AC Milan vs Liverpool LIVE Champions League result, final score and reaction tonight
Liverpool beat AC Milan in the final Champions League Group B game at the San Siro on Tuesday night
Liverpool came from behind to knock AC Milan out of Europe with a 2-1 victory at San Siro on Tuesday, as goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi helped a second-string Reds side finish the Champions League group stage with a perfect record.
Milan needed to win to stand any chance of progressing to the last 16 and went in front through England defender Fikayo Tomori in the first half, to the delight of the home support.
But Salah soon equalised with his 20th goal of the season in all competitions and Origi, who came on to score a stoppage-time winner against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Saturday, headed home Liverpool’s second after the break.
Juergen Klopp’s side became the first English team to win every Champions League group game in a single campaign, finishing top of Group B with 18 points.
AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
54 mins: Tonali gets away with one after he fumbles a clearance and knocks the ball to Salah instead. The Liverpool goalscorer moves it across the front edge of the box before snapping a shot with his left peg. He sends the effort straight at goal and Maignan gobbles it up.
AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
51 mins: Penalty appeal from Milan! The home side win a free kick over on the left side and Tonali slides it quickly into the box. Kessie makes his run towards the ball and collides with Tsimikas before hitting the deck. The referee has a could view of the incident but he waves for play to go on and VAR doesn’t overturn the decision.
AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
48 mins: Konate gives the ball to Tsimikas on the left side of the pitch and he slides a little pass to Minamino. He turns on the spot and creates enough room shift inside and curl a shot just over the crossbar!
Second half: AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
Kick off: No personnel changes from either team at the break. Milan get the ball rolling again at the San Siro. They work the ball nicely down the left side but Minamino intercepts a pass into the box and runs it clear for Liverpool.
AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
Fikayo Tomori is only the third English player to score a Champions League goal against an English opponent while playing for a non-English side, after Patrick Roberts for Celtic v Man City in 2016 and Jude Bellingham for Borussia Dortmund v Man City in 2021.
AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
Mo Salah is the first player to score 20+ goals in five consecutive seasons for Liverpool in all competitions since Ian Rush from 1981-82 to 1986-87 (six in a row).
AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
In the other Group B match Porto and Atletico Madrid are drawing 0-0 at half-time. That means that the Portuguese side are currently going through to the knockout stages but a goal changes everything.
Half-time: AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
45+2 mins: All square in Milan as the first half comes to an end. Liverpool still have the chance to win all six of their group stage matches, Milan are still in with a chance of securing second place in Group B.
All to play for we the players come back out.
AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
45 mins: Two minutes of added time to close out the first half. It’s been entertaining if not enthralling so far. Williams and Morton combine to work the ball out from the back and give it to Oxlade-Chamberlin in he middle of the park. He drives forward and lays the ball off to Origi. Origi smokes one from range and belts it high and wide.
AC Milan 1 - 1 Liverpool
43 mins: Theo Hernandez passes the ball up to Brahim Diaz but he can’t bring it under control and the ball rolls safely through to Alisson. Apart from the corner in which they scored, Milan haven’t created much at all around Liverpool’s final third.
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