LIVERPOOL became the first English club side to win ALL six of their group stage games with a 2-1 win at AC Milan.
Ex-Chelsea star Fikayo Tomori opened the scoring for Milan, before Mo Salah equalised with his 20th goal of the season.
Divock Origi then scored the winner with a powerful header for his second crucial goal in successive games.
The Reds go sailing through to Monday’s Last 16 draw.
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THAT’S ALL FROM MILAN
Liverpool defeated AC Milan 2-1 at the San Siro and became the first ever English team to win all of their six games in the Champions League group stage.
Milan were looking at qualification to the Last 16 on 29 minutes when Junior Messias delivered a corner kick from the right and Zlatan Ibrahimovic flicked it towards goal at the near post.
Takumi Minamino failed to block it and Alisson palmed the ball away after being caught by surprise.
Fikayo Tomori got the rebound and scored his first ever Champions League goal.
But Liverpool responded just seven minutes later when Mike Maignan failed to hold on to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s shot and Mohamed Salah scored his 20th goal across all competitions from close range.
The Reds completed their comeback after 55 minutes when Tomori gave the ball away and Sadio Mane picked up possession before delivering a shot that was blocked by Maignan.
But the danger wasn’t over yet as Divock Origi got the header and put the Merseysiders ahead.
With Atletico Madrid beating Porto 3-1 away, Liverpool are joined by the Spanish champions in the next round whereas the Portuguese giants move on to the Europa League and Milan are out altogether.
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AC Milan ace Sandro Tonali insists this was a difficult game even though a number of key Liverpool players didn’t start.
Tonali told Sky Italia: “We knew it was a difficult game, as even without some of their first-choice players, Liverpool have so much strength in depth.
“We learned from the experience against these top teams and that is what we will take with us going forward.
“We could’ve done more, that is always true, but we didn’t hold back today and cannot turn back time.
“All we can do now is continue along our path and focus on the next objective”
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is over the moon after the big win over AC Milan at the San Siro.
Here’s what he told BT Sport:
KLOPP REACTS
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp “couldn’t be more proud” of his highly rotated side against AC Milan.
Klopp said: “I think when I said before the game that we wanted to win the game everyone was yeah, of course.
“But we needed fresh legs, we needed desire to play this game, which is difficult with the epic schedule we have.
“And what the boys did tonight, I couldn’t be more proud. I’m so happy with so many things I saw tonight.
“That we won the game is great but the performance was outstanding. Having 21 shots, so many situations where we played outstandingly well, and defended with passion and good organisation. So really happy”
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The talk of the town is about Liverpool becoming the first ever English team to win all of their six games in the Champions League group stage.
But that is not the only record the Reds broke tonight after their 2-1 win over AC Milan at the San Siro.
The Merseysiders also won six consecutive games in the Champions League for the first time in their history.
Liverpool made quick work out the likes of Atletico Madrid, Porto and Milan, surely they are among the favourites to win the title
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Liverpool have comfortably topped what was previously dubbed the ‘group of death’ after the Champions League draw.
Atletico Madrid join them to the Last 16 after winning 3-1 against Porto, who will continue at the Europa League.
Milan, on the other hand, are out of Europe altogether.
More below:
STATS
Liverpool dominated 51.4 per cent of possession despite playing with a highly rotated squad.
The Reds registered a total of 22 shots, seven of which were on target at the San Siro.
AC Milan, on the other hand, produced eight shots but only three of them were on target.
This was a crucial match for Milan and we expected some tension but weirdly enough there wasn’t a single booking throughout the entire match
FT: AC MILAN 1-2 LIVERPOOL
Liverpool defeated AC Milan 2-1 at the San Siro and became the first ever English team to win all of their six games in the Champions League group stage.
Milan were looking at qualification to the Last 16 on 29 minutes when Junior Messias delivered a corner kick from the right and Zlatan Ibrahimovic flicked it towards goal at the near post.
Takumi Minamino failed to block it and Alisson palmed the ball away after being caught by surprise.
Fikayo Tomori got the rebound and scored his first ever Champions League goal.
But Liverpool responded just seven minutes later when Mike Maignan failed to hold on to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s shot and Mohamed Salah scored his 20th goal across all competitions from close range.
The Reds completed their comeback after 55 minutes when Tomori gave the ball away and Sadio Mane picked up possession before delivering a shot that was blocked by Maignan.
But the danger wasn’t over yet as Divock Origi got the header and put the Merseysiders ahead.
With Atletico Madrid beating Porto 3-1 away, Liverpool are joined by the Spanish champions in the next round whereas the Portuguese giants move on to the Europa League and Milan are out altogether
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THAT’S FULL-TIME IN MILAN!!!!!!
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And Liverpool boss Klopp hands out European debuts to 18-year-olds Woltman and Bradley as they replace Minamino and Williams respectively
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90+1 Not that it matters anymore, but Atletico scored a third against Porto with De Paul.
So Liverpool finish first with Atleti joining them in the Last 16, while Porto go to the Europa League and Milan are eliminated
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90 Just three more minutes of stoppage time to go.
Liverpool are close to becoming the first ever English side to win all of their Champions League matches at the group stage
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88 Atletico have doubled their lead at Porto with Correa, so that’s that!
Even if Milan score, Klopp should still be proud of his rotated side as they have been dominating most of the game
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85 WHAT A CHANCE!
Milan just wasted a major and rare opportunity…
Kessie is payed through and finds himself in front of Alisson but his finish is poor and the Brazilian makes a huge save!
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84 CHANCE
Milan star Ibrahimovic tries to equalise in style!
Kessie delivers a cross from the right and the star striker tries an overhead kick but doesn’t even come close.
Maybe a couple a years ago…
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Milan boss Pioli makes one last changes as Chelsea loanee Bakayoko replaces Krunic
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82 Milan get a free-kick in a promising position and Ibrahimovic takes it on.
But nothing comes of it as the former Man Utd star hits the wall
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Liverpool boss Klopp shakes things up as Fabinho comes on ands replaces Origi, who receives a warm ovation
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77 Milan ace Messias breaks into the box from the left and tries a cross towards Ibrahimovic.
But there is not much to it and Alisson picks it up with ease
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75 Liverpool have lost their touch after the exits of Salah and Mane.
But they are still comfortable in possession
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73 Milan are struggling to fight back, they’re not getting enough from Ibrahimovic and Messias up front.
Liverpool’s inexperienced backline, on the other hand, has been quite comfortable
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72 Things have REALLY kicked off at Porto!
The hosts are also down to 10 men as Wendell has been sent off!
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70 That was Origi’s first Champions League goal since the final in 2019 against Tottenham.
This is also the first time the Liverpool hero hits the back of the net in two consecutive matches
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67 Atletico have suffered another blow as Carrasco has been sent off against Porto.
But still, as it stands, Milan are bottom of their Champions League group
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Milan boss Pioli makes another change as Florenzi replaces Kalulu.
Incidentally, Salah got a standing ovation from the traveling Liverpool fans as well as a section of the Rossoneri faithful
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
