2 weeks Ago By [email protected] (Bruna Reis)
Latest Liverpool news from the ECHO includes a look at the Italian media after the Reds emerged as 3-1 winners at the San Siro against AC Milan Liverpool's return to the Champions League could not have gone any better after turning around a 1-0 deficit to win 3-1 against AC Milan. Arne Slot's side fell behind in the third minute after Christian Pulisic's opener. Ibrahima Konate then put matters level in the 23rd minute before Virgil van Dijk gave his team the lead shortly before the break.
Dominik Szoboszlai sealed the points with a third goal to Slot's delight. "The whole team played well and then the individuals can shine from there," he said post-match. "Normally you celebrate your birthday with your friends and your family.
But this was a real good alternative to play a first Champions League game against a special club for Liverpool, but also a special club for Dutch people in a nice venue. "Then to win it the way we did after going 1-0 down after five minutes with the result of Nottingham Forest still in our head. I think it was very good to see how they took the game in their hands the players and in the end we scored three goals and won 3-1.
" While it may have been the perfect night for the Reds, Milan have been criticised in the media and the ECHO has taken a look at how the Italian media have reported on Tuesday night's events...
Gazzetta dello Sport In its match report, Gazzetta dello Sport wrote: Milan's defeat is heavy, the Rossoneri's evening was full of inexplicable gaps after Pulisic's goal. Liverpool was stronger than Milan, who has the duty to compete differently even against a superior opponent, especially at San Siro (for example, Stuttgart, which does not have the Rossoneri's champions, scared Madrid until the 90th minute). A team that has among its starters almost all nationals from prestigious countries cannot give up like this, as Milan did.
And if Pulisic had an impact, we continue to ask ourselves what Rafael Leao did this time too. If you have the qualities of a champion, it is in challenges like this that you must emerge. But there was nothing.
Liverpool put the Milanese defence in great difficulty early on, so much so that Mohamed Salah hit the crossbar twice, but the two goals conceded from corners are unacceptable. Milan defended poorly, Mike Maignan was not the master in the small area that he should dominate. Then the goalkeeper also got injured, as the derby approaches.
Corriere della Sera In its match report, Corriere della Sera wrote: Night of full moon and ghosts. Milan after a happy Saturday against Venezia, returned to hell. The Devils deluded themselves, but Liverpool overwhelmed them: three goals, two hits on the crossbar, three saves by Maignan.
An embarrassing domination by the Reds, which unleashed the anger at San Siro. The fans protested and insulted. Milan is the one we had seen before the clash, without balance and with a frightening defence.
You can't concede two goals from set pieces. Everything was missing, Paulo Fonseca is back in the crosshairs and the derby with Inter is knocking on the door, a kind of nightmare given how the last six ended. Not to mention that the match leaves its mark: Maignan and Calabria are injured.
Before the match, Ibrahimovic feels the need for a rude attack, which fuels further and useless tension. "When the lion goes away, the cats come closer. When the lion comes back, the cat disappears.
" The Swede, who has a high opinion of himself, doubles down before sitting in the stands next to Aleksander Ceferin. "The docile kittens are not in the team, but outside," he added. "Perhaps at the headquarters, at Casa Milan.
Many talk, but I'm in charge." And the results, for now, are modest. The little Devil scores immediately, but then it's deep night.
Alvaro Morata, with a clever play, serves Pulisic, who has the sprint of a sprinter and strikes Alisson with a diagonal shot as strong as it is precise. It seems like the continuation of the party against Venezia. For Liverpool, arrogant their equaliser worked wonders for them.
From that moment on, the game was in the hands of the English team who were quicker, more physical and more determined. The Reds controlled the game, winning all the tackles and always arriving first on the second balls. Milan struggled and Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Djik, the two central defenders, scored identical goals from set pieces, where the Rossoneri's limitations were evident.
Salah hit the crossbar twice and the injured Maignan provided as many saves from Salah, while Coady Gakpo, the best on the pitch, was above the rest. Milan called for a penalty for a push on Pulisic before the long-awaited interval, but were outclassed. An embarrassing gap.
La Stampa In its match report, La Stampa wrote: Despite a perfect start, Milan was overturned by Liverpool on the first day of the new Champions League . At San Siro it ended 3-1 for the Reds, amidst boos. Pulisic broke the deadlock after a handful of minutes, then Konate, Van Djik and Szoboszlai turned the game around, giving the three points to Arne Slot's team.
The bitter taste returns to Paulo Fonseca's team, who after finding their first success in the championship with Venezia, are defeated in Europe and are now called upon to react again in the derby with Inter on Sunday. Not even three minutes on the clock and the Rossoneri immediately unlocked the match thanks to a lightning-fast counterattack. Alvaro Morata freed Pulisic 's run on the right, the American ran away from everyone and with a perfect diagonal shot he netted the 1-0, making the stadium explode.
The English seem dazed by the home team's aggressive start, but as the clock ran down they take the field and stick their noses out. In the 17th minute, Mohamed Salah, hit the crossbar with a sensational right-footed shot as Maignan was beaten. A handful of minutes later the Reds equalise with Ibrahima Konate, who was excellent at heading in a free kick sent in by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The match changed completely and Liverpool continued to press on the accelerator and in a few minutes they come close to doubling the lead twice, first with Diogo Jota, who missed from a few steps away and then with Salah who hits the crossbar for the second time. Slot's team took the lead at the end of the first half, once again thanks to a dead ball from Tsimikas' corner, this time it was Van Dijk who broke free and headed in the 2-1 . In the second half, Milan proudly tried to react but despite their good effort, they struggled terribly to create new opportunities, while the reds on the opposite front continued to bring danger into the Rossoneri area.
In the 67th minute, a lethal counterattack allowed Liverpool to secure the result. Gakpo escaped to the left and offered the ball to Dominik Szoboszlai, who with a deflection scored the goal. At the end, Rafael Leao hit the post just moments before the final whistle.
The defeat was followed by loud protests from the Rossoneri fans. Tuttosport In its match report, Tuttosport wrote: Another bitter evening for Milan. The Rossoneri were defeated in their Champions League debut which took place at San Siro against Arne Slot 's Liverpool.
The Reds overturned Pulisic's initial lead after he scored in the third minute. Liverpool then emerged victorious thanks to goals from Konate, van Dijk and Szoboszlai. A result that came at the end of a match that saw Fonseca's men struggling for much of the game, without ever giving the impression of being able to change the outcome of the match.
There was no shortage of criticism against the Portuguese coach, whose future on the Milan bench already holds the darkest predictions. In the league, the Rossoneri achieved their first victory after four games and collected a total of five points in the standings. At the end of the match against Liverpool, which saw Federico Chiesa's debut, Fabio Capello did not hide his disappointment at the attitude shown by Fonseca's men.
"I feel sunk tonight after watching this Milan," Capello said. "Without a reaction, every time they had the ball at their feet they couldn't make three passes. They lacked speed, determination and quality.
We continued to play football with the goalkeeper, he touched the ball more than Morata. How is this possible? "The analysis tonight is that the two central defenders didn't have the courage to make a pass. Without courage you don't go anywhere.
I agree on one thing that is clear, everyone plays, but there is no leader on the pitch. There is no one who drags, who goes to say something. Do you know who was the leader tonight? Tammy Abraham, who said 'let's go, let's help each other, come on.
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