Another night under the lights at the San Siro will see two of the best forwards in recent history pitted against each other on Wednesday.
In the red corner is Mohamed Salah – arguably football's most in-form player at the moment and looks completely unplayable with every week that passes.
But this isn't about the Egyptian – it's about his opponent in the other corner. A man who really needs no introduction seeing how he's been there and done it, and will no doubt go down as one of the all-time greats.
Having turned 40 in October, Ibrahimovic has somehow showed no signs of slowing down and is reportedly in line to extend his stay with AC Milan beyond this season, even if it is for another year.
With six goals in 12 appearances thus far for Milan, Ibrahimovic has showed that he is a more than reliable option up front despite his grand old age.
But while Milan are reluctant to rely on him for their goals, they will have to on Wednesday given the club are in the midst of an injury crisis.
Milan boss Stefano Pioli is without five of his seven senior attackers for the match with Liverpool, with Ante Rebic, Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao, Pietro Pellegri and Samu Castillejo all out of the tie with muscle injuries, leaving Ibrahimovic and 20-year-old Daniel Maldini as the only two recognised options up top.
Ibrahimovic thrives on the biggest stages and his sublime record whenever he goes is testament to that.
But for all of what Ibrahimovic has achieved in his long and storied career at football's top level, the polarising Swede has always seemed to struggle whenever facing the red of Liverpool.
While his superb scoring record of 490 goals in 800 club matches speaks for itself, Ibrahimovic has only managed one strike against the Reds and is yet to experience a win against them.
In the 16 years since he first played Liverpool – a Champions League quarter-final for Juventus in 2005 – Ibrahimovic went on to face the Premier League side five more times, registering just one goal in 530 minutes of football against them.
In that 2005 two-legged quarter-final, which saw Liverpool win the first leg 2-1 at Anfield and then manage a goalless draw in the second meeting in Turin, Ibrahimovic struggled to make any sort of impact as the Old Lady were sent crashing out.
Liverpool would go on to that year's final, beating Ibrahimovic's current club AC Milan in one of the most memorable finals of all time, as Rafa Benitez's men came from three goals down to lift the European trophy in extraordinary circumstances.
Juve's exit would have surely left a sour taste in the striker's mouth and a shot of redemption was on the cards when Ibrahimovic's Inter Milan were matched with the Reds in the last-16 of the Champions League in 2008.
However, it was the same old story for Zlatan as Liverpool eased past Inter 3-1 on aggregate to knock Roberto Mancini's men out of Europe.
It would be another eight years before Ibrahimovic would get the chance to face Liverpool again, this time for their fiercest rivals Manchester United in the Premier League.
Despite being on the pitch from start to finish, Ibrahimovic walked away with a booking as the game ended in a goalless stalemate, extending his poor run against the Merseyside team.
It wouldn't be until the reverse fixture in the 2016-17 campaign that Ibrahimovic would finally break his duck against the Reds, scoring in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford but that first win still alluded him.
Ibrahimovic was forced to sit out of AC Milan's trip to Anfield in September – a game the Italian side lost 3-2 – due to an achilles problem but he will be raring to go this time round.
It could also be the perfect time to face Liverpool, too, given how Jurgen Klopp has revealed that he intending on rotating the squad, especially given how Liverpool have already booked their spot in the knockout stages.
But for Milan it is a different story.
With just one win from five group stage games Milan face the sobering prospect of being knocked out of Europe before the year's out.
A win against a under-strength Liverpool team is sorely needed if they are to have any chance of beating Atletico Madrid or Porto to that final qualifying spot on Wednesday.
So with injuries aplenty and records on the line, now is the perfect time for Ibrahimovic to step up and finally get that win against Liverpool he desperate craves.
Otherwise it will be the same old story is what could be last-chance saloon for the veteran forward.