AC Milan star Rafael Leao isn’t the star Liverpool fans should worry about for their Champions League clash, says the Italian media.
The Reds travel to the San Siro following a disappointing home defeat to Nottingham Forest after previously winning their first three league games under Arne Slot. On the contrary, Milan have started the season in mixed form, drawing twice and losing to Parma before they bounced back with a much-needed 4-0 win over Venezia on home turf on Saturday evening. Gazzetto dello Sport’s Chief AC Milan writer Luca Bianchin, relayed that Leao isn’t the danger man for tonight’s game. Despite the team featuring plenty of recognisable quality including Theo Hernandez, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Samuel Chukwueze, Noah Okafor and Christian Pulisic – Bian
chin singled out another player who is the one to watch for Liverpool fans. “I would say Tijjani Reijnders as a number ten.” He revealed
“He wasn’t probably, for sure, the best man on the pitch [against Venezia], but for today’s game, he’s the key player because AC Milan started to play him as a number ten instead of Mediano, as we say. He is typically a central midfielder and he showed he can play there and he can be useful for the team. He also scored a couple of goals with the national team, with the Dutch national team in the break. With Reijnders as the number ten, AC Milan can play a better football, be a little bit more balanced. That’s something important for this team that conceded so many goals in the first month.”
