Now, this will not be the first game that comes to mind when discussing famous Liverpool comebacks against AC Milan in the Champions League.

This is not the star-studded Rossoneri side of 2005.

Instead, Liverpool found themselves going up against AC Milan team who appeared to have been suffering an allergic reaction to set-piece marking.

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The Merseyside giants made Christian Pulisic’s third minute opener redundant not so much through Arne Slot’s intricate tactical plans or a sizzling solo performance akin to Steven Gerrard’s in Turkey two decades ago, but instead some well-delivered set-pieces and some well-executed counter attacks.

If Slot was feeling any hint of pressure following Saturday’s shock home defeat to Nottingham Forest, then that is nothing compared to the burden on Paulo Fonseca’s shoulders.

Milan have won only one from five games since the former Leeds United and West Ham target was appointed to replace their 2022 Scudetto-winning head coach Stefano Pioli.

And, worryingly for him, the nature of that dismal collapse on home soil, during a much-anticipated Champions League opener, was as much down to Milan’s own failings as it was to Liverpool’s strengths.

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“We played against Liverpool, who are a great team,” Fonseca tells Sky Italia, doubts already growing amongst a hair-trigger local press.

“I think Liverpool are more of a team than us and they showed it.

So, it’s difficult.”

A thrilling counter-attack – one of many Liverpool executed against a Milan side frequently ripped apart in transition – saw Cody Gakpo cross for Dominik Szoboszlai to convert from close range and kill the game as a contest in the 67th minute.

There would be no goal for Mo Salah, however.

Though not for a lack of trying.

After one of his poorest displays in a Liverpool shirt against Nottingham Forest – and amid the continued rumbling of that Saudi Arabian interest – this was the Salah the Reds fans have come to know and idolise.
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