Inter V Liverpool

Im back! Got some winners together eventually after a poor run and i had a great weekend. Hopefully things will continue to move in the right direction and i have this one up a little early.

Inter Milan V Liverpool

Liverpool are 2 – 0 up from the first leg so what way do they approach this game? If I were Rafa I would have my team going out to play as normal and try to score a goal. That crucial away goal will send them through because if they score once then Inter will have to score at least 4 to progress and that ain’t going to happen.
Liverpool are coming into this one with high confidence after their season has gone from strength to strength. The battle to get 4th place between them and Everton is very much alive and it will be interesting to see who gets it because both are playing very well. Anyway back to the champions league. Liverpool rode their luck a little in the first leg, Materazzi was booked twice, a little harshly in my view and Liverpool didn’t really look like scoring until two late goals sealed the deal.
Inter on the other hand looked stale and didn’t really create much of note. With 10 men from an early stage it always was a mountain to climb and at 1 – 0 they would have fancied their chances but at 2 – 0 it going to be very tough.
Liverpool cant afford to sit back and defend because if they happen to go 1 – 0 down then they will be treading very dangerously. Inter cant commit to throwing everything forward either though as if they concede 1 goal then they are most probably out.
I’m not too convinced by Liverpool’s defence, lets not forget they have conceded goals to lowly Derby, Bolton, Middlesborough and a poor Reading on the road. Inter scored 9 in the San Siro in the group stages in three games and have scored in every single home game in the Seria A this year averaging just over 2 a game so I can definitely see them scoring at some stage.

Heres how I see this one panning out, a tight cagey affair for the first 45 or so minutes. Eventually Inter will have to go for goal which they will most likely get. I can see it getting a bit desperate and there will be gaps at the back. As Liverpool demonstrated against Newcastle they are well able to score on the counter attack and I can see it happening again. Torres is simply unstoppable at the moment and he and Gerrard are working well together. My pick? Both sides to score pays out at 2 @ bet365 and ive taken it a little early as I don’t see it staying that high. 1.85 - 1.9 or so would be more along the right line.
Final score will be something like 1 – 1 or 2 – 1 to Inter I feel.

PICK
Inter V Liverpool – both sides to score ( 2 @ bet365) 5 points