Liverpool restart their Champions League campaign with a last 16 trip to Italy to face defending Serie A champions Inter Milan at the San Siro tonight.
The Reds breezed through the group stage in the first half of the season, as one of three teams with a perfect record, after picking up six wins from six games. Jurgen Klopp’s side will be aiming to keep on track for a possible quadruple this season as they fight across four fronts in 2022.
Klopp is boosted by a fully fit squad for this clash, with Mo Salah and Sadio Mane back from AFCON duty, and January signing Luis Diaz added to their Champions League panel.
Inter boss Simone Inzaghi will be hoping Edin Dzeko can continue his recent goal scoring streak with Alessandro Bastoni returning from injury to boost his defensive options.
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Sporting News will be following the match live and providing live score updates and commentary.
Inter vs. Liverpool live score
| 1H | 2H | Final | |
| Inter Milan | — | — | — |
| Liverpool | — | — | — |
Goals:
(All times Eastern)
2:10 p.m: VIDAL AND BASTONI START FOR INTER
Inter boss Simone Inzaghi makes two starting changes from their 1-1 Serie A weekend draw at Napoli with the fit-again Alessandro Bastoni restored to the defence in place of Federico Dimarco.
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— Inter 🏆🇮🇹 (@Inter_en) February 16, 2022
Veteran midfielder Arturo Vidal comes into midfield with Nicolo Barella out.
2:00 p.m: FOUR CHANGES FOR LIVERPOOL IN MILAN
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has rotated his starting options in Milan with four changes to his starting line up from their 1-0 Premier League win away at Burnley last weekend.
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The Reds to face @Inter tonight at the San Siro 👇 #UCL
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 16, 2022
Ibrahima Konate replaces Joel Matip at centre back with Thiago Alcantara and Harvey Elliott coming into midfield in place of Naby Keita and skipper Jordan Henderson.
Roberto Firmino drops to the bench with man-of-the-moment Diogo Jota rotating back into the starting XI.
1:33 p.m: A look inside the Stadio San Siro in Milan, which should be rocking by game time:
Inter Milan v Liverpool pic.twitter.com/n4qvyperB4
— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) February 16, 2022
Inter Milan vs. Liverpool lineups
Center back Alessandro Bastoni is back from injury and starts for Inter Milan in their preferred 3-4-3 formation.
Inter Milan starting lineup (3-4-3 left to right): Handanovic (GK) — Bastoni, De Vrij, Skriniar — Perisic, Calhanoglu, Brozovic, Vidal, Dumfries — Martinez, Dzeko
Inter Milan subs (12): Ranocchia (GK), Gagliardini, Sanchez, Cordaz, Dimarco, D’Ambrosio, Darmian, Sangalli, Carboni, Caicedo, Radu
Veteran Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson is only fit enough for a place on the bench for this match after stepping up his recovery from a knee injury.
Liverpool starting lineup (4-3-3, left to right): Alisson (GK) — Robertson, Van Dijk, Konate, Alexander-Arnold — Thiago, Fabinho, Elliott — Mane, Jota, Salah
Liverpool subs (12): Kelleher (GK), Milner, Keita, Firmino, Gomez, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Minamino, Tsimikas, Diaz, Origi, Matip
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How to watch Inter vs. Liverpool
- Date: Wed, Feb. 16
- Time: 3 p.m. ET
- USA TV channel: CBS, UniMas, TUDN
- Canada TV channel: None
- USA streaming: fuboTV, Paramount+
- Canada streaming: DAZN
USA: Wednesday’s match airs on CBS (English), UniMas and TUDN (Spanish) in the United States. All three channels can be streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial to new users.
Canada: The Champions League in Canada is available exclusively live and on demand via DAZN.