Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has admitted that his team’s home defeat was primarily due to complacency. Liverpool had gone 15 games unbeaten, with their last defeat coming on December 28, 2021, when the Reds were defeated by Leicester City in the English Premier League. For good measure, the Reds had not lost a game since the beginning of 2022, and with such winning momentum, Salah and his teammates could be forgiven for being overconfident ahead of the game. The six-time European champions entered the second leg tie against Inter Milan with a 2-0 lead from the first leg, but were defeated by the Nerazurris.
After the 2021 game, he shared his thoughts.
After the game, the 2021 AFCON finalist expressed his disappointment that his team had become complacent. “We need to start better from the start, we need to push a little bit more, maybe we were a little bit overconfident in the back of our minds, but it’s a good game for us to take and learn from,” Salah told BT Sport. champions-league-mohammed-salah-identifies-root-cause-for-defeat-against-inter-Miland
Inter Milan ended Liverpool’s unbeaten run at Anfield with a 1-0 win, but it was insufficient to advance them to the next round. Lautaro Martinez scored the game’s only goal at the hour mark on Tuesday, March 9, as Inter Milan finished the game with 10 men after Alexis Sanchez was sent off moments after his team took the lead.
