Every team has a week spot, and apparently Liverpool has one too – defense. The Reds are in Milan where they will face Serie A champions Inter in the knockout phase of the Champions League and Italian TV pundits are trying to build the atmosphere before the match and lift the spirits of Inter players and their fans. Both teams are efficient and have good defenses and are not so far away: after 24 matches played in their domestic competition, Inter has scored 55 goals and received 20, compared to Liverpool’s 61 and 19.🗣 “It’s probably the best team in Italy again this year.” Jurgen Klopp calls Inter Milan the best team in Serie A ahead of their first leg Champions League round of 16 clash pic.twitter.com/Dioepmzfop— Football Daily (@footballdaily) February 16, 2022 And yet, former England boss Fabio Capello believes that Liverpool’s defense could be the key for Nerrazuri in this game.“The current Liverpool is not the same side it was a few months ago. Klopp said it was his strongest team? Well, he would say that, what do you expect him to say? The Liverpool goalkeeper has recently been Man of the Match in every game. That says a great deal about how they are defending” said Capello to Sky Sports Italia.’Liverpool can beat us. They are pain in the a**’And former West Ham player and Sunderland coach agreed with Capello and even pointed out at one player who could ‘help’ Inter – Alisson Becker. Paolo Di Canio commented on the Brazilian keeper and his good performances, but added one more thing.“Even then, Alisson performs heroics in goal, but every four or five games he has a bit of a howler. Liverpool have weak points, every team does” said Di Canio, who is the main host for Sky Sport Italia’s Premier League coverage.Age is just a number for Klopp, the German wants Liverpool’s 30+ players to stayEven though Jurgen Klopp didn’t hear those comments before his Champions League presser, he nevertheless mentioned club’s last week game against Burnley, where Allison was clearly man of the match.“If we are dominant, then Inter will defend pretty compact. I’m pretty sure it will not be as windy or rainy as it was at Burnley, so that’s a big difference as well. Apart from that, Inter is an absolute top, top, top-class team. Top-class players, top-class manager, were champions last year. That is a top-class team and we need to show a top-class performance to even have a chance. But why shouldn’t we try?” said Klopp.Inter have qualified for the Champions League Round of 16 for the first time in ten years and haven’t played in the quarter-finals of the competition for 11 years. Will this be an extra motivation for the Serie A champions?
