The duo are far different teams now, with Liverpool losing their first match under Arne Slot at the weekend, but bouncing straight back at the San Siro.
Life is different for Paulo Fonseca at AC Milan because his team were deservedly beaten, despite having the advantage of playing on home soil.
Added to the fact that ex-Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic opened the scoring with a brilliant driving run and pin-point finish into the bottom corner from a tight angle.
Jamie Carragher praised the USMNT international for his goal and how he beat ‘one of the best goalkeepers in the world’ in Alisson Becker.
But that’s back-to-back games Liverpool have now conceded in and Carragher was critical of how his side defended that moment.
The former centre-back pointed out that the pressing structure was ‘all over the place’ and Virgil van Dijk made the ‘wrong’ call when Kostas Tsimikas came out to press the opposition full-back, all of which led to the goal, as he told CBS Sports on Paramount+ (17/09/24 at 8:55 pm).
Virgil van Dijk’s defending
“It was a brilliant goal, they made a great start to the game,” said Carragher. “Liverpool’s pressing structure was all over the place.
“Tsimikas was pressing the opposition’s full-back. Van Dijk has a decision to make and he makes the wrong one.
“And, would you believe? Pulisic, who is going to run 40 yards here, is going to run 40 yards and finish before anyone comes across him to make a challenge. Konate has to come across, but to run that far with the ball, and still have the composure and precision to finish against one of the best goalkeepers in world football, fantastic.”
