Salah Attributes Liverpool's Defeat To Inter On Overconfidence

The Reds limped into the quarterfinals of the competition for the fourth time in the last five seasons despite the defeat.

Liverpool came into the game with a 2-0 advantage from the first leg but Lautaro Martinez's 62nd minute strike brought an air of trepidation into the Anfield crowd.

Perhaps Liverpool were lucky to survive an Inter comeback after Alexis Sanchez was booked for a second time on the night just a minute after Martinez's opener.

Salah also hit the woodwork twice on an off-colour night for the whole Liverpool team as a whole but the Egyptian felt his side were overconfident.

"We need to start better from the beginning, we need to push a little bit more, maybe in the back of our mind we felt we were a little bit overconfident, but it’s a good game for us to take and learn from," Salah explained to BT Sport after the final whistle.

"It’s always important to win a game, but like tonight we hit the post twice, had a lot of chances, but that can happen in football and the good thing is that we qualified."

"I hit the post a couple of times," added Salah.

"Maybe next game I’ll score three but the most important thing is that the team performed and we’re through into the next round."

"They’re a tough team, they were very good in the first leg, too. We were able to hold the ball up a bit more in the second half and were helped by the red card but we’re through to the next round so it’s all good."