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Liverpool and Bayern through to the quarterfinals
This Tuesday the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 was held at Anfield, where Liverpool received Inter Milan in a match that the Italians won by the minimum, but it was not enough to get the move on to the next round.
On February 16, the first leg was held where Klopp's men won 0-2 at the Giuseppe Meazza with goals from Firminho and Salah in the second half. However, this time the performance of the 'Reds' left much to be desired.
At Anfield, the match began with the classic offensive and counterattacking game of the home side and the 'Nerazzuri' were not far behind, disturbing Alisson 's goal on some occasions. Arriving half an hour into the game, the match was stopped due to a medical emergency that was attended to in the stands, after five minutes it was resumed.
Continuing play, the visitors foul Liverpool down the left wing near the area defended by Handanovic. At 30', Alexander-Arnold takes the free kick with a cross into the box and Matip heads it off the crossbar.
At minute 40 the home side commit a foul on the right wing against the team led by Inzaghi that Calhanoglu charges with a direct shot that Alisson clears with some difficulty. At 45+4' a hard tackle by Chilean Alexis Sánchez on Thiago caused a yellow card that could easily have been expelled for being a reckless action.
A minute later, in an attack by Klopp's men, Arturo Vidal commits a foul near the edge of the area and also earns a yellow card. Then Alexander-Arnold charges and the shot passes near the goalkeeper's left post. So they would go to rest.
The second half continued with chances for both teams and by minute 52, in a quick attack by the 'Reds,' with a pass from Thiago looking for Jota's speed, Handanovic came out to clear, but the ball was served to Salah who crosses it to avoid the central clearance, but the shot hits the right post.
However, at 62 'the only goal of the match would fall after an exit from Alisson's goal and cutting off the play, Inter through Perisic, who gave it to Calhanoglu, this one to Alexis who passed it to Lautaro Martínez and the Argentine hit him from outside the area with a powerful shot that hit Alisson's right corner. Final 0-1.
The match was set for the 'nerazzuri' draw, but Alexis Sánchez would become the villain in the next action, only in the 63rd minute, the Chilean came back hard on Fabinho and earned the second yellow card, leaving the Italians with 10 players. The tie and comeback became more complicated with numerical inferiority.
The chances kept coming for Liverpool and at 76' in a very fast counterattack, Mané served Salah from above and the Egyptian paid him first, but the ball hit the left post.
The other clear scoring situation for the home team occurred at 90+2', already with the Colombian Luis Díaz on the field, another against which part of the Liverpool area, the ball falls to Salah on the right side of the area Handanovic and he serves it to Díaz, who coldly crosses it. The goalkeeper was already beaten, but Arturo Vidal saves.
In this way, Liverpool achieved the pass to the quarterfinals despite the defeat, with an aggregate score of 2-1. Klopp's men have not lost at Anfield since March 7, 2021. The Italians say goodbye to the Champions League with a great performance.
Resounding victory for Bayern Munich with a great performance by Lewandowski
At the same time, the second leg between Bayern Munich and Salzburg took place at the Allianz Arena. The Germans were hosting a modest Austrian team that had tied at one goal in the first leg.
However, on this occasion, the home side humiliated the visitors by winning with a final score of 7-1, where the great performance of Pole Robert Lewandowski stands out, scoring a hat-trick and placing himself as the scorer of the present UEFA Champions League edition.
Only in the first minute did the 'Bavarians' warn the visitors with a great play that ended in a shot by Lewandowski inside the area, but Köhn responded with good reflexes by stopping the ball.
However, at minute 11, the Pole received a good pass in the area and, turning around, received a foul that the referee did not hesitate to call. Lewandowski himself charged from eleven steps and manages to open the scoring at minute 12.
At minute 19, the '9' of the local team receives a pass on the front line of the area and turning, he receives a foul again and gets, again, the referee to signal a penalty. At minute 21 , he converted the second in his personal account and for his team, a partial 2-0.
Two minutes later he would get the third when he was left alone with the goalkeeper, but Köhn came out and the clearance bounced off the Pole who caused the ball to rise and hit the left post and then send it into the back of the net. 3-0 partial.
The game was practically sentenced, but in a new attack by those led by Julian Nagelsmann, they served the ball to Gnabry who defined it with a low shot that the goalkeeper was unable to deflect. 4-0 partial and thus they would go to rest.
Four more goals would be scored in the second half. The fifth for Bayern would come through Thomas Müller at minute 54, receiving a pass inside the area and turning, he took a left-footed shot that shot the goal defended by Köhn. 5-0 and there was still more to come.
The discount for the Austrian team would reach the 70th minute through Kjaergaard in a counterattack with numerical superiority of attackers against central defenders and the Dane ends up taking a left footed shot that leaves Neuer petrified. 5-1 partial.
The last goals for the locals would arrive at 83' and 85'. The sixth would be scored by Müller again, when he received an assist from Sané at the penalty point and hit him with class to beat the rival goal for the second time.
Sané would score the final 7-1 (8-2 aggregate) with a great action that ended in a backheel pass from Lewandowski, Sané left alone and scored forcefully to get the last goal. Bayern's historic win and thus get the pass to the quarterfinals, becoming one of the favorites to obtain the coveted cup.
