Liverpool enjoyed themselves at San Siro on Tuesday night as they got their Champions League campaign off to a flyer.

The Reds were in need of a big reaction having lost for the first time this season on Saturday.

The surprise nature of the defeat to Nottingham Forest at Anfield meant that there was some pressure on Liverpool as they faced AC Milan.

An early goal from Christian Pulisic only served to ramp up the anxiety for the Reds, but they bounced back in impressive fashion to win 3-1.

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The cherry on top of an excellent Champions League night was seeing Federico Chiesa make his Liverpool debut with a late cameo.

And having waited a little while for his moment, Chiesa was clearly delighted.

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Liverpool supporters were disappointed not to have been given the chance to see Chiesa in action against Forest at the weekend.

There had been an expectation that the Italian would feature after a couple of weeks in training, but Arne Slot chose to leave Chiesa out of the Liverpool squad.

Despite his lack of playing time, though, the 26-year-old has obviously been making a strong impression at the AXA Training Centre.

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Alisson Becker has been impressed with Chiesa and everything we’ve seen of him has suggested that he’s simply delighted to be at the club.

Having had a smile plastered to his face ever since his arrival at the end of August, the moment Chiesa had been waiting for fittingly came back in his home country.

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Slot did not give his new No.14 long, it must be said.

The head coach waited until injury time before introducing Fede, who played five or six minutes in the end.

And while there is obviously much more to come, Chiesa took to Instagram after the game to celebrate his arrival with Liverpool.

“Happy to make my debut with Liverpool!” wrote the Italy international.

“Great win in San Siro.”

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Chiesa really seems to have taken to life as a Liverpool player.

And following his debut post, some of his new teammates gave their well wishes.

Kostas Tsimikas is always a good man to welcome new players and appears to have become close to Chiesa already.

“Yes my brother,” wrote the left-back beneath his teammate’s post, while Virgil van Dijk went simple with an applause emoji.

Dominik Szoboszlai was brilliant against Milan and the Hungarian paid tribute to Chiesa as well, offering a flames emoji as compliment, while Luis Diaz went with a flame and a bicep curl.

Chiesa’s famous father, Enrico, was also giving his support, replying with three applause emojis for his son.