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 vs Liverpool
Reaction to come from Manchester City’s loss to RB Leipzig but the focus moves to Italy where Liverpool take on AC Milan at the San Siro.
Here’s a look at the line-ups:
AC Milan XI: Maignan, Kalulu, Tomori, Romagnoli, T. Hernandez, Kessie, Tonali, Krunic, Messias Junior, Ibrahimovic, Brahim Diaz
Liverpool XI: Alisson, N. Williams, Konate, Phillips, Tsimikas, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Morton, Minamino, Salah, Origi, Mane
Full-time: RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Man City
90+3 mins: Well, that turned into a bit of scrap in the last 15 minutes.
The home side hold on to earn a victory and a place in the Europa League. Manchester City’s Champions League group stages end in defeat but they’re still the winners of Group A and progress to the knockout stages.
RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Man City
90 mins: Three minutes of added time to play. Leipzig have just decided to repeatedly foul Grealish on the left wing. A free kick from Zinchenko is whipped into the box but comes safely into the hands of Gulacsi.
RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Man City
88 mins: Ruben Dias and Cole Palmer are on for Man City with Kevin De Bruyne and Nathan Ake the players replaced. City are down to 10 men but they’re still holding their own when in possession.
Fernandinho is caught in the middle of the pitch and the free kick comes out to Grealish. He flicks a ball up to Sterling who is closed down and forced to run wide.
RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Man City
85 mins: Kyle Walker’s going to miss the next round for Manchester City now. A complete error in judgement, born out of frustration, is going to cuase his team a few problems down the line.
De Bruyne takes a shot from outside the box and almost curls one into the far bottom corner. Gulacsi dives across to cover the effort but ends up watching the ball go wide.
Red card! Kyle Walker is off!
RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Man City
82 mins: Stones has been booked for arguing with the referee as City appeal for another penalty for a shove on Mahrez but he was offside.
Oh my! Things have started to get heated out there and Kyle Walker seems to have lost his head. Andre Silva brings the ball down the left wing as Walker tracks back. The City right-back kicks out from behind and takes Silva’s legs out from under him.
Chaos erupts as players square up to each other and the referee pulls out a red card sending Walker to the stands!
RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Man City
79 mins: Now that City have scored can they get another one?
Almost! A diagonal ball comes out ot Grealish on the left side. He carries the ball into the box, shimmies inside twice then boots a low shot at goal only for the effort to get deflected wide of the back post.
GOAL! RB Leipzig 2 - 1 Man City (Mahrez, 76’)⚽️
76 mins: City get one back! A simple move sees the ball passed across the defence and up to Zinchenko on the left wing. He swings a cross towards the six-yard box and the ball bounces over to the back post. Mahrez arrives before anyone else, meets the ball on it’s upwards trajectory and firmly heads it into the back of the net.
RB Leipzig 2 - 0 Man City
74 mins: Chance! The ball comes out to Mahrez over on the right side of the box. He plays it inside as Sterling goes over after a push from Gvardiol. City appeal for a penalty as the ball rolls to Fernandinho. He shoots and hoofs the ball over the crossbar. VAR takes a look at the Sterling incident but doesn’t think it warrants a penalty kick.
GOAL! RB Leipzig 2 - 0 Man City (Andre Silva, 71’)⚽️
71 mins: It’s worse now for City! It’s a mistake from John Stones as he pushes high to intercept a forward pass from Gvardiol. His first touch is heavy though and the ball bounces out to Forsberg who flies into the vacant space behind Stones. He carries the ball into the box and pulls it back to Andre Silva who sets himself and guides a low, powerful shot into the back of the net.
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