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Liverpool fans shouted Slott’s name at the end of a largely monotonous match that was decided by Felix Zweyer’s decision to give the English champions a golden chance to snatch a point.
Inter’s players were furious after Alessandro Bastoni gave Florian Wirths a spot-kick by tugging on his shirt, but it was a happy ending to a troubled few days for Slott.
Inter, meanwhile, are fifth in the table but have lost their last two games in Europe and could produce little against an injury-hit Liverpool side who were without Rebel star Salah as well as the unfit Codi Gakpo, Federico Chiesa and Wataru Endo.
Last season’s 16 points was enough to skip the play-offs, but that is by no means guaranteed as Christian Chivu’s side host Arsenal before traveling to Borussia Dortmund for their final two league games.
And if they lose another important match, being eliminated from the top eight becomes a reality.
Salah sparked a firestorm after being left on the bench for Saturday’s game against Leeds, saying he felt like he had been “thrown under the bus” by the club and that he no longer wanted to be associated with Slott. Salah was demoted for the third consecutive match.
His outburst prompted Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to say they would “do everything possible” to recruit him in January, despite the 33-year-old signing a new contract in April.
That woke up Inter, and the strangely flat home crowd of around 74,000, as Lautaro Martinez squandered their biggest chance of the first half by heading Alessandro Bastoni’s cross past Alisson Becker.
“He had a huge influence on the club and his teammates and it’s sad for the club and his teammates,” the Liverpool manager told Amazon Prime.
“The focus should be on this result. We know that come Friday, ahead of the next game, all the questions will still be about Mo.”
“It’s always going to be a tough game here. It almost ended 0-0, but it ended on a positive note for us.”
In another Champions League game on Tuesday, Bayern Munich’s 17-year-old midfielder Lennart Karl showed off his bold skills to continue his high-scoring start to the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Sporting Lisbon.
Chelsea lost in the Champions League for the first time in nearly three months as Atalanta came from behind to win 2-1 in Bergamo, with Belgian forward Charles de Quetelaele setting up the equalizer and scoring the winning goal in the 83rd minute.
Tottenham Hotspur beat Slavia Prague 3-0 with an own goal and two penalties to move into ninth place, while Marseille beat Union Saint Giroise 3-2. Players and fans twice celebrated what appeared to be an equalizer late on, but both were ruled out for narrow offside by a video review.
Olympiakos overcame a determined Kairat Almaty defense to win 1-0 against Kazakhstan, boosting their hopes of advancing to the knockout stages.
