For each AC Milan and Liverpool, their most up-to-date home outcomes have confirmed to be an outlier within the theme of their respective begins to the season.
Forward of the Champions League conflict between the 2 groups on Tuesday night time, the Rossoneri loved a cathartic 4-0 win over Venezia – their first of the Serie A campaign after two attracts and a defeat – whereas the Reds noticed their 100% Premier League report ended as Nottingham Forest triumphed at Anfield.
Arne Slot’s facet put that hiccup behind them to expire absolutely deserving 3-1 winners on the San Siro, with the end result and the general development of the match prompting a considerably lewd chant from a group of indignant residence supporters.
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As famous by James Horncastle via X and for The Athletic, shortly earlier than full-time final night time, a gaggle of followers within the Curva Sud had been shouting ‘Fuori coglioni!’, which the Italian soccer skilled translated as them demanding that the Milan gamers ‘present some balls’.
Chants of “Fuori coglioni!” reverberate round San Siro. Milan’s gamers instructed emphatically to point out some balls after tonight’s defeat
— James Horncastle (@JamesHorncastle) September 17, 2024
Whereas the frustration of the Forest end result and efficiency was compounded by how properly Liverpool performed in Italy, the venomous ambiance among the many residence assist on the San Siro confirmed that issues might be an entire lot worse.
The Reds had crushed Milan within the personal yard earlier than, however the method wherein we dominated final night time illustrated not solely how good Slot’s workforce could be after they’re on track, but additionally how far the Rossoneri have fallen for the reason that formidable facet that they had after we performed them in two Champions League finals within the 2000s.
Fortunately it’s been a very long time since an analogous degree of anger was so palpable inside Anfield, even through the troublesome 2022/23 season. The closest factor we’ve needed to that degree of mutiny in fashionable instances was the tail finish of the dismal Roy Hodgson period halfway by way of 2010/11.
Whereas Paulo Fonseca continues the damning postmortem from his workforce’s standpoint, Liverpool followers could be content material with their facet getting again on the horse by making a victorious return to the Champions League and hopefully emitting a successful be aware domestically as soon as extra on the weekend.
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