A fast and frenetic start over in Munich.

Robert Lewandowski almost puts the hosts in front inside a minute but sees his low shot well saved.

The visitors go straight up the other end and Nicolas Capaldo really ought to open the scoring from eight yards but instead sees his shot deflect wide.

Inter Milan's Denzel Dumfries tries a half volley at waist-height level from the edge of the penalty area, but Alisson is well placed and right behind it and comfortably grabs it.

Mohamed Salah runs at the Inter Milan defence down the right wing after Fabinho wins the ball and Salah is too fast, too good and too tricky for Alessandro Bastoni, playing on the left side of Inter's back three.

Salah cuts inside and runs into traffic, but early encouragement for the Egyptian up against Bastoni.

Dion Dublin
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

You can already see that Inter's wide players get the ball out of their feet and look to get it in the box at every opportunity. They are going to put Liverpool's defenders under all sorts of pressure.

It's a bit blustery out there. A day when even the best of goalkeepers could find themselves embarrassed.

Here we go. Inter Milan get us going at Anfield.

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Liverpool have won each of their three games against Inter Milan in the Champions League without conceding a single goal (2-0 and 1-0 in 2007-08, 2-0 in this season’s first leg), with all three of these games coming at the last-16 stage of the competition.

And here come the players as the Champions League anthem comes on not long after 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.

Remember, away goals is no longer a factor in these ties so Inter need to be ahead by two goals after 90 minutes to force extra time. Much easier said than done, but not impossible.

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Anfield

Champions League nights at Anfield are on a different level. You cannot see the faces of the fans in the Kop for all the banners, flags and scarves. Inter's travelling fans are adding to the atmosphere.

As soon as 'You'll Never Walk Alone' came on, out came the camera phones in the away end.

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Get yourselves ready. Not long now.

Liverpool have won all seven of their games in the Champions League this season – excluding qualifiers, they could become just the third team in the history of the European Cup / Champions League to win their opening eight games in a single edition of the tournament (after Barcelona in 2002-03 and Bayern Munich in 2019-20.

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Robert Lewandowski is making his 100th start in the Champions League this evening (73 for Bayern Munich, 27 for Borussia Dortmund).

The Poland captain has scored 82 times in the competition to date.

Only two players have scored more than him in this competition - Cristiano Ronaldo on 135 and Lionel Messi on 120.

Liverpool's squad strength is again shown tonight with Curtis Jones starting ahead of Jordan Henderson in the midfield tonight, and former Reds midfielder Adam Lallana is full of confidence in his old team-mates.

If Inter are to progress, they're going to have to do something only Manchester United have done...

Only one team in Champions League history has ever lost the first leg of a knockout stage tie by two or more goals at home and still gone on to progress, with Manchester United doing so against Paris St-Germain in the 2018-19 last 16 (0-2 at home, 3-1 away).

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Mohamed Salah has scored eight goals in seven Champions League appearances for Liverpool this season, only netting more in a single campaign in 2017-18 (10).

The Egyptian is averaging a goal every 69 minutes this term however, which is his best ratio in a single season in the competition.

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Anfield

So, no night off for Mo Salah who probably did not want one anyway. He has scored eight of Liverpool's 19 Champions League goals this season.

If he gets another tonight, he will have scored in all four games against AC Milan - in the group stage - and Inter Milan after getting the second goal in the 2-0 win three weeks ago.

Dion Dublin
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

Liverpool probably have more quality in numbers and depth than in previous years. The quality of the individuals away from the starting line-up has gone up. They are definitely stronger.

Sulaimon Adelekan: It's a very tricky tie at Anfield. Inter Milan scores first and it's game on. Martinez hasn't scored in 10 UCL games, he has to come up big tonight alongside Sanchez. Liverpool are clear favourites to go through.

Adam Lallana
Former Liverpool midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

The Liverpool lads will know the task ahead and hopefully they can put in a professional performance to get the job done.

There are leaders throughout the team, even without Jordan Henderson and James Milner starting.

They are full of experience and I think they'll get the job done because they know how to do it.

Inter Milan come into the game on the back of a 5-0 victory over Salernitana and coach Simone Inzaghi hopes that will be the confidence-booster they need.

“We have had to use up lots of physical and especially mental energy in recent games, but these kind of games serve as motivation and allow you to have the best possible approach,” he said

“The 5-0 win didn’t end any crisis as there wasn’t one in the first place. We are a solid squad and there are no problems internally and that’s what counts.

“We have always been confident in ourselves and the 5-0 win shows we have quality.”