Cody Gakpo was superb in Liverpool’s 3-1 win away to AC Milan, with Ibrahima Konate moreover shining at every ends of the pitch.
The Reds might need started terribly on Tuesday night, falling behind to an early Christian Pulisic goal, nevertheless they not at all panicked on the San Siro.
Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk every nodded dwelling to indicate the game on its head sooner than Dominik Szoboszlai achieved the scoring on the opening Champions League night of the season.
Proper right here we consider our participant scores with these of the Liverpool Echo, GOAL, FotMob and This Is Anfield’s readers.
Gakpo (8.3) was given a risk to shine, coming in for Luis Diaz, and he was Liverpool’s best participant.
The Dutchman wreaked havoc collectively along with his direct working and tempo, and he did his chances beneath Arne Slot no damage transferring forward.
The Echo‘s Paul Gorst talked about that Gakpo “regarded threatening each time he had the ball,” together with that he was “too sturdy and extremely efficient for Milan” to cope with.
TIA’s Joanna Durkan described it as a “effectivity we want to see further of” from the forward, who has so much to provide on this type of sort.
Konate (8.1) was moreover an consideration grabbing performer for Liverpool, not solely equalising however moreover preserving Milan’s defence quiet.
Peter McVitie of GOAL felt that the Frenchman “stood up correctly to win the ball when Milan received right here through the middle,” on an evening when he even outperformed Van Dijk (7.8).
Ryan Gravenberch (7.9) continues to have the benefit of a formidable start to the season and he shone on and off the ball as quickly as as soon as extra.
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 on a regular basis been the case.
It wasn’t a great night for Diogo Jota (5.9), though, who missed a sitter and may hope for larger evenings ahead!
Subsequent up for Liverpool is Saturday’s go to of Bournemouth throughout the Premier League (3pm BST).
