Inter – Liverpool, Getty Images December 10, 2025, 00:11

Tuesday’s matches in the sixth round of the UEFA Champions League had a defining character, because the calendar year 2025 for this tournament ends this week, but the main round will continue in January. And in order not to have to urgently save the situation in two games, the teams had to take responsibility for their chances, no matter how difficult the conditions of their existence seem recently.

But in the end, a lot of attention was drawn to the central poster of this game day, because the English Liverpool visited Giuseppe Meazza as a guest of Inter Milan, regarding which there has been little actual football news in recent days, and not all of them are too positive, but the surrounding football component in Arne Slott’s team is currently enough. Against the background of all this talk about Mohamed Salah, and without the Egyptian in the application, the “reds” had to play against the team of Christian Kivu, which does not succeed in matches against really serious opponents this season.

As a result, the audience saw a goalless first half with generally equal football from both sides. Inter tried to shake things up at the beginning – it didn’t work, then Liverpool made the same attempt, and even scored a goal, but Konate’s ball was canceled due to a handball from Ekitike, who was headed by van Dijk during a corner kick from the right wing in the 32nd minute. Inter responded close to half-time with a free-kick from Barella near the left nine and a save from Alisson against Lautaro’s close-range header.

It is also necessary to take into account the fact that Kivu was left without two substitute slots even before the end of the first half of the game, as Calhanoglu and Acherbi were injured consecutively, so a couple of key players in the “snakes” were dropped during the match. However, Inter still tried to impose a fight even in such difficult conditions.

However, the second half of the Milan team did not work at all in terms of attack, while Liverpool kept the ball more and still managed to escalate the situation at a crucial moment. Bradley had a chance to score from a sharp corner on the right wing of the penalty area, but Sommer took the shot. And there was a chance that the “reds” would remain in the minority, when Jones jumped at the referee at an even point in the 74th minute, and he simply forgave him, limiting himself to only one warning. Although there was a lot of excess said there.

But the German Felix Zweier did not forgive Bastogne at the end of the game. Inter’s defender simply grabbed Wirtz by the shirt in the center of his own free kick after a pass from the left wing, he looked back at his opponent, looked, and fell dramatically. This was enough to award a penalty on the same spot, and Soboslai hit the top left corner to bring his team three coveted scoring points.

In the next round, Inter Milan will host London’s Arsenal, while England’s Liverpool will visit France’s Marseille.