Origi & Salah net, Milan kiss European games goodbye despite Tomori goal. Liverpool became the first English club in Champions League history to win all six group-stage matches as Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi secured a 2-1 victory at the San Siro which eliminated AC Milan from Europe.
2021/2022 UEFA Champions League
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Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
4' CHANCE! Williams' shot saved by Maignan
20' Konate's header wide out
28' GOAL! Milan 1-0 Liverpool (Tomori)
32' CLOSE! Origi's shot denied by Maignan
35' GOAL! Milan 1-1 Liverpool (Salah)
48' Minamino's long shot over the bar
50' Kessie goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!
54' GOAL! Milan 1-2 Liverpool (Origi)
78' CHANCE! Theo's shot saved by Alisson
84' Ibrahimovic's bicycle kick wide out
85' CLOSE! What a miss from Kessie!
In a repeat of the 2005 and 2007 finals, former Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori's opener (29) got seven-time winners Milan off to the perfect start in what was a must-win game if their hopes of progressing through to the knockout phase were to be realised.
With Liverpool already assured of passage as Group B winners after winning their first five games, Jurgen Klopp made eight changes ahead of the trip to Milan but they proved immaterial as his side cruised to a historic triumph.
Salah drew Liverpool level within seven minutes with his 20th goal of an already stellar campaign, before Divock Origi, fresh from his late winner at Wolves, sealed the win with his first Champions League goal since the 2019 final.
Alisson Becker produced a brilliant sprawling save to prevent Franck Kessie from snatching a late point for the hosts but not even that could salvage Milan's European season, which is now at an end after Atletico Madrid finished as runners-up behind Liverpool after winning 3-1 in Porto, who finished third and drop into the Europa League.
What's next?
Liverpool host Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday at 3pm, before Milan travel to Udinese in Serie A on Saturday at 7.45pm.
Line-ups
Milan XI: Ibrahimovic, Maignan, Romagnoli, Krunic, Kessie, Tomori, Theo, Brahim, Junior Messias, Tonali, Kalulu
Subs: Tatarusanu, Bakayoko, Florenzi, F.Toure, Bennacer, Gabbia, A. Saelemaekers, A. Jungdal, Maldini
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Salah, Minamino, Mane, Origi, Tsimikas, Konate, N. Phillips, Neco Williams, T. Morton
Subs: Matip, Fabinho, Robertson, Joe Gomez, Naby Keita, Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, E. Dixon-Bonner, H. Davies, M. Woltman, C. Bradley, J. Norris