Liverpool's win over Inter a reminder of the Premier League's power - The Warm-Up

THURSDAY'S BIG STORIES Statement Of Intent Ad/> First of all, that was a lot of fun. Liverpool, favourites according to most and inevitable crushing victors according to BT Sport's pre-game show, were kept goalless for 75 minutes. And it was a stressful equilibrium, as Inter pushed and poked and prodded and almost, almost, managed a shot on target.

Champions League'It wasn't brilliant, but it was enough' — Klopp hails 'physical' Liverpool after beating Inter10 HOURS AGO But when the first eleven isn't getting things done, there's always the bench. On came Jordan Henderson to recapture the midfield, on came Roberto Firmino to score the opener. On came Luis Díaz, to irritate Tottenham fans and to let us all know that yes, it seems Liverpool's scouts and analysts have done it again.

With Edin Džeko looking every one of his 274 years — we're not looking it up, we're pretty sure that's right — and Lautaro Martínez unable to get himself running at Liverpool's defenders, Inter's industry remained toothless. It won't be much comfort this morning, but Simone Inzaghi knew. He knew from the moment the draw was made.

/> But as fun as it was, there was a strange vibe about proceedings, and it took the Warm-Up a while to work out what it was. We twigged about the time Liverpool scored their second, as we thought «Ah well. They gave it a go.

It's Liverpool. What are you going to do?» Then we realised that this is Inter — the actual champions of actual Serie A in the actual knockouts of the actual Champions League — and there we were, nodding and smiling and dishing out the virtual headpats as though they were some mid-table Premier League team that had tried their best. That had managed, against all the odds, to only get beaten