Inter Milan secured a narrow win over Liverpool on Tuesday night at Anfield in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16.
The Reds fell to a 1-0 defeat to the Serie A side at Anfield to end their perfect run in the competition thus far.
Despite losing the second leg of the tie, the Premier League side advanced to the quarter-finals of the competition on a 2-1 aggregate scoreline after a 2-0 win in the first leg.
Inter forward Lautaro Martinez scored the only goal of the game in the second half as his side aimed to turn over the deficit of the first leg.
However, moments later, the Italians found themselves at a numerical disadvantage when Alexis Sanchez was shown a second yellow card which resulted in him being sent off.
Being a man down had its toll on Inter who were unable to add to their tally and muster up a comeback.
Liverpool couldn’t take advantage of their opponents being a man down as they couldn’t muster up a goal.
Speaking to the media after the game Jurgen Klopp lauded the opposition and admitted his side didn’t play well.
“I’m glad we don’t face Inter every week, they’re a very tricky opponent. They are fighters, they are warriors,” Klopp told BT Sport.
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“The difficulties we had were pretty close to what I expected. Inter are a really, really good side, set up for these kind of games.
“Without playing brilliantly we had clear-cut chances. Over the two legs it’s completely fine that they won one and we went through. We could’ve done better against an opponent that makes life uncomfortable.
“It was a really interesting game. In the end we lost the game which obviously is not cool, we didn’t come here to lose a home game.
“The opponent caused us problems but if we had used our chances we win this game. We lost a lot of simple balls, which can happen and when the ball was in the air it was like slapstick with the wind.
“The counter-press was not really there. We were around challenges but not in challenges and we didn’t get the momentum, that’s what we were lacking.”
Inter are the first away team to defeat Liverpool at Anfield in 29 games.
However, despite the loss, Klopp’s men advance into the quarter-finals where they await who they will be drawn against during the draw.
The Reds have now progressed to the quarter-finals for the fourth time in five seasons.
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