Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Liverpool eased into the Champions League quarter-finals after a superb strike by Fernando Torres gave last season's runnersup a 1-0 win at Inter Milan on Tuesday and a 3-0 aggregate victory.
Inter, who had centre back Marco Materazzin harshly dismissed in the first leg, also went down to 10 men in the return match when defender Nicolas Burdisso was sent off for a second booking after a clumsy 50th-minute tackle on Lucas Leiva.
Torres scored his fourth goal of the Champions League campaign 13 minutes later with a turn-and-shoton the edge of the area following a pass from Fabio Aurelio.
The Serie A leaders had several chances at a cacophonous San Siro but Argentine Julio Cruz and Strike partner Zlatan Ibrahimovic were wasteful. An early long-range effort from Cruz was well saved by Pepe Reina before the Argentine shot wide.
Swede Ibrahimovic also blasted over two free kicks and missed an excellent opportunity after an error by centre back Martin Skrtel.
Liverpool were not content to sit back. Esteban Cambiasso, one of several players to lose their footing, slipped in the area and left in Torres but the in-form Spaniard shot at the keeper. He made no mistake midway through the second half though, sending Liverpool fans wild with delight.
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