Inter head coach Simone Inzaghi feels proud of his team’s performance against Liverpool in the Champions League despite the 2-0 loss on the night.
Speaking to Italian broadcaster Amazon Prime Video after the match, the coach emphasized that the Nerazzurri had held their own against one of the strongest teams in Europe and must kick on from the display.
Inter knew that they would not have an easy time in their return to the Champions League round of sixteen against a team who had finished top of a difficult group with six wins from six and sit second in the Premier League table, and so it proved.
In the first half, both teams created decent half-chances to score but neither looked fully in control, while the Nerazzurri came out from the restart looking to be the team far more on the front foot.
However, a lack of ruthlessness in front of goal meant that they could not make their positive spell count, while a defensive switch-off came at the worst time and allowed the away side to take the lead while in the ascendancy.
“We hope that we don’t have to face Liverpool in every match,” Inzaghi said. “I’m proud of the team, we had a great match, but we didn’t get the rewards we wanted from our best moments.”
“Then the first time we switched off we were punished by an incredible goal,” he added.
“I congratulated the team on their performance,” the coach went on, “we would have deserved more but what we showed tonight should bode well for what comes in the future.”
He said that “Inter have stood up to one of the two strongest teams in Europe, evenings like this must give us self-belief because we played a great match.”
Inzaghi reflected that “I think this match must be a starting point. We’ve played many excellent matches during the season, but we’ve never come up against a team of the quality of Liverpool before.”
