Comments and predictions for AC Milan vs Liverpool: Dragon and tiger fight for supremacy
The match between AC Milan vs Liverpool in the Champions League takes place at 2:00 a.m. on September 18. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Latest AC Milan vs Liverpool squad information
Despite having had several training sessions ahead of the Forest game, Liverpool new boy Federico Chiesa was not in the latest Premier League squad. Manager Arne Slot is cautious about his fitness, and while he could make his debut in his homeland, Chiesa's participation in the trip to Milan remains in doubt. Harvey Elliott is a definite absentee with a foot injury.
Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez failed to make the expected impact off the bench on Saturday, but with more than 72 hours between the two games, Slot could consider bringing them into the starting lineup.
For Milan, Ismael Bennacer (ankle), Alessandro Florenzi (ligament), and Marco Sportiello (ligament) will not be available for the Champions League opener. Sportiello cannot replace Mike Maignan in goal, and Malick Thiaw is also struggling with an ankle injury, making his return to midweek almost impossible. Davide Calabria is also uncertain due to a foot injury.
Barring any surprise injuries, Fonseca is expected to stick with the same winning line-up from the weekend, with Abraham replacing new signing Alvaro Morata, and former Chelsea team-mates Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek in the starting line-up.
Latest expected lineup for AC Milan vs Liverpool
AC Milan:
Maignan; Emerson, Gabbia, Pavlovic, Hernandez; Reijnders, Fofana, Loftus-Cheek; Pulisic, Abraham, Leao
Liverpool:
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Endo, Gravenberch; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Nunez
Latest football commentary AC Milan vs Liverpool
Before handing the Anfield torch to Arne Slot, Jurgen Klopp succeeded in getting Liverpool back into the Champions League, although the team finished third in the Premier League, instead of winning the Europa League as originally predicted. Between now and the end of January, Liverpool will take part in a new group stage format with a number of exciting matches, including matches at Anfield against Real Madrid and Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen.
Bologna, RB Leipzig, Girona, Lille and PSV Eindhoven will also be looking to stop Liverpool from reaching the last 16, where the top eight teams will progress, while those ranked 25th to 36th will be eliminated from Europe altogether. Liverpool head to the San Siro with four wins from their last five away games against Italian clubs, although they were eliminated by Atalanta in the quarter-finals of the Europa League last season and were in poor form over the weekend.
After winning their first three Premier League games without conceding, Liverpool lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest thanks to Callum Hudson-Odoi's superb strike, punishing Liverpool's wastefulness in front of goal. Meanwhile, AC Milan, who visit the San Siro this week, picked up their first win in three Serie A games under Paulo Fonseca.
Fonseca, the former Lille and Roma boss, has only taken two points from his first three games in charge of Milan, but the international break has benefited him and his players, judging by their performance against Venezia on Saturday. Milan scored four goals in 29 minutes through Theo Hernandez, Youssouf Fofana, Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao to win 4-0.
Fonseca, who becomes the second Portuguese to manage an Italian club in the Champions League after Jose Mourinho, faces a tough task in the competition. Milan face Real Madrid, Leverkusen and Girona in the group stage, along with Club Brugge, Dinamo Zagreb, Slovan Bratislava and Red Star Belgrade. Rossoneri fans will hope midweek will be a chance for revenge.
Milan were beaten by Liverpool in both of their 2021-22 group stage games, with Divock Origi scoring in a 2-1 win at the San Siro. Milan have the advantage after the two-week break over Liverpool, and have avoided defeat in their last four Champions League games against English sides. While they have never gone five games unbeaten in the competition against Premier League sides, that could change here, with Liverpool's change in attacking play likely to have limited success against a team that has been ineffective at taking their chances.
AC Milan vs Liverpool score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.AC Milan vs Liverpoolas follows:
- Sportsmole:AC Milan 1-1 Liverpool
- WhoScore:AC Milan 2-2 Liverpool
- Our newspaper predicts:AC Milan 1-1 Liverpool
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