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The 2005 and 2007 Champions League Football qualifiers meet in the group stage for the very first time and an active Anfield troop will be deceitful in wait as Liverpool Football Club meets AC Milan. Here’s our match preview with 10 key things you need to know fast of the Reds’ opening Champions League Football game of the season.

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Milan is

For the first time since 2013/14, AC Milan is dining at the top table of European football. Liverpool Football Club remains undefeated in 2021/22 to date, but so does Milan. Their 100% record in Serie A appears them snuggled at the top of the table together with Roma and Napoli.

In their three matches to date, they have scored seven and approved just one with Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud foremost the way with two goals each. But the Reds are a dissimilar kettle of fish.

Any absences for either squad?

Harvey Elliott is the famous absentee with surgery obligatory after he disrupted his ankle at Leeds, denying him a possible Champions League Football bow. Roberto Firmino leftovers in the treatment room, as too Neco Williams and Takumi Minamino to limit Klopp’s options, with his XI all but option itself.

For AC Milan, temporarily, the big news is that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is to miss the trip due to an Achilles wound. Giroud is now predictable to start after his retrieval from coronavirus. Tiemoue Bakayoko and Rade Krunic endure sidelined.

The pinnacle meetings

This is a conference of European royalty, with 13 titles amid the two clubs and Wednesday will mark their first modest meeting not to take place in a final.

The night in Istanbul will incessantly be etched in club folklore but Milan would get their retaliation just two years later in Athens, without a dramatic flair, to even the ledger. There is no silverware on offer on the night, but the road to Saint Petersburg starts here.

No. 20 for Mane?

It was a mixed bag from Sadio Mane at Elland Road that has been in all the right places before his final ball let him down, with his 10th shot of the afternoon lastly gaining a goal.

And another raid that finds the net in contradiction of AC Milan will see the winger notch his 20th in the Champions League Football, a tally that would see him join Mohamed Salah, Samuel Eto’o, and Didier Drogba as the only African players to reach that landmark.

It’s a must-watch

You caught the boss If you would think of any European fight, then I think Liverpool Vs AC Milan is a must-watch! It’s one you want to see, Klopp told journalists in his pre-match press session.

It will be a tough match for both sides. That it will, but Klopp is surely looking forward to having the power of Anfield on his side once more on a Champions League night. We spoke a lot in the past, rightly so, about the European nights at Anfield and I cannot wait to knowledge that now! It will be great and I’m looking forward to it.

Elsewhere in Group B

Atletico Madrid will host Porto at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitan, with start scheduled for the same time as the game at Anfield at 8 pm (BST). One to keep an eye on. For more to know about Champions League Football Tickets.

AC Milan’s XI could look like this

The Italian’s could set for just one change from their weekend win over Lazio, with ex-Chelsea man Giroud making his reappearance in a team that looks like this:

Maignan; Calabria, Romagnoli, Tomori, Hernandez; Kessie, Tonali; Florenzi, Diaz, Leao; Giroud

Did you know?

In the 28 European matches Klopp has overseen at Anfield since Liverpool‘s reappearance to continental action, only two have ended in the overthrow.

Atletico Madrid and Atalanta take the credit for those marks, but the Reds’ advantage on home soil is irrefutable more so when you reflect the latter was with no fans present. Fortress Anfield will have a big part to play on Wednesday and through the campaign.

We know this ref

Szymon Marciniak is the man in the middle at Anfield and we last saw him supervise the away leg at Atletico Madrid in 2020 and the trip to PSG in the group stages in 2018/19.

You may still have bald covers from pulling your hair out with some of his choices so perhaps find another coping device this time around as it could be a trying evening at Anfield.

How can I watch it?

The game is live on BT Sport 2 in the UK, with attention starting at 7 pm (BST) ahead of the 8 pm (BST) kickoff on Wednesday.

You can also follow all the action with us on This Is Anfield on our totally and unashamedly biased liveblog, with post-match analysis and reaction swiftly next full-time.

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