Champions League: Mohammed Salah Identifies Root Cause of Liverpool’s Defeat Against Inter Milan

• Mohammed Salah has fingered overconfidence as the main reason behind Liverpool's surprise home defeat to Inter Milan
• Lautaro Martinez's solitary strike was enough to inflict defeat on the Reds at their fortress Anfield but scraped through on aggregate scoreline
• The Merseyside outfit reach the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League for the fourth time in the last five seasons

Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohammed Salah has disclosed his side fell to home defeat primarily because they were complacent.

Liverpool had gone on an incredible stretch of 15 games unbeaten with their last defeat dating December 28, 2021, when the Reds lost to Leicester City in the English Premier League.

For good measure, the Reds had not lost a game since the start of 2022 and basking in such winning momentum, Salah and his teammates might be pardoned for being overconfident prior to the match.

The six-time European champions went into the second leg tie against Inter Milan with a 2-0 advantage from the reverse fixture but had to succumb to a narrow defeat to the Nerazurris.

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Sharing his thoughts after the game the 2021 AFCON finalist opined his side were complacent in the game.

"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 told BT Sport.

Despite admitting his side started the game on a slow note, Salah also rued the missed chances of which he missed two.

"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."

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Inter Milan ended Liverpool’s unbeaten run at Anfield with a 1-0 victory, but it was not enough to see them through to the next round.

Lautaro Martinez got the only goal of the game at the hour mark on Tuesday, March 9 as Inter Milan ended the game with 10 men after Alexis Sanchez’s dismissal moments after his side took the lead.