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 night time, falling behind to an early Christian Pulisic purpose, however they by no means panicked on the San Siro.
Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk each nodded house to show the sport on its head earlier than Dominik Szoboszlai accomplished the scoring on the opening Champions League night time of the season.
Right here we evaluate our participant scores 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 greatest participant.
The Dutchman wreaked havoc together with his direct working and tempo, and he did his probabilities underneath Arne Slot no hurt shifting ahead.
The Echo‘s Paul Gorst stated that Gakpo “seemed threatening each time he had the ball,” including that he was “too sturdy 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 eye catching performer for Liverpool, not solely equalising but additionally maintaining Milan’s defence quiet.
Peter McVitie of GOAL felt that the Frenchman “stood up nicely to win the ball when Milan got here by way of the center,” on a night when he even outperformed Van Dijk (7.8).
Ryan Gravenberch (7.9) continues to get pleasure from 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 at all times been the case.
It wasn’t a terrific night time 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).
