Liverpool win without Mohamed Salah
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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot questioned whether Mohamed Salah should be the one to initiate a conversation with him following his explosive interview at the weekend.
A brief VAR review saw the referee point to the spot and hand Liverpool a late opportunity to snatch maximum points. With Mohamed Salah out of the squad, it was Dominik Szoboszlai who stepped up to take spot-kick — dispatching it with the authority of a seasoned penalty taker under the pressure of a jeering home crowd.
Liverpool's late winner at Inter Milan in the Champions League came from a "soft" penalty decision, but would it have been given in the Premier League?
Atalanta, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich all overturned early deficits to win their own matches. Ginluca Scamacca and Charles De Ketelaere helped take down Chelsea, a brace from Jules Kounde helped get past Eintracht Frankfurt, and Lennart Karl scored for the third straight game as Bayern got past Sporting CP.
Liverpool fans showed which side they are on in the dispute between club great Mohamed Salah and Arne Slot. The traveling group of around 5,000 supporters loudly chanted Slot’s name before and after Tuesday’s 1-0 win at Inter Milan in the Champions League,
Liverpool shrugged off the absence of Mohamed Salah as midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai scored an 88th-minute penalty to give them a 1-0 Champions League win at Inter Milan on Tuesday that boosts their hopes of a top-eight finish.
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VAR intervention overturns Konaté’s opening goalLiverpool thought they had taken the lead against Inter Milan at the San Siro on Tuesday