Cody Gakpo was very good in Liverpool’s 3-1 win away to AC Milan, with Ibrahima Konate additionally shining at each ends of the pitch.
The Reds might have began terribly on Tuesday evening, falling behind to an early Christian Pulisic objective, however they by no means panicked on the San Siro.
Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk each nodded dwelling to show the sport on its head earlier than Dominik Szoboszlai accomplished the scoring on the opening Champions League evening of the season.
Right here we evaluate our player ratings with these of the Liverpool Echo, GOAL, FotMob and This Is Anfield’s readers.
Gakpo (8.3) was given a possibility to shine, coming in for Luis Diaz, and he was Liverpool’s finest participant.
The Dutchman wreaked havoc together with his direct operating and tempo, and he did his probabilities beneath Arne Slot no hurt transferring ahead.
The Echo‘s Paul Gorst mentioned that Gakpo “regarded threatening every time he had the ball,” including that he was “too robust and highly effective for Milan” to deal with.
TIA’s Joanna Durkan described it as a “efficiency we wish to see extra of” from the ahead, who has a lot to supply in this sort of type.
Konate (8.1) was additionally an attention grabbing performer for Liverpool, not solely equalising but additionally preserving Milan’s defence quiet.
Peter McVitie of GOAL felt that the Frenchman “stood up properly to win the ball when Milan got here via the center,” on a night when he even outperformed Van Dijk (7.8).
Ryan Gravenberch (7.9) continues to take pleasure in a formidable begin to the season and he shone on and off the ball as soon as once more.
Durkan handed the midfielder TIA’s Man of the Match award, saying he “confirmed he can win the bodily battle and observe his runners,” which hasn’t all the time been the case.
It wasn’t an ideal evening for Diogo Jota (5.9), although, who missed a sitter and can hope for higher evenings forward!
Subsequent up for Liverpool is Saturday’s go to of Bournemouth within the Premier League (3pm BST).
