Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara admits Inter dominated in the second half and claims that the Stadio Meazza turf ‘didn’t help’ the teams.
The Premier League giants secured a 2-0 win at the Stadio Meazza last night, meaning that a draw at Anfield Road in March will be enough to book their spot in the quarter-finals.
Inter played a great game and dominated for large parts of the match, but lack of experience in big European games probably made the difference.
“We are talking about the biggest stage in the Champions League against a historically great team like Inter, playing here, trying to win the game,” Thiago told Liverpool’s official website. “I think in the first half we created a lot of chances, then in the second they started to dominate the game and then fortunately we had this fabulous header from Bobby and after that we really controlled the game and we won it more, got the second one. We are really happy with the result.”
Thiago, a former Barcelona and Bayern Munich midfielder went on to say that the San Siro turf was not at its best last night.
“The pitch didn’t help both teams physically and we [had] a bit of heavy legs in the second half, and then came the fresh legs inside. Great people, technical people, so after that we controlled even more the game.”