Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was not happy with the 'slapstick' 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan which ended their year-long unbeaten home record but accepts it was the one game they could afford to lose.
The Reds carried a two-goal advantage from the San Siro into the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie at Anfield and ended up needing it after Lautaro Martinez's 61st-minute goal had given the visitors a chance of overturning the deficit.
However, Alexis Sanchez's red card for a second bookable offence less than two minutes later blew a hole in Inter's hopes and although Liverpool should have put the result beyond doubt as Mohamed Salah twice hit the post in the second half a fourth quarter-final in five seasons was secured.