Liverpool clinched the qualification for the Champions League quarter-finals, despite losing to its guest Inter Milan 1-0. Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick and led Bayern Munich to qualify after winning seven at home to Salzburg, Austria.
The winning goal for Inter Milan came in the 62nd minute, scored by Argentine striker Lautaro Martinez.
Liverpool beat Inter 2-0 in the first leg, thus qualifying the English club by winning a total of 2-1.
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Inter Milan showed a strong determination to return in the result and grab the qualification ticket, and was the most dangerous in the offensive side for long periods, especially in the first half.
Liverpool also created many opportunities in an effort to enhance its progress, but it suffered from the defensive cohesion of Inter Milan, and luck had it on more than one occasion, especially when the two posts tackled two dangerous balls from the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah.
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In Munich, Polish sniper Lewandowski scored 3 goals in the first 23 minutes, becoming the owner of the fastest "hat-trick" in the history of the Champions League.
Lewandowski broke the record of Marco Simone, who scored 3 goals in 24 minutes, during Milan's match with Rosenberf in the Champions League in 1996.
And it took Lewandowski only 12 minutes to open the scoring for the Bavarian club from a penalty kick, then returned and scored the second goal for him and his team in the 21st minute from another penalty kick.
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Lewandowski won the hat-trick in the 23rd minute by scoring the third goal, and Serge Gnabry scored the fourth goal in the 31st minute, before Thomas Muller scored the fifth goal in the 54th minute.
Moritz Kiergaard scored the only goal for Salzburg in the 71st minute, then Muller scored his second and sixth goal for Bayern in the 83rd minute, and after only 3 minutes, Leroy Sane scored the seventh goal.
Bayern Munich outperformed 8-2 in the total of the two matches, after the first leg ended in a 1-1 draw, to bring the German club deservedly and deservedly to the quarter-finals.