Liverpool made their return to the Champions League by coming from behind to beat AC Milan 3-1 on the San Siro.
Arne Slot’s aspect have been shocked within the opening phases with Christian Pulisic placing the house aspect forward after simply three minutes.
Objectives from Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk noticed Liverpool flip the match round, with the defenders heading in from set items.
Dominik Szoboszlai sealed Liverpool’s victory by handing over a Cody Gakpo cross, guaranteeing Slot celebrated his forty sixth birthday in type.
Mail Sport’s Kieran Gill charges the gamers from the opening evening of Champions League motion.
AC MILAN (4-2-3-1)
Mike Maignan – 5
Did his greatest impression of Tottenham’s Guglielmo Vicario as Milan conceded from two crosses, with Maignan flapping till he lastly succumbed to harm.
Davide Calabria – 5
Milan’s captain needed to beware Liverpool’s fixed switches of play in the direction of his flank. Booked for a problem on Gakpo from which the equaliser arrived.
Fikayo Tomori – 5
Left sprawled on the ground and in a tangle together with his goalkeeper after being crushed within the air by a decided Konate for 1-1.
Strahinja Pavlovic – 5
Usually had Salah for firm as Liverpool’s proper winger drifted inside to be nearer to Jota and in these one-v-ones, Pavlovic was routinely the loser.
Theo Hernandez – 5
Generally he was marking Salah. Different occasions Szoboszlai. Then Alexander-Arnold. Not the nicest evening for any of Milan’s defenders as soon as Liverpool awoke.
AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan was pressured off having struggled with an harm
Youssouf Fofana – 5.5
Cautioned for tugging again Salah out of panic as Liverpool began to grasp this Champions League conflict after struggling in midfield early on.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek – 6
One in all 5 ex-Chelsea males within the Milan squad, 4 of whom began. Loves driving ahead from midfield however none of his runs led to a lot.
Christian Pulisic – 6
Scored inside three minutes after a dereliction of his defensive duties from Tsimikas. Gladly accepted Liverpool’s present of house and time to shoot past Alisson.
Christian Pulisic opened the scoring for AC Milan within the third minute on the San Siro
Tijjani Reijnders – 5
Van Dijk ought to ship him a thank-you card for the free header from which he gave Liverpool their 2-1 lead as Reijnders deserted his man.
Rafael Leao – 5
Light after Milan’s ferocious begin as Alexander-Arnold dealt with him properly as the sport grew older. Usually too wasteful when alternatives arose to get at Liverpool.
Alvaro Morata – 5.5
Pretty first-time ball across the nook for Pulisic’s purpose. Threw himself to the ground subsequent to Gakpo within the hope of a penalty. No likelihood.
SUBS
Lorenzo Torriani (for Maignan, 51) – 6
The 19-year-old goalkeeper was thrown to the wolves however solely conceded the one.
Tammy Abraham (for Loftus-Cheek 70) – 6
Thankless job because the striker approaching at 3-1 down, with no glimpses of purpose.
Emerson Royal (for Calabria 70) – 6
Former Tottenham full backs’ solely contribution was giving Nunez a kick to the pinnacle.
Noah Okafor (for Morata 84) – N/A
Matteo Gabbia (for Tomori 84) – N/A
MANAGER
Paulo Fonseca – 5
Conceding from two near-identical set-pieces can solely frustrate.
LIVERPOOL (4-2-3-1)
Alisson – 6.5
Confirmed his annoyance after dropping his clear sheet quickly into this contest however was so untroubled from then on, he may have executed a crossword.
Trent Alexander-Arnold – 7.5
The free-kick from which Liverpool equalised got here because of one among his many right-to-left switches of play. Simply gained his battle with Leao.
Ibrahima Konate – 7.5
No stopping him from levelling it up for Liverpool as he charged into the six-yard field like a bull who had seen pink. Kickstarted the comeback.
Virgil van Dijk – 7.5
Noticed what Konate did and thought: ‘I’ll have a few of that.’ Won’t ever rating a neater header as Liverpool exploited Milan’s dismal set-piece defending.
Konstantinos Tsimikas – 5.5
Tsimikas went AWOL when Pulisic opened the scoring early on, which was expensive. However it was his nook from which Van Dijk headed Liverpool right into a 2-1 lead.
Ibrahima Konate rose highest to move in a free kick to get Liverpool again on stage phrases
Ryan Gravenberch – 7
Liverpool seemed weak in midfield early on however they quickly settled, Gravenberch doing knowledgeable job of defending the defence with well-timed interceptions.
Alexis Mac Allister – 7
Ought to have secured an help when he picked the proper cross into Jota however wasn’t rewarded. In any other case held his personal with a warning for a problem on Fofana.
Mohamed Salah – 7.5
Twice denied by the crossbar and as soon as by Maignan within the first half, however that latter likelihood gained the nook that gave Liverpool the lead.
Dominik Szoboszlai – 7.5
Felt like Szoboszlai was popping up in all places as if he had a twin brother taking part in on the identical time, then bought himself a purpose.
Dominik Szoboszlai turned in Cody Gakpo’s cross to present Liverpool a two purpose cushion
Cody Gakpo – 8
No purpose for himself, however Gakpo was a risk from the left all through as he ended his night with an help for Szoboszlai to substantiate this comeback win.
Diogo Jota – 6
Ought to have scored when Mac Allister performed him in, solely to overlook the goal utterly from shut vary. Linked up properly with Salah occasionally not less than.
SUBS
Luis Diaz (for Gakpo 68) – 6
Didn’t shirk his defensive duties down the left as Liverpool noticed out the win.
Darwin Nunez (for Jota 68) – 6
The odd flash of purpose as he stored busy however in fact, the guests’ work was executed.
Joe Gomez (for Alexander-Arnold 79) – N/A
Wataru Endo (for Mac Allister 90) – N/A
Federico Chiesa (for Salah 90) – N/A
MANAGER
Arne Slot – 7
All’s properly that ends properly after their shaky begin.
REFEREE
Espen Eskas – 6
By no means allowed himself to be influenced by the environment.
