Milan 1-3 Liverpool: Van Dijk, Konate & Szoboszlai finish deserved comeback

Liverpool claimed an assured victory at AC Milan on their Champions League return to firmly bounce back from Saturday's shock defeat by Nottingham Forest.

The Reds were stunned on the break inside three minutes when AC Milan winger Christian Pulisic found the net with a driven strike across goal.

But Arne Slot's side responded with a dominant performance and, after Mohamed Salah hit the bar, defender Ibrahima Konate levelled with a stooping 23rd-minute header from Trent Alexander-Arnold's free-kick.

Salah struck the bar again before Virgil van Dijk completed the turnaround shortly before half-time when he met Konstantinos Tsimikas' corner with a close-range header.

The win was wrapped up in the 67th minute when Cody Gakpo ended an electric run by squaring the ball to Dominik Szoboszlai for a tap-in.

Liverpool also gave a brief debut to summer signing Federico Chiesa who replaced Salah in the 93rd minute.

Line-ups

Milan XI: Morata, Maignan, Loftus-Cheek, Calabria, Tomori, Theo, Pulisic, Tijjani Reijnders, Leao, Youssouf Fofana, S. Pavlovic

Subs: Abraham, Samuel Chukwueze, Gabbia, Noah Okafor, Aparecido, Yunus Musah, Filippo Terracciano, Lapo Nava, Davide Bartesaghi, Kevin Zeroli, Lorenzo Torriani

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Salah, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Jota, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Cody Gakpo, Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Gravenberch

Subs: W. Endo, Robertson, Joe Gomez, Kelleher, Chiesa, Luis Díaz, Darwin Núñez, Curtis Jones, Vitezslav Jaros, Jarell Quansah, Conor Bradley, Tyler Morton