Champions League: Szoboszlai’s late penalty seals Liverpool win at Inter

Champions League: Szoboszlai’s late penalty seals Liverpool win at Inter

Dominik Szoboszlai’s 88th-minute penalty handed Arne Slot’s Liverpool a crucial 1–0 victory over Inter Milan in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League tie.

The decisive moment came after a VAR review judged that Alessandro Bastoni had pulled Florian Wirtz’s shirt in the box.

Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer guessed correctly but could not keep out Szoboszlai’s powerful strike, securing three welcome points for Liverpool after a turbulent week.

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Following a poor run of nine defeats in 12 matches, Slot’s side are now unbeaten in four. The win lifts the Reds to 12 points from six games and into the Champions League’s top eight, positions that guarantee automatic passage to the round of 16.

Inter now slipped to fifth on the same points, suffering their first home defeat in the competition in 19 matches.

Liverpool had earlier seen a 32nd-minute goal from Ibrahima Konaté ruled out by VAR after the ball struck Hugo Ekitike’s arm in the buildup. Curtis Jones, Szoboszlai, and Ekitike all forced Sommer into saves before Inter rallied, with Nicolò Barella going close from a free-kick and Lautaro Martínez denied by Alisson Becker.

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