Jurgen Klopp and Simone Inzaghi's sides both took turns dominating the contest. Inter created the first major chance of the contest as Hakan Calhanoglu smashed the underside off the crossbar with a powerful half-volley.However, the controversial omission of the away goal rule means the tie remains on a knife-edge heading into the second-leg at Anfield.Daily Star Sport considers four things Klopp got right at the San Siro.The biggest call Klopp made was to deploy 18-year-old Harvey Elliott for his first ever Champions League start.
Elliott was brought in for the experienced Naby Keita, operating on the left-hand side of Liverpool’s three-man midfield.Up against a mightily experienced midfield in Arturo Vidal, Marcelo Borzovic, and Hakan Calhanoglu, in the footballing cathedral that is the San Siro, this was by far Elliott’s biggest challenge of his young Liverpool career.
However, the former Fulham ace was more than equal to the immense challenge presented before him, squeezing the Inter midfield and not giving them a second to breathe.
While Elliott was substituted for Keita early in the second-half, his departure was no reflection of his combating performance.
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