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    Home / News / Sports News / UEFA Champions League: Liverpool beat Milan; City win nine-goal thriller
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    UEFA Champions League: Liverpool beat Milan; City win nine-goal thriller

    UEFA Champions League: Liverpool beat Milan; City win nine-goal thriller
    Written by Rajdeep Saha
    Sep 16, 2021, 02:53 am 3 min read
    UEFA Champions League: Liverpool beat Milan; City win nine-goal thriller
    Jordan Henderson scored the winning goal for Liverpool

    After an action-packed opening night in the UEFA Champions League matchday one, there was plenty of drama as Groups A to D were in action on Wednesday. Liverpool beat AC Milan 3-2 in the group of death. The other match in Group B saw Atletico and Porto draw their game (0-0). Meanwhile, Manchester City won a nine-goal thriller against 10-man RB Leipzig (Group A).

    Liverpool prevail against Milan at Anfield

    Liverpool started the game in frantic pace not giving Milan any room as the visitors were down 1-0. Trent Alexander-Arnold scored the opener. Liverpool dominated from there on before Milan stung them before half-time. Ante Rebic equalized with a brilliant first-time finish past Alisson. Milan scored another within minutes to stun Liverpool. After half-time, goals from Mohamed Salah and Jordan Henderson helped the hosts.

    Salah equals Gerrard with this record for Liverpool

    Mohamed Salah is now Liverpool's joint-highest scorer in UEFA Champions League games at Anfield. He netted his 14th UCL goal at Anfield which took him level with Steven Gerrard. Salah now has four goals in five appearances for Liverpool this season. He has raced to 129 goals for the Reds in 208 appearances.

    Salah misses rare penalty and other notable feats

    As per Opta, Salah has failed to convert a penalty for just the second time in 19 attempts for Liverpool. Prior to this, Salah had failed to score versus Huddersfield in October 2017. Under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool have only lost one of their 13 group stage games in the UCL at Anfield (W10 D2). Meanwhile, there were just 110 seconds between Milan's goals.

    Man City beat RB Leipzig 6-3 at home

    Last season's finalists Man City clinched the UCL opener 6-3 against German side RB Leipzig. It was a notable UCL debut for Jack Grealish. As per Opta, Grealish is the first Englishman to both score and assist on his UCL debut since Wayne Rooney versus Fenerbahçe in September 2004. City's Riyad Mahrez has scored five goals in his last five UCL appearances.

    Nkunku scores a hat-trick against City

    Christopher Nkunku's hat-trick went in vain. However, Nkunku has become the first RB Leipzig player to score a UCL hat-trick. As per Opta, he is only the second player to score a hat-trick against City in the competition after Lionel Messi in October 2016. He is also the third player after Messi and Jamie Vardy (twice) to slam a hat-trick against Guardiola's City.

    Messi makes his 150th UCL appearance

    In Group A, Paris Saint-Germain were held by Club Brugge (1-1), despite Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Neymar starting for the French side. Messi made his 150th appearance in the Champions League, becoming only the third outfield player to reach this milestone in the competition after Cristiano Ronaldo (177) and Xavi (151). PSG mid-fielder Ander Herrera has now scored in four successive matches.

    What a night of football!

    ⏰ RESULTS ⏰

    Goals, goals more goals! What. A. Night! 🔥

    🤯 Sébastien Haller makes history as Liverpool Manchester City win thrillers...

    Tell us which players stood out on Wednesday 👇#UCL

    — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 15, 2021
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