A priori, it was the group of death in many ways. However, that mattered little to the Liverpool. This Tuesday, December 7, the Reds beat 2-1 at AC Milan at San Siro with goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi to get the win. In this way, the Anfield team managed to win all their matches in Group B and achieved an impressive record in the UEFA Champions League.
The Rossonero tried to fight against the high rhythm of those led by Jürgen Klopp and opened the scoring in the 29th minute of the first half. It all started from a corner kick for the locals. Takumi Minamino almost caught it in his own goal, but Alisson Becker managed to clear his teammate’s deflection. To the bad fortune of the Brazilian goalkeeper, the rebound was left for Fikayo Tomori, who defined in front of the goal to advance his team.
The goal of equality was not long in coming. With 36 minutes into the first half, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain delivered a violent shot from the edge of the box, forcing a reaction from Mike Maignan. The French goalkeeper failed to retain the powerful shot, leaving the rebound to one side. It was there that he appeared Mohamed Salah to put the equalizer.
Subsequently, Liverpool managed to get up on the scoreboard in the 55th minute after an unusual error by Pierre Kalulu at the start. Senegalese Sadio Mané stole the ball and shot at goal. Maignan managed to stop the shot, but in the second instance, the ball was left to Divock Origi. The Belgian forward caught the ball and defined in front of the goal with his head.
Liverpool’s record
With this result obtained on Tuesday, December 7, those led by Jürgen Klopp not only managed to add three to maintain a perfect score in Group B. In addition, they became the first club in England to have a full Champions League group stage win. For his part, AC Milan He was in the last position and will not contest even the Europa League.
