Inter coach Simone Inzaghi said there
many positives after his side exited the Champions League at the
last-16 stage on Tuesday despite winning 1-0 against Liverpool
at Anfield.
Lautaro Martinez scored with a stunning just after the hour mark
but the Italian champions' brave attempts to reverse the 2-0
defeat from the first leg were hampered by Alexis Sanchez
getting send off for a second yellow shortly after the goal.
"We turned in a top performance at a very difficult ground
against a fantastic team," Inzaghi said.
"The players did extremely well. There's a feeling of
disappointment linked to the first leg because the result was
harsh on us.
"Liverpool seemed to be taken aback by our opening goal, but the
sending-off of Alexis Sanchez had an impact on the final half an
hour of the match.
"The team stayed in the game, held our shape well and dug in
where necessary, which was only really from set pieces.
"We head back to Milan with an impressive win, but it's
unfortunately useless in terms of our aim of getting through.
"These matches can allow us to take steps forward and make us
stronger.
"After not getting through the group stage in 11 years, the draw
handed us Liverpool, but we showed how much we wanted to be here
and we went toe to toe with them."
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