Eyeing a seventh European crown, standing in Liverpool’s arrive are seven-cases winners Milan.
Reuters
17 September, 2024, 03:15 am
Last modified: 17 September, 2024, 03:24 am
Liverpool glean masses of admire for Italian side AC Milan however the Premier League club must no longer intimidated when the two European giants face-off in their Champions League opener at San Siro, head coach Arne Slot mentioned on Monday.
Whereas Liverpool’s transition from the Juergen Klopp period had regarded seamless when they began the season with three league wins without conceding a map, they’re if truth be told looking to position on the support of Saturday’s fine 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest at Anfield.
AC Milan have not been in their only fabricate in Serie A and are languishing mid-table with 5 aspects from four fits. But Paulo Fonseca’s side remains a formidable side.
“I make no longer deem any supervisor is insecure to play the different team but now we glean got a form of admire for AC Milan,” Slot told journalists earlier than Tuesday’s clash.
“They glean quality, we’re no longer insecure, but we admire all their avid gamers. They glean proven that they’re in correct fabricate, with a truly correct 4-0 gain (against Venezia in Serie A on Saturday).
“Panicked is no longer the be conscious we would exhaust. We admire lots.”
Liverpool’s unique signing Federico Chiesa will seemingly no longer delivery up against Milan, Slot mentioned while heaping reward on the 26-yr-outmoded Italy forward.
Chiesa is yet to play for the Merseyside club, having joined in the end-season switch window from Italian giants Juventus.
“Why we brought him… I carry in quality avid gamers and I deem he’s. Combines quality with work payment and the tradition of this club, this team, he brings that with combos of quite loads of positions,” the Dutchman mentioned.
“He’s with the team, and since I mentioned it’s miles the main time he’s right here, it would be a large shock if he starts the next day… But he’ll assemble some minutes if we need him.
“He’s had some training time and too early to play 90 minutes, but expectantly some minutes in the upcoming fixtures.”
Liverpool’s Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker is contented to play in the Champions League because the club returns to the competition after a season’s absence.
“Imagine something you if truth be told delight in to realize after which you make no longer attain it for a yr, how grand you’d be expecting doing it again. That is the arrive we for certain feel,” Alisson, who helped Liverpool gain the match in 2019, mentioned.
“Taking half in in the Champions League is without doubt among the causes I came to Europe from Brazil. Not taking half in in it excellent season used to be for certain laborious.
“But right here we are again, qualifying from a truly sturdy league in the Premier League.”
