanchez’s second yellow for a second studs-up challenge on a Liverpool player. Champions League'The Best' with terrifying stats, so where’s the scramble to sign Lewandowski?11 HOURS AGO Hopes can fade just like that, and although the tie was far from over with 30 minutes still to go, the wind ripped through the Inter sails like a storm on the O2 just as Inter were looking capable of mounting the comeback.

In the end, Liverpool held on, losing at home but progressing to the Champions League quarter-finals, and it may well secretly please Jurgen Klopp that they did it the ugly way. «The difficulties we had were pretty close to what I expected,” Klopp admitted.

“Without playing brilliantly we had clear-cut chances, and it's completely fine that they won one and we went through.” It is not often Klopp addresses a loss at Anfield, but this one he might not mind – and Mohamed Salah concurs. “The most important thing is that we have qualified,” Salah told BT Sport.

Liverpool through to quarter-finals despite Martinez stunner at Anfield Liverpool have Sanchez to thank for more than just the obvious reason /> “This is a good game to learn from, it's always important to win but sometimes, like tonight, you hit the post twice and you miss chances, it can happen. “The good thing is that is not in the league, and we have qualified.

That is great.” Super Lewy Woah, woah, woah, Robert! What did you do that for? That wasn’t part of Operation Shush. You know, the plan to not draw attention towards Bayern Munich? You just can’t help yourself,