AC Milan vs Liverpool, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

· UEFA Champions League

AC Milan

3': Christian Pulisic

FT
1 - 3

Liverpool

23': Ibrahima Konaté
41': Virgil van Dijk
67': Dominik Szoboszlai

Liverpool ease past Milan on Champions League return

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Liverpool celebrated their return to the Champions League after a year's absence with a 3-1 victory over AC Milan at San Siro on Tuesday, overcoming a shaky start with goals from Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Offside, AC Milan. Tijjani Reijnders is caught offside.
3': Goal! AC Milan 1, Liverpool 0. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
5': Delay in match because of an injury Mike Maignan (AC Milan).
7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
8': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
8': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
8': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
14': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
14': Offside, AC Milan. Davide Calabria is caught offside.
17': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
17': Attempt missed. Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
18': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
18': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
22': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
22': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
22': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23': Goal! AC Milan 1, Liverpool 1. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a set piece situation.
26': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
27': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
29': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
30': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
30': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan).
31': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31': Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32': Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
34': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
36': Delay in match because of an injury Mike Maignan (AC Milan).
38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
39': Attempt saved. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas.
40': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
40': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
41': Goal! AC Milan 1, Liverpool 2. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
43': Attempt missed. Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
45'+3': Delay in match (Liverpool).
45'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+4': Attempt saved. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
45'+4': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
45'+4': Offside, Liverpool. Diogo Jota is caught offside.
45'+5': First Half ends, AC Milan 1, Liverpool 2.
45': Second Half begins AC Milan 1, Liverpool 2.
48': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
48': Attempt saved. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
48': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
48': Mike Maignan (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Delay in match because of an injury Mike Maignan (AC Milan).
51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
51': Substitution, AC Milan. Lorenzo Torriani replaces Mike Maignan because of an injury.
53': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
53': Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
53': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55': Offside, AC Milan. Rafael Leão is caught offside.
56': Offside, Liverpool. Kostas Tsimikas is caught offside.
57': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
59': Hand ball by Álvaro Morata (AC Milan).
63': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
63': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a through ball.
64': Attempt missed. Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
65': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
65': Foul by Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool).
67': Goal! AC Milan 1, Liverpool 3. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cody Gakpo following a fast break.
68': Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Cody Gakpo.
68': Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Diogo Jota.
69': Delay in match because of an injury Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
69': Substitution, AC Milan. Tammy Abraham replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
70': Substitution, AC Milan. Emerson Royal replaces Davide Calabria because of an injury.
70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
71': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
71': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
73': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Ryan Gravenberch.
74': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Christian Pulisic following a corner.
74': Foul by Tammy Abraham (AC Milan).
74': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
75': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
77': Attempt blocked. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
77': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
79': Foul by Álvaro Morata (AC Milan).
79': Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
80': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
80': Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
80': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Offside, Liverpool. Dominik Szoboszlai is caught offside.
84': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Álvaro Morata.
84': Substitution, AC Milan. Matteo Gabbia replaces Fikayo Tomori.
84': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
84': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
85': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
86': Offside, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
88': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Joe Gomez.
88': Attempt missed. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross following a corner.
89': Dangerous play by Emerson Royal (AC Milan).
89': Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Emerson Royal (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
90': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
90'+2': Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
90'+2': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Substitution, Liverpool. Federico Chiesa replaces Mohamed Salah.
90'+3': Substitution, Liverpool. Wataru Endo replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
90'+4': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
90'+4': Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross following a set piece situation.
90'+5': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
90'+6': Delay in match (Liverpool).
90'+6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+7': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
90'+7': Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Liverpool 3.
0': Match ends, AC Milan 1, Liverpool 3.

Statistics

LIV		MIL
12	Fouls	9
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	3
5	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	8
50.6	Possession	49.4
23	SHOTS	8
11	ON GOAL	2
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
399	Accurate Passes	372
460	Passes	446
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	4
15	Crosses	14
0.2	Cross %	0.3
43	Long Balls	46
22	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	2
10	Effective Tackles	9
14	Tackles	16
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
10	Interceptions	8
14	Effective Clearances	14
14	Clearances	14

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 59,826

UEFA Champions League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	6	+12	18
2	Barcelona	6	+14	15
3	Arsenal	6	+9	13
4	Bayer Leverkusen	6	+7	13

Full Table

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
31	Strahinja Pavlovic
23	Fikayo Tomori
19	Theo Hernández
2	Davide Calabria
14	Tijjani Reijnders
8	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
29	Youssouf Fofana
7	Álvaro Morata
10	Rafael Leão
11	Christian Pulisic

AC Milan Substitutes:

Lapo Nava, Tammy Abraham, Samuel Chukwueze, Davide Bartesaghi, Yunus Musah, Lorenzo Torriani, Filippo Terracciano, Emerson Royal, Kevin Zeroli, Noah Okafor, Matteo Gabbia.

Liverpool (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Alisson Becker (GK)
4	Virgil van Dijk
5	Ibrahima Konaté
21	Kostas Tsimikas
66	Trent Alexander-Arnold
8	Dominik Szoboszlai
10	Alexis Mac Allister
38	Ryan Gravenberch
20	Diogo Jota
18	Cody Gakpo
11	Mohamed Salah

Liverpool Substitutes:

Jarell Quansah, Curtis Jones, Darwin Núñez, Wataru Endo, Conor Bradley, Vitezslav Jaros, Luis Díaz, Caoimhín Kelleher, Joe Gomez, Federico Chiesa, Andrew Robertson, Tyler Morton.

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