The Dubai Super Cup comes to an end this afternoon, as Liverpool face AC Milan in the final match of the friendly tournament. Arsenal have already been confirmed as champions after winning their two matches, but the result is not the main priority for these sides.
This is Liverpool’s last chance to get up to full speed ahead of the serious business returning. Jurgen Klopp’s side travel to face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup in six days’ time, before facing Aston Villa on Boxing Day in the Premier League. Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino both start against Milan, with Darwin Nunez among those on the bench.
Liverpool lost to Lyon in their opening match in Dubai, while Milan were beaten by Arsenal. Both sides should be better this afternoon, with sharper displays expected now they each have a game under their belts. Follow Liverpool vs AC Milan LIVE below!
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GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 AC Milan | Mohamed Salah 5′
LOVELY GOAL!
Matip with the driving run forward, combines really nicely on the edge of the box and Salah just rolls the ball into the bottom corner.
2 mins: Big chance for Milan!
Lazetic played clean through on goal, massive gap in the middle of the Liverpool defence between Gomez and Matip. The striker drags the effort wide though, had to score really.
KICK-OFF!
We’re up and running in Dubai!
Not long now….
Players will be out any second in Dubai.
Relaxed atmosphere ahead of kick-off as you’d expect, but both sides will want to impress this afternoon.
Pre-match thoughts from Klopp!
So we have both the lineups… took long enough.
Origi reportedly misses out with a muscle strain, so he is not involved against his former side.
Kick-off coming up in less than ten minutes now!
Nat Phillips on Dubai camp
“It’s been good. Obviously it has been intense, we want to get up to speed quickly, so we’ve been putting the work in.
“It has been nice to be back, you start to miss it after a few weeks so it’s been nice to be back with the ball at our feet and seeing the boys again.
“It’s definitely been unusual [because of the World Cup break], but I did one of these when I was in Germany so I have an experience of it myself. You adapt pretty quickly – you just turn up and put the work in!”
Serie A legend Mihajlovic dies
Sinisa Mihajlovic, the accomplished former Serbian footballer and manager who spent the majority of his career in Italy, has died at the age of 53 following a long battle with leukemia.
Mihajlovic’s passing was first reported by Italian outlet Gazzetta dello Sport, leading to an outpouring of grief from across the football world – not least the country where he became a household name as a player and free-kick specialist during spells with Roma, Sampdoria, Lazio and Inter Milan in the 1990s and early 2000s.
He later managed the likes of AC Milan, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Torino and Bologna, where he had worked as recently as September before departing after a difficult start to the 2022/23 season.
Read the full story on that here
