Author: Black Dog

Arne Slot was left pleased by what he believed to be a strong team performance during Liverpool’s 3-1 victory over AC Milan on Tuesday night. The Reds produced a comeback success in Italy in the head coach’s opening European fixture in charge, with goals from Ibrahima Konate, captain Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai. Christian Pulisic had netted for the hosts in the third minute of the Champions League encounter, though the visitors took a lead into half-time thanks to their central defensive pairing. Szoboszlai ensured they would go on to claim a deserved three points in the second period,…

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AC Milan boss Paulo Fonseca believes Christian Pulisic & Co “stopped playing” after falling behind against Liverpool in the Champions League. Milan went down 3-1 to Liverpool Fonseca furious with Milan players Claimed that they did not follow the plan. WHAT HAPPENED? The Reds sealed a memorable comeback at San Siro after falling behind early through a Pulisic goal. Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk found the net from set pieces while Dominik Szoboszlai scored the third to ensure that Liverpool emerged triumphant on Italian soil. THE BIGGER PICTURE Fonseca has had a troubled start to life in Milan with…

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The centre-backs proved too much to handle in the opposition penalty area as the Reds picked up a win at San Siro. Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate proved vital at both ends as they guided Liverpool to a 3-1 win against AC Milan in their opening Champions League game of the season on Tuesday. The Reds found themselves on the backfoot early on as Milan saw a dangerous attack flagged for offside following Van Dijk’s last-gasp clearance. Almost immediately afterwards, Kostas Tsimikas was left hapless to let Christian Pulisic break down the left side, and the United States winger…

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Liverpool kicked off their Champions League campaign in perfect fashion with a win at San Siro on Tuesday. The Reds had been in desperate need of a positive start to the new-look competition after a first defeat of the season on Saturday. Things had looked ominous when Christian Pulisic gave AC Milan the lead after just three minutes, but Liverpool bounced back to put the game in a stranglehold. Pundit Paul Merson expressed his surprise at how easily Milan were beaten on the night and it’s perhaps fair to say that Liverpool could have even had a few more goals.…

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LA Lakers Legend Derek Fisher Compares The Modern NBA To WWE In many ways, the NBA is just like the WWE, at least that’s what one NBA legend thinks. While appearing on Byron Scott’s Podcast, the Fastbreak, former Los Angeles Lakers point guard Derek Fisher compared the modern-day NBA to the WWE. So then when I kind of tap into more of — just as basketball fans do when I watch the NBA today, I sometimes compare it to if, you know, for those of you that remember when the WWE was WWF. I don’t know if everybody remembers that.…

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The reason why Jerami Grant is ruled out as a signing for the Lakers There has been much speculation about the possibility of Jerami Grant ending up signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, but there are many other teams competing for him more strongly. This has led the Lakers to carefully analyze the situation and rule themselves out of this battle, realizing that he does not significantly improve the performance of a much younger Rui Hachimura, who earns half as much as him, as reported by Bleacher Report.

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Morata accepts insults from angry Milan supporters Alvaro Morata cannot argue with Milan fans hurling insults after their 3-1 defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League, but urges them not to ‘damage ourselves’ ahead of the derby with Inter. It had seemed to be the ideal start to their Champions League adventure when Christian Pulisic opened the scoring after just three minutes, but it proved to be a false dawn. By the end of the 3-1 defeat to Liverpool, many of the fans had left the stands, those who remained were hurling abuse at the players. “We started well and…

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Milan fans didn’t hide their discontent at the end of their side’s 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Liverpool on their Champions League debut on Tuesday, as they urged their players to “show some balls”. Paulo Fonseca’s side took the lead early in the first half through Christian Pulisic but were left helpless as the Reds fought back and completed the comeback within 41 minutes, before adding a third after the break, piling more misery on Milan’s poor start to the season. The Rossoneri got their first and only win of the season so far last weekend against Venezia…

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It’s unbelievable’: Arne Slot told off his Liverpool players over one thing after AC Milan win It says a great deal that, despite having a seriously impressive comeback win over AC Milan to discuss post-match, Arne Slot couldn’t help but relive his side’s weekend defeat to Nottingham Forest The 46-year-old admitted he told his Liverpool players after the tie that he couldn’t understand how the Reds had managed to lose to the Tricky Trees when they were capable of Tuesday night’s performance. “We showed how good we can play on the ball and that’s also what I said after the…

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Liverpool player ratings vs AC Milan: Destructive defenders Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk lead from the front while Cody Gakpo repays Arne Slot’s trust in Champions League comeback The centre-backs proved too much to handle in the opposition penalty area as the Reds picked up a win at San Siro Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate proved vital at both ends as they guided Liverpool to a 3-1 win against AC Milan in their opening Champions League game of the season on Tuesday. The Reds found themselves on the backfoot early on as Milan saw a dangerous attack flagged…

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