Soft penalty vs Inter brings relief for Slot and Liverpool

Arne Slot needed to show that he had not lost the changing room.

- Dhiman Sarkar

Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai celebrates scoring a penalty with Alexis Mac Allister against Inter Milan. AFP

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Liverpool had to prove that they could stop the lean run and not be affected by Mo Salah’s outburst in a season that began soon after the sudden death of a teammate.Coach and club got what they wanted in the 1-0 win at Inter Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday through Dominik Szoboszlai’s 88th minute penalty.

Inter raged about the penalty awarded after Alessandro Bastoni tugged at Florian Wirtz’s shirt. Captain Lautaro Martinez was seen in animated discussion with German referee Felix Zwayer after the game and television cameras had captured him looking visibly upset when Szoboszlai scored. Slot and Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson agreed that the penalty was soft. “If that is a penalty we could have had 10 this season I think,” said the Liverpool head coach.