Follow all the action from around the grounds as the group stage of the Champions League begins with Liverpool, Aston Villa, and Real Madrid in action

MILAN (Reuters) -Liverpool celebrated their return to the Champions League after a year's absence with a 3-1 victory over AC Milan at San Siro on Tuesday, overcoming a shaky start with goals from Ibrahima Konate,

The UEFA Champions League is back with a bang after Tuesday's opening League Phase games which saw Real Madrid, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Sporting CP and Aston Villa all claim wins on Matchday One.

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson criticised the new Champions League format and believes player welfare is being ignored. The number of games before the knockout stage has been increased from six to eight and the ‘league phase’ will run until the end of January,

Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Real Madrid and VfB Stuttgart at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in Madrid,

On a night that saw Liverpool's Arne Slot and AC Milan's Paulo Fonseca each take the managerial reins in a Champions League game with their new teams for the first time, their experiences could not have been more different.

Arne Slot celebrated a first European victory as Liverpool head coach as his team defeated AC Milan 3-1 at the San Siro to kick off their Champions League campaign with a win. Things started horribly for the Reds though as Kostas Tsimikas was caught out of position allowing Christian Pulisic to nip into the vacant space and slot home a superb finish with barely two minutes on the clock.

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Liverpool celebrated their return to the Champions League after a year's absence with a 3-1 victory over AC Milan at San Siro on Tuesday, overcoming a shaky start with goals from Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai.

Arne Slot’s side got off to the perfect start in Europe.Liverpool ran out comfortable winners in the San Siro as goals from Ibrahim Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai cancelled out an early Christian Pulisic goal.

Virgil van Dijk, Dominik Szoboszlai, and Ibrahima Konate helped Liverpool overcome a poor start to defeat AC Milan 3-1 at The post UCL: Van Dijk On Target As Liverpool Defeat AC Milan In San Siro first appeared on Africa Top Sports.