In the early morning of September 18, Beijing time, the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League ushered in the first round of matches, and the Serie A giants AC Milan sat at the home of San Siro to face the Premier League powerhouse Liverpool. In the first half, Christian Pulisic scored with a lightning strike in the opening three minutes, Konate equalized for Liverpool, and Van Dijk scored a goal; In the second half, Szobosloy scored another goal to seal the win. In the end, Liverpool came back from behind to win 3-1 away at AC Milan.
In the second minute, Reinders received the ball into the Liverpool penalty area, and his cross in front of the left baseline was disrupted by Van Dijk. In the third minute, Morata received the ball in the center circle with his back to pick up a pass, Pulisic got the ball from the right rib into the penalty area, and chose to shoot directly when the angle was not large, and the ball flew into the far corner, Milan led Liverpool 1-0.
In the 17th minute, Salah received a through ball into the right side of the box and hit the crossbar with a volley from a tight angle in front of two defenders.
In the 22nd minute, Milan captain Calabria tackled Gakpo and received a yellow card. In the 23rd minute, Liverpool won a free kick in front of the left side of the field, Alexander-Arnold drove the ball into the penalty area, Konate jumped high and shook his head to score, Liverpool 1-1 Milan.
In the 25th minute, Jota received a one-on-one chance on the left side of the penalty area, and his close-range effort was deflected. In the 30th minute, Gakpo's cross from the left side of the box was saved by goalkeeper Maignan and Salah at the back post received the ball with a left-footed volley, and the ball hit the crossbar again.
In the 40th minute, Liverpool played a counterattack, Salah received the ball in front of the ball and cut inside to get rid of the defender, and his left-footed volley was slightly off. In the 41st minute, Liverpool's corner kick from the right side was driven to the penalty area, and Van Dijk Taishan in the middle scored with a header, and Liverpool overtook Milan 2-1. At the end of the first half, Liverpool led Milan.
In the second half, Gakpo crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Jota's shot in the middle was saved by Maignan in the 48th minute. Three minutes later, Maignan couldn't hold on and was replaced by Toliani. In the 59th minute, Morata collapsed in the box under the defence of Van Dijk, and the referee ignored it.
In the 64th minute, Tsimikas received a return pass on the left side of the penalty area and volleyed from a tight angle, and the ball deflected off the far post. In the 67th minute, Liverpool broke the ball at the back and counterattacked, Gakpo received the ball and went straight into the penalty area, swept the middle in front of the left bottom line, and the follow-up Szobosloy scored in the middle cushion, Liverpool 3-1 Milan.
In the 85th minute, Te'o fired a long-range left-footed shot in front of the penalty area, but the ball went wide. In the 94th minute, Chiesa Jr. came off the bench to make his Liverpool debut. In the end, the game ended at full-time with Liverpool winning 3-1 away at AC Milan.