Overview
- Dominik Szoboszlai converted an 88th-minute penalty after a VAR-recommended review of Alessandro Bastoni’s shirt pull on Florian Wirtz to seal Liverpool’s 1-0 win at San Siro and move them to 12 points.
- An earlier Ibrahima Konaté header for Liverpool was disallowed following a lengthy VAR check that found a handball by Hugo Ekitike in the buildup.
- Referee Felix Zwayer awarded the decisive spot-kick after consulting the monitor on the advice of VAR Sören Storks, a decision many pundits in Britain described as soft.
- Italian reaction was scathing, with Fabio Capello calling the call “scandalous” and outlets such as Corriere dello Sport labeling the officiating “incompetent,” while Inter players Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Manuel Akanji said the penalty should not have been given.
- Inter lost Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Francesco Acerbi to first-half injuries, which coach Cristian Chivu said drained energy and limited changes, as the team slid down the table after a second straight late Champions League defeat.