◤Mid-season club friendly◢ Darwin Núñez at the double, while wonderkid Bobby Clark delivered world-class assist as Liverpool thrashed AC Milan 4-1..

2022-12-19 22:18

◤Mid-season club friendly◢ Darwin Núñez at the double, while wonderkid Bobby Clark delivered world-class assist as Liverpool thrashed AC Milan 4-1..




Liverpool thrashed AC Milan 4-1 at the Al Maktoum Stadium over the weekend in a mid-season club friendly known as the Dubai Super Cup.


Shortly after the start of the first half, Salah shoved the ball into the net from close range. Subsequently, Saelemaekers dribbled past Robertson and then volleyed into the net. Later, Thiago succeeded with a long shot. In the second half, El-Hilali's shot hit the crossbar from a long ranger. After that, Clark sent a super-long-distance world-class assist from his own back half, and Núñez successfully volleyed into the net after beating the offside trap. Before the end of the game, Núñez succeeded in pushing into the the empty net from close range. In the end, Liverpool beat defending Serie A champions AC Milan 4-1.




First Half


In the 2nd minute, Yacine Adli made a through pass from the center circle of the midfield, Marko Lazetić successfully beaten the offside trap, quickly followed up, got the ball, took a few steps, then volleyed with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area, but his shot was just slightly wide off the left post.


After 3 minutes, Joël Matip passed horizontally from the center of the box, Mohamed Salah followed up, got the ball, dribbled past the outrushing Antonio Mirante, then pushed the ball into the bottom left corner of the net with his left foot with his left foot from a very close distance while being unmarked. Liverpool broke the deadlock early and took a 1-0 lead!


In the 25th minute, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made a back pass from the left side of the box, Thiago Alcântara quickly followed up and then volleyed with his right foot from the just outside of the penalty area upon having contact with ball, but his shot was just slightly wide off the left post.


4 minutes later, Ante Rebić made a precise long pass from his own back half, Alexis Saelemaekers successfully beaten the offside trap, got the ball, cut into the right side of the box past Andy Robertson who was returning to defend, before volleying with his left foot into the bottom left corner of the net, leaving Caoimhin Kelleher helpless. AC Milan equalized Liverpool 1-1!


In the 41st minute, Andy Robertson crossed into the box from the right wing, the ball was initially blocked off not far away by Malick Thiaw, after quickly following up, Thiago Alcântara stopped the ball then made a right-footed long-range shot from just outside of the penalty area, his shot flew straight into the bottom left corner of the net, Liverpool took the lead again with 2-1!


2 minutes later, Ante Rebić passed horizontally from the left wing, Lazetić quickly followed up, got the ball, dribbled and cut into the left side of the box, then volleyed with his right foot, but his shot was parried away by Kelleher by the bottom left corner.


In the 2nd minute of additional time in the first half, Harvey Elliott passes from the right wing, Roberto Firmino quickly followed up, got the ball, cut inside and took a few steps, before volleying with his left foot from the center of the box, but his shot was just slightly wide of the left post.


At the end of the first half, Liverpool temporarily led AC Milan 2-1 as halftime approached.




Second Half


Both teams switched sides as the game continued. In the 62nd minute, Liverpool got a corner opportunity. Kostas Tsimikas took the corner and crossed it into the box, Joël Matip rose high in the center of the box and attempted with a header, however his effort was just slightly wide off the right post.


8 minutes later, Ismaël Bennacer passed horizontally from the front, Youns El-Hilali quickly followed up, got the ball and shot with his right foot from just outside of the penalty area, his shot unfortunately hits the crossbar and popped out of the byline, AC Milan missed a golden opportunity to equalize their opponents!


In the 82nd minute, Liverpool made a deadly quick counterattack. Bobby Clark made a super-long-distance world-class through pass from his own back half. Darwin Núñez successfully beaten the offside trap, got the ball, dribbled past the outrushing Mirante into the right side of the box, then volleyed into the bottom right corner with his right foot. Liverpool expanded their lead to 3-1!


4 minutes later, Clark passed horizontally from the right wing. Ben Doak got the ball, dribbled into the right side of the box, before striking the ball with his right foot. Unfortunately, the ball hits the bottom right corner of the post and bounced off the byline. Liverpool missed the golden opportunity to expand their lead again!


In the 88th minute, Doak passed horizontally in front of the outrushing Mirante from the right side of the box, Darwin Núñez successfully beaten the offside trap, followed up and pushed the ball into the upper right corner net with his left foot from a very distance to double his tally. Liverpool sealed the victory at 4-1!


As the final whistle is blown, Liverpool beat AC Milan 4-1 to set a good morale bosst for next week's Carabao Cup round of 16 knockout match against defending Premier League champions Manchester City.