Liverpool survive Inter Milan scare to qualify for Champions League quarter-finals

Liverpool were beaten 1-0 by Inter Milan at Anfield on Tuesday night, but progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2-1 on aggregate.

The Reds had plenty of chances to score against the Italians in the home leg, but squandered them all, hitting the woodwork three times.

It looked like Inter could make them pay for it when Lautaro Martinez scored with a superb strike an hour into the game, sending nervous shockwaves around the ground.

However, Alexis Sanchez really cost his side just two minutes later when he received a second booking for a lunge on Fabinho having produced one on Thiago Alcantara in the first half.

From there on it was Liverpool that looked the more likely to score rather than Inter as they did well to control the game until the final whistle.

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It was goalless at half time but it was an entertaining first period nevertheless, with the game played at a lively pace from the off.

Liverpool had the best chances of the first stanza, although they all fell to members of their back four.

Half an hour in, Trent Alexander-Arnold whipped in a free kick from the left and Joel Matip thundered a header off the bar.

There was a corner immediately after which Virgil van Dijk got to, but his header was blocked by Milan Skriniar.

Hakan Calhanoglu produced the bright spark of Inter’s first half with a cross-come-shot from a free-kick on 41 mins, pushed away sharply by Alisson Becker.

It was another Liverpool defender with an effort just before the whistle, though, as Alexander-Arnold