• Liverpool's Mohamed Salah attends a training session on March 7, 2022, on the eve of their Uefa Champions League last-16 second leg against Inter Milan. AFP
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah attends a training session on March 7, 2022, on the eve of their Uefa Champions League last-16 second leg against Inter Milan. AFP
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino. AFP
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino. AFP
  • Mohamed Salah takes a drinks break as Joe Gomez looks on. AFP
    Mohamed Salah takes a drinks break as Joe Gomez looks on. AFP
  • Mohamed Salah chests the ball. AFP
    Mohamed Salah chests the ball. AFP
  • Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. AFP
    Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. AFP
  • Liverpool's English defender Joe Gomez heads the ball during training. AFP
    Liverpool's English defender Joe Gomez heads the ball during training. AFP
  • Mohamed Salah during training at Liverpool's AXA Training Centre in Merseyside. Liverpool hold a 2-0 advantage over Inter from the first leg. Reuters
    Mohamed Salah during training at Liverpool's AXA Training Centre in Merseyside. Liverpool hold a 2-0 advantage over Inter from the first leg. Reuters
  • Liverpool's Colombian midfielder Luis Diaz. AFP
    Liverpool's Colombian midfielder Luis Diaz. AFP
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah heads the ball. Reuters
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah heads the ball. Reuters
  • Liverpool players during a training session at the AXA Training Centre, Liverpool. PA
    Liverpool players during a training session at the AXA Training Centre, Liverpool. PA
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah exercises during a training session at the AXA Training Centre, Liverpool. AP
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah exercises during a training session at the AXA Training Centre, Liverpool. AP
  • Liverpool's English midfielder James Milner. AFP
    Liverpool's English midfielder James Milner. AFP
  • Liverpool's English defender Trent Alexander-Arnold. AFP
    Liverpool's English defender Trent Alexander-Arnold. AFP
  • Liverpool's Mohamed Salah exercises during a training session at the AXA Training Centre, Liverpool. AP
    Liverpool's Mohamed Salah exercises during a training session at the AXA Training Centre, Liverpool. AP
  • Liverpool striker Divock Origi controls the ball. AFP
    Liverpool striker Divock Origi controls the ball. AFP
  • Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Fabinho during training. Reuters
    Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Fabinho during training. Reuters
  • Liverpool's Joel Matip during a training session at the AXA Training Centre, Liverpool. PA
    Liverpool's Joel Matip during a training session at the AXA Training Centre, Liverpool. PA
  • Liverpool's Takumi Minamino. PA
    Liverpool's Takumi Minamino. PA
  • Liverpool's Thiago Alcantara during training. Reuters
    Liverpool's Thiago Alcantara during training. Reuters
  • Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk. Reuters
    Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk. Reuters
  • Liverpool's Cameroon defender Joel Matip. AFP
    Liverpool's Cameroon defender Joel Matip. AFP
  • Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk. AFP
    Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk. AFP

Mohamed Salah trains as Liverpool prepare to welcome Inter Milan to Anfield - in pictures


Steve Luckings
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Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz were part of the Liverpool squad being put through its paces on Monday ahead of their Champions League return leg with Inter Milan.

The Reds hold a 2-0 lead over the Italians from the first leg of the last-16 encounter and manager Jurgen Klopp was bolstered by the sight of Thiago Alcantara, Joel Matip and Roberto Firmino all take part in training at the club's AXA centre.

Midfielder Alcantara and centre-back Matip will be in the squad after a thigh injury and illness respectively.

A late decision will be taken on Firmino, who has not played since the first meeting with the Italians in mid-February because of a groin injury.

The Brazilian was on target that night along with Salah, but Klopp said Inter were not coming to Anfield as tourists.

Klopp is taking nothing for granted as his side seek to stay on track for an unprecedented quadruple of trophies after beating Chelsea on penalties to win the League Cup last week. They are also through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and sit second in the Premier League six points behind Manchester City.

"The danger everybody knows about - it's 2-0," Klopp said in his pre-match press conference on Monday. "I think it's the lead which got turned over most often in the history of football.

"If you get to half-time 2-0 up and you have a team who thinks we are halfway through then you are already on the wrong path.

"It's a much better result than I would have expected before we played there. The game didn't look like we would win it 2-0 for most of the time. It was a really tough tie and a really difficult game to play."

Updated: March 08, 2022, 6:49 AM