AC Milan vs Liverpool LIVE: Champions League result and reaction as Arne Slot’s men complete comeback win
AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool: Goals from Konate, Van Dijk and Szobozslai secured a comeback win for the Reds
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Arne Slot celebrated a first European victory as Liverpool head coach as his team defeated AC Milan 3-1 at the San Siro to kick off their Champions League campaign with a win.
Things started horribly for the Reds though as Kostas Tsimikas was caught out of position allowing Christian Pulisic to nip into the vacant space and slot home a superb finish with barely two minutes on the clock.
Liverpool responded brilliantly though. They controlled play and dictated the tempo against a deep defensive block. Mo Salah, who twice hit the crossbar, and Cody Gakpo looked hungry to score but the equaliser came courtesy of a defender.
Trent Alexander-Arnold flicked in a free kick and found Ibrahima Konate who nodded past an injured Mike Maignan to pull Liverpool level. A second set piece, this one a corner, put the visitors ahead with Virgil van Dijk heading home.
Late in the second half, Dominik Szobozslai volleyed home a cross from Cody Gakpo to secure the points and send the Reds marching on.
Relive the action with our live blog below:
Liverpool defeat AC Milan at San Siro
Full-time! AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
90+6 mins: There goes the final whistle. Liverpool come from behind to collect all three points in their opening match of this Champions League league phase.
It’s a strong start and Arne Slot will be confident that it can continue and secure the Reds a spot in the knockouts.
AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
90+3 mins: Federico Chiesa makes his debut for Liverpool as he comes on for the final few minutes of stoppage time. He replaces Mo Salah with Endo Wataru coming on to take the place of Alexis Mac Allister.
AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
90 mins: Six minutes of added time to play at the end of this match.
AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
87 mins: Liverpool are keeping Milan in the middle third and not allowing them to push forward. When they do Konate and Van Dijk have command of the box and the counter attack comes quickly.
AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
82 mins: The ball is flicked over the top for Szoboszlai who flicks a cross into the box. Darwin Nunez runs away from goal to meet it and tries an overhead kick with sails over the top!
AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
79 mins: Trent Alexander-Arnold is now taken off by the Liverpool boss with Joe Gomez tasked to see out the rest of the match. It’ll be a familiar pattern with Liverpool dictating play and AC Milan trying to recover possession.
AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
76 mins: Mo Salah receives the ball from Szoboszlai and works it up to Nunez. The striker hurries into the box and has Luis Diaz free to his left.
Instead he shoots and wins a corner as the strike is deflected behind.
AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
73 mins: Liverpool want more goals. Tsimikas swings a corner ball into the middle of the box and finds Van Dijk again but he sends this header over the top.
AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool
70 mins: 20 minutes left to play at the San Siro and Liverpool are now comfortable in this game.
Arne Slot decides to make a couple of changes with Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota being taken off in favour of Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez.
Liverpool have totally dominated. They’ve had 19 shots with 11 on target.
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