AC Milan vs. Liverpool: An utter EMBARRASSMENT to Serie A! - Burley | Champions League | ESPN FC

Craig Burley, Steve Nicol and Frank Leboeuf are on the ESPN FC panel to break down AC Milan losing to Liverpool, finishing last in Group B and out of European competition entirely.
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[@goishaango9550]

Just wish Van Dijk could play a match with his idol Nat Phillips 🐐

[@danmwas7967]

😂🥂

[@rabi012]

Don't disrespect him bro , he is the one for his valuable contribution of last year we r playing these matches, every player is different, every one has different skill set# ynwa

[@darnnel473]

@@rabi012 no one did tbf

[@goishaango9550]

@@rabi012 get some English classes lol

[@cricketaddict256]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RohitSharma-mi8gt]

Nat Phillips doing Cruiff turns inside his own box at the San Siro 😂

[@dylanmorgan2752]

*Paolo Naldini

[@unknownstranger2621]

Goat 🐐

[@bri1085]

Bolton Baresi

[@seanynwa6975]

nathanialdini phillipesta

[@bri1085]

@Garry Ellison come on now Gaz you're taking it too far. Don't knock our players.

[@moey2929]

You can’t blame them when divock is on form no one can stop him

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

He is in form 365.25/365.25.

[@Chimera_166]

This guy barely plays for Liverpool. Only reason he's playing is cause he scored that late winner against Wolves and Jota is getting a rest.

[@HafizShivji786]

@@Chimera_166 not only that he's got a neck of scoring goals. When Klopp came in he's 1st season he scored like 20 goals for LFC but then Salah, Mane came which pushed him to play second fiddle. Was instrumental when LFC went on to win CL & league then Jot came in with almost scoring every game.

[@4thGenna.]

Liverpool entered this match leading the group by 10 points, won the group by a staggering 11 points. The league leader in Italy got beaten by Liverpool's B team, in Italy, and this is with the league leader for Italy, battling for for their CL lives, but got eliminated by a B team. Great result for Liverpool and they are my favorites to win the UCL

[@chiendao1068]

Of course they're to blame for this dogshite performance. As a Liverpool fan, I could not even believe that they let a bunch of teenage boys bully them at San Siro.

[@triggap47]

yeah origi's attitude towards not playing a lot and then gets the Job done when he comes in should be applauded!!

[@chavinho7793]

It's like a chicharito type

[@onlydbrasko]

Liverpool legend - The Divock!

[@eriksgasins9086]

humble guy

[@Resonance971]

Shows he's got no real ambition though to be comfortable as a bench player instead of trying to mark his name elsewhere

[@onlydbrasko]

@@Resonance971 He's been making his name on a very powerful side. Only idiots wouldn't acknowledge this fact.

[@forechunkukee]

Bit unfair to Milan; too much being made about the number of changes in our side versus their injury struggles. Sure, it's a prestige club, but they're a club on the up swing.

[@daniahmed7460]

Nah I don't care if they miss Leo kjar davide or rebic we literally had out 5th choice cb 8th choice cm and 3rd choice rb and a winger in cm

[@kopxpert]

Yeah but I don't see much urgency or desperation to win from Milan. They needed to win and they didn't look the part at all

[@Heatwave9000]

Injuries are no excuse to lose to our reserves at home when we had only 3 first team players and 2 of them got subbed off after an hour. AC milan are a shell of what they once were, the fact that they are top of their league shows how weak it is atm.

[@karabomafa5609]

@@daniahmed7460 the amount Liverpool spent to buy Konate, Minamino, AOC, Tsimikas and Origi cost more than Milan starting line up

[@astralline3926]

@@Heatwave9000 who told you to put only 3 starting player. Do you know the cost of yesterday's liverpool team

[@taiteakopyte1504]

I've got five words for this match. "Liverpool are just too good!"

[@dipthongthathongthongthong9691]

I’m not even a Milan fan but even I am aware of their recent history and their attempt to rebuild. Pretty harsh from these “British” pundits.

[@stevenicol1]

Not really, they were beaten by Liverpool's b team in their own back yard. Completely embarrassing.

[@jogindjali19]

@@stevenicol1 ye but they had 4 starters injured aswell. They played milans b team. Actually liverpool at least had mane and salah, milan didnt have neither rebic nor leao

[@Steroyd666]

It's fair, despite their attempt to rebuild, they're at the top of Serie A, meaning Italy's current best got beat convincingly by the PL's current 2nd best's b team.

[@unknownstranger2621]

@@Steroyd666 how is Liverpool second best team in pl how did u decide title hasn't been decided yet n Liverpool are just one point below city still more than half of the season is left 🤦😂😂 first ever British team to win all 6 games in UCL n they are the second best team 🤦😂😂

[@athmanhussein6030]

@@unknownstranger2621 he said Liverpool 2nd best “B” team

[@lucacirino2844]

Not surprised tbh. They’ve not been that great recently and without rebic, leao and kjaer it’s clear to see that there struggling. They do exactly what they did last year and finish in 4th but man they need depth

[@imawormbeforeiamman6052]

Yeag, Inter will win yhe the Scudetto imo

[@Heatwave9000]

They need depth? they played against liverpool reserves at home and still got whooped. Seriea is a farmers league, if we were in it we'd be clear at the top and undefeated.

[@lucacirino2844]

@@Heatwave9000 First of all half those Liverpool players were starters unless you’re saying mane salah and Allison ain’t. And yes compared to Liverpool they have no depth. They’re relying on a 41 to score goal and with some key players missing I knew they were gonna lose. The truth is that although they are first they won’t remain there forever. They’re interspersed in that botman guy which is a start. Once they start reinforcing the attack and midfield they’ll be better in the UCL. You also have to remember it’s a young squad, many of these players have yet to play in the champions league. They’ll be back next year since top 4 in serie a is done and dusted already I’d say so with a few key signings they’ll do much better next year with experience.

[@nomirakuru]

@@Heatwave9000 go back to watching rocket league

[@jackmurphy6864]

@@Heatwave9000 You have no idea whether you'd be undefeated lol. Liverpool have played Napoli 4 times in recent years and have won once, so there is that.

[@rasmuspalazzi7155]

Have they been living under a rock for a decade? In 2008 Liverpools valuation was 30% higher than AC Milans, in 2021 it is 850% higher than AC Milans. Milan is valued at apx. the same figures as Everton, and it would suprise few if they would lose 1-2 to Liverpool. To say that Milan is underachieving based on what they did in the 90's is like saying that PSG is overachieving, even when they lose 1-2 against Lille, based on how bad they where in 1997 (they ended the season as nr. 8 in Ligue 1). According to Deloitte Football Money League Liverpool has the fifth highest revenue in the footballing world, while AC Milan ranks 30 (their lowest score ever). The difference is some 450 million € .... Are they all of a sudden surprised that money talks in football? You kind of expect a team not to win Champions League when they sign a 40yr old Ibrahimovic for free, take Ante Rebic on a loan, selling the worlds best goalkeeper to PSG and pays 1 million € for a Oliver Giroud that scored 4 goals in his last Chelsea-season.

[@joeb7619]

What’s Milan’s revenue compared to Porto ? 🤔

[@hendralesmono9529]

I notice Craig Burley talk angrier when he speak about team that dominate during his playing day.

[@momoza99]

As a liverpool fan good to see us win with a changed team that was a problem we always had

[@Heatwave9000]

Lol imagine rocking up to ac milan at the san siro and playing a front three of origi, minamino and ox. Love the disrespect from klopp

[@stevencooke6451]

As a neutral I think Liverpool ad Bayern are the two best in the world right now, and if I had to pick one it would be the Scousers. Their attack is so incredibly attractive. And they have depth which will be tested during the African Cup.

[@Arno_1664]

just look at how much jurgen klopp and co has changed us

[@Hjallapenos]

Many injuries, including their captain. Fighting hard in Serie A for the win. Haven't been in CL in 8 years. Get group of death. And people clowning on Milan... Don't get me wrong, it wasn't the best game, but Milan has been improving massivly lately with the signing of Zlatan and for a team that was in the bottom half of the Serie A table just a few years ago to be expected to go through the group stage of CL isn't realistic. Looking at the bigger picture it's not that strange.

[@michaelcoban90]

I think expecting them to go through would be realistic because they have a good team they did well in the group and they had to beat a Liverpool B team

[@Lord_Forehead]

Nah that was a B team at home fam, Milan should be winning that 100% of the time, no excuses. People clowned Liverpool last season for coming third with the entire defence being injured and having to play reserve centre-backs.

[@NomadJoe0323]

@@michaelcoban90 Salah and Mane were out there for most of it. I don’t think we can simply call this the “B” team.

[@eftyshanabid6517]

@@NomadJoe0323 Lol what is a B team then?...8 changes. Playing with a 19 yr old kid, playing a forward in the midfield and a whole changed back 4 that has never played together.

[@Diamond_6IX]

What an extensive way of saying "U can't expect much from a team in a fooking FARMER'S League" 👌🏼☠

[@JosephPAbate]

wow, no mention that Milan only lost each of their CL matches by 1 goal. no mention of the amount of injuries in the Milan squad. BTW How is this more embarrassing than Porto losing 3-1 at home when they were in control of their own destiny? Milan has been building a project the last 2 years. They have steadily and consistently progressed in that time to get into the CL. The goal this year (for most supporters) was to get back to CL next year to build experience. They will be back next year and will continue to improve.

[@CriusXI]

Amazing punditry isn’t it? I try to not bother because people will ignore these facts and call them excuses. With all these injuries i knew we would lose to Liverpool, and the injuries that impacted previous champions league matches as well. I’m fine with this because now we can focus on the league, and get some more money. We don’t have depth like Liverpool and other top teams yet.

[@stefanocrancich4665]

I agree. Milan were without Kjaer, Leao, Rebic, Calabria and Giroud. Nobody expected Milan to go through and I am okay with them not going so they can concentrate domestically. Milan are years away from making a deep run in the Champions. Seems like they are still mad that Italy won the Euros and are trying to take a stab at the Italians

[@Radic315]

Seria A = Dead League Empty Stadiums No Atmosphere Slow Players FACTS

[@haaduria32]

@@CriusXI this will turn out to be our season winner for AC Milan. Still feel bad we didn't qualify. But said it at the start of the season, same scenario as Inter milan last year.

[@Delboy0]

This is just your bruised ego talking. You got outplayed by Liverpool's C team at home and Milan are top of Serie A lol.

[@seandelap6268]

When you look at where Serie A was back in the 80s and 90s compared to now it's been a spectacular fall from grace.

[@CriusXI]

Financial crisis, prem was funded with a lot of money, inflation. It has gotten better ever since Ronaldo came, but to take the next step, all teams need new stadiums to get more money

[@pedropierre9594]

Thats what happens when you don't let oil money come into your league brotha, people can bash the premier league but its proving to be the way a league can be pushed to its limits financially and thrive

[@Phil_Mitchell]

@@CriusXI Premier League justifiably attracted overseas investment because the league gained the reputation of being the most competitive and entertaining league in the world. No one was going to invest in Serie A in the 2000s after staining its reputation with corruption. Only Serie A is to blame for its own unattractiveness and awfulness.

[@CriusXI]

@@Phil_Mitchell Serie A didn’t focus much on marketing, especially internationally when they were at the top. When the Prem was being funded by a large amount, Serie A was still the number 1 league. Thanks to the funding of the prem, that’s when Serie A teams started losing their best players to the Prem. I agree with the corruption and how poorly ran it is. Looking at these teams stadiums make me sick, American owners have been coming into the Serie A desperately trying to modernize the league, but it is tough because Serie A is still old fashioned. I hope it soon changes.

[@marcust2184]

It looks like something similar is happening to La Liga as well, very sad. It'll be interesting to see if another league steps up

[@Codprimus]

Not really an embarrassment. Even with reserves and youngsters this Liverpool team are a match for anyone. Credit to the work Klopp has done being the scenes.

[@ahmedzakikhan7639]

Credit to premier league money.

[@crypto_bug4301]

@@ahmedzakikhan7639Liverpool played 6 academy players, nothing to do with money. unfortunately for other European leagues, premier league is much more competitive to the point where english teams are used to these high intensity games week in week out. they are better suited to beat the best of the best. PSG always struggle due to the fact they dont have any competition in their native league so when they actually come up against good team they get unravelled.

[@redshift8302]

@@ahmedzakikhan7639 Tomori cost 4 times more than Minamino rofl.

[@TomSmith-li5se]

@@redshift8302 and he is better.

[@ahmedzakikhan7639]

@@redshift8302 look at the overall budget.

[@lostagain7292]

I hope Konate remembered to take Zlatan out of his pocket after the game. Zlatan is a big guy its gotta be cramped in there for him…

[@martina.7723]

LMFAO

[@timsibayan1067]

As a Liverpool fan Milan played good given their squad. It’s just so happened they got in the group of death where any match is a 50/50 match. Hope they will improve a lot next season.

[@hulk8384]

Yeah

[@psulionz87]

given "its" squad. It's one team, singular. If you it was both Liverpool and Milan, would be "their"

[@seanynwa6975]

it seemed like a tough group at the beginning but we walked the group

[@priincexavi5504]

Liverpool managing to get maximum points in the so called “group of death” is nothing short of outstanding.

[@lougiacobbi725]

Liverpool should have played the youth squad and lost today just to keep shitty manager Simione and his mediocre over-entitled flop artists from advancing. No-one wants to see terrible Atletico games in the knockout rounds.

[@anonymous2428]

group of death?😂 that’s more like the group where man city and psg are in along with leipzig. i mean look at the results in that group. and liverpool did in fact get max points so how can it possibly be a group of death?😂 more like group of liverpool not death.

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

Athletico and Milan were 💩

[@anonymous2428]

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 exactly…

[@vishalbhat8602]

@@anonymous2428 It was a group of death. For the teams facing Liverpool

[@road3557]

These guys are shitting on Milan. First time back in the Champions League in 8 years and under pressure. They have pressure to win Seri A and they were in the hardest group. Many of the games in there group did not go there way when they should have.

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

shoulda woulda coulda

[@konzaros7482]

LIVERPOOL MADE THE CL FINAL IN 2018 IN THEIR FIRST SEASON BACK IN THE CL, PRIOR TO THAT SEASON THEY HAD ONLY PLAYED IN THE UCL ONCE IN THE PRIOR 7 YEARS. STOP IT. THEY WERE OUT PLAYED BY LIVERPOOLS RESERVE TEAM

[@Heatwave9000]

You are in that position because you were not good enough. Its not a false reading when you've lost 4 games out of 6. Blame injuries all you want.

[@yrureadingthisname]

If so then Man City an utter embarrassment to the Prem, losing to an RB Leipzig squad missing many starting players and 11th in bundesliga!

[@F28aj]

City wasnt trying and qualified while milan had the opposite situation...quit being obtuse

[@yrureadingthisname]

@@F28aj city weren’t trying? Really? So was pep pretending to be furious?

[@cristianoreddevil9736]

@@yrureadingthisname they played as a b team and already qualified for it. Nice try

[@yrureadingthisname]

@@cristianoreddevil9736 RB was arguably playing a B team as well...

[@cristianoreddevil9736]

@@yrureadingthisname So B team against B team? Should that even be a comparassion. It wasnt a match of significance clearly.

[@citiboikidd6372]

I am particularly happy for Divock!!!

[@davidknowles605]

Tbh Milan had one of the toughest groups. Atletico for a decade have been dangerous in the champions league and Liverpool…. Klopp came in got Salah & VVD rest is history

[@NotSoLiberal]

and Alisson

[@nyasha_ish]

They couldnt finish abt porto

[@onlydbrasko]

Anyone who thought Salah would become the best player in the world when Liverpool bought him is lying. Klopp's training and his system of play makes average players good and good players great. Liverpool only bought Konate this season - ONE cb cover.

[@yelin9853]

@@onlydbrasko you mean anyone who doesn't work in professional football, I'm sure atleast some coaches / scouts believed he will come good. But you right, people who have post on KZbin or social without being in professional footballer either took a wild guessed or just saying it to look good.

[@bri1085]

@@nyasha_ish Porto have probably been the most consistent team in the group in the Champions league the last 10 or so years

[@MrSimonk24]

Poor Analysis of a great Milan club on the upswing. This team hasn’t been in competitive European futbol for 8 years and got picked into the group of death. Only lost by 1 goal on two occasions to Liverpool, while leading both games. Also got screwed by poor referee decisions in the first atletico match, watch the video. Further along, they had many injuries to top players in Leao, Rebic, Calabria and Kjear. All things considered, they played well. The only embarrassment is the lack of futbol knowledge displayed by these pundits

[@psulionz87]

ESPN FC always has poor analysis

[@enabhaycs92]

dude it was liverpool B team in a must win game for Milan, its ok to lose but milan had no control in the game. Its group of death, I get your point one good team was going to go out but they needed to perform better in this game. I am a liverpool fan and honestly i dint expect this game to be this easy. Much work to do at constantly improving Milan but a positive thing would be that they can fully focus on domestic league now, it is good considering the injuries and lack of depth this season.

[@bredin9199]

abhay jogekar dude we didn’t have 5 starters stfu both were playing b team

[@enabhaycs92]

@@bredin9199cool.. if you are satisfied with that who am i to argue.

[@bredin9199]

@@enabhaycs92 who said I was satisfied , all I’m saying is Milan didn’t have 5 starters and we don’t have the depth yet to compete once our starters are hurt . After we win Serie A this season , we’ll be able to make the necessary signings needed for depth . The time will come even with our young team we competed . Milan is Back

[@Shishir27]

If you have sense, you will understand that milan's is a makeshift team. Krunić should not be playing left wing, (Rebic and leao out) and kalulu is the backup RB (Calabria injured) and Romagnoli isn't a starter(kjaer injured), and if ibra had suffered an injury during the match, Milan would've had no one to call upon, not one striker.

[@kingsol4282]

If you have sense you will also understand that lfc made 8 changes 8 we played an 18 year old in midfield and he bossed tonali and kessie no trent no van dijk no henderson no jota no fabinho starting i can go on and no milan had no excuse whatsoever not to win.

[@Shishir27]

@@kingsol4282 yes we should have won, but it is no embarrassment to serie A

[@_zands]

Agreed completely, all this talk of Milan embarrassed is a joke. You said it perfectly , we are literally riddled with injuries at the moment and yes we were playing Liverpool B , but Liverpool were nearly up against Milan B. Scudetto is the focus , CL will see us again in the years to come.

[@Timliu92]

The assessment that Milan is "embarassing" is beyond me to be honest. From a long-term perspective, Milan is still going in the right direction. This is Milan's first UCL season in ages, so it will take some time before they adjust themselves to be a part of Europe's elite once more. Not to mention the number of injuries they are currently suffering is pretty high, so I am going to give them a pass.

[@Flamboy0911]

what poor punditry by espn once again they did not mention that we have 6 starters missing so we practically played with a weakend side too. First championsleague in 7 years games we lost were only by One goal and if it was not for the dodgy refereeing in the atletico game at home we would have qualified. Next year we will be better forza Milan.

[@Flamboy0911]

@Rohan Chatterjee 😂😂 you playing conference league next season

[@jatin2616]

They made a similar segment on Roma a few years ago. I blocked this channel until Conte came to Italy. Here I am blocking them again.🙂

[@cvarikos]

Freshness wins .. Milan are a decent side and they showed it at Anfield but it shows how important having energy in your play.

[@robesterd8132]

They were just better, simple.

[@daniahmed7460]

They really didn't though in the first 20 min we should have been 4-0 up, the game was so easy for us that we become complacent and let 2 goals in it literally took us 5min to get it back to level and after that we got or winner and it was comfortable

[@timothypeters6694]

@@daniahmed7460 this is so biased lol. Liverpool didn’t create any clear cut chances and most were half chances. They scored twice from targeting Arnold who can’t defend which isn’t a surprise considering most teams do that.

[@konzaros7482]

decent side " showed it at anfield" haha oh my word, they were absolutely battered in the first half hour, Liverpool should have been 5-0 up, this is no exaggeration but I've seen relegation fodder teams like burnley come to anfield this season and play better than Milan did that game, I'm a Liverpool fan, i watch all our games, id know. shut the fck up. freshness? we played literal reserve team players, morton who is 18 and not played any senior football bossed Milan's midfield, we also had minamino who is a forward in our midfield haha, how about a lack of match fitness? because every pro player will tell you no matter how hard you train, you cant get replicate match fitness. 6 from 6. embarrassing from milan and serie a.

[@robcarlos1992]

It’s true what is said about Liverpool being better. But it’s not like Milan didn’t have key players out injured either.

[@zaloreyes830]

Liverpool played with a B team

[@robcarlos1992]

@@zaloreyes830 ok? It’s not like Salah, mane and origi are B team

[@just9688]

@@robcarlos1992 yeah 8 changes. Liverpool doesn't have the depth like mancity etc so kids played .

[@robcarlos1992]

@@just9688 then clearly you don’t know Milan and how many players they were missing. Not only that, but you want to talk about not having depth? This was Milan’s first year back and they were missing 3 key attackers, 2 starting defenders and a depleted midfield. Like I said, what they’re saying about the game is true. But it’s not like Milan was in their best of shapes either.

[@kobtang3749]

This match AC Milan only played with 1/3 of Liv's strength. This is evident in the fact that the Liv team took away Van Dijk, Fabinho, Robertson, Arnon. The level of kicking the C2 Cup is different :))

[@osayandeagbonlahor7091]

Didn’t atletico lose twice to liverpool as well 🤦🏾‍♂️. Does that make la liga an embarrassment? Lol. Liverpool are just a superior side that’s all. Barca may not even qualify in a group that includes benfica and dynamo Kiev. You can trust AC Milan would have qualified from the group Barca is in currently. Also inter and Juve have already qualified and Atlanta may join them tomorrow. Lol what do you want from serie A 😂. They are clearly not as good as the premiership or have a team that is better than Bayern or the three top English teams. But Italian sides can definitely compete with Madrid, Barca, man utd and psg. So this debate was very harsh. It’s the champions league, the Italian teams are not the favorites but neither was inter when mourinho won it. Anything is possible

[@Lightwaverable]

The thing is Atletico are having a bad season this year.

[@omkar1275]

You at least expect some fight and passion from such a big team against a opponent who is literally playing with under 21 players. Nothing from Milan made me think that they could beat this Liverpool kids. It's not the size of the dog in the fight but size of the fight in the dog that matter!? Atletico was also pathetic but at least they showed some fight became dirty committed fouls but i have to appreciate their passion to win. I was expecting some fight from Zlatan but he was horrible too. Meanwhile inter lost to real and Chelsea destroyed juve last time really showed the level of Italian serie a, It's another farmers league! I was pretty excited to see Zlatan and milan in action as I know they were the top runner in league and when I saw Klopp team I was pretty sure Milan will win it may be by small margin but they completely disappointed me😓✌

[@omkar1275]

You conveniently picked barca and Atletico who are having worst time in their club history while leaving real out? Tell me one serie a team that is dominating outside in Europe? La Liga is way better at least they show the fight and passion to win and Atletico showed it today. So stfu how many excuses do you need, Milan couldn't even win against Liverpool b team of kids!

[@psulionz87]

Atlei isn't top of La Liga, it's sitting at 4th. Where as, AC Milan is top of Serie A, that's the argument going on. Keep up

[@osayandeagbonlahor7091]

@omkar jadhav atletico are having the worst time in thier club history?. Dude when did you start watching football lol. Even Barca have had worse seasons than the one they are having right now. Also didn’t Madrid lose to sheriff in the champions league?. SMH 🤦🏾‍♂️ Clown. You want a team “dominating Europe”. Juventus will finish with 15 points the exact same points as Madrid. Only difference is Juve lost to Chelsea, while Madrid to Sheriff lol. And the audacity to say Liverpool b team of kids. Didn’t Barca lose to liverpool b team 😂🤦🏾‍♂️. Hypocrites

[@ronniemilan8795]

Milan where missing some key players as well and dont have the bench depth like Liverpool plus they were the victim of some atrocious refereeing in the first round. Injuries continue to be a major problem on Milan

[@Matt-ur3dm]

What are you talking about? What a ridiculous comment

[@dylanchinappen4513]

Bench? Most of these guys come from the academy.

[@onlydbrasko]

Liverpool's bench depth comes from Klopp's development. They only bought Konate this season. Liverpool will always have bench depth as long as Klopp is the manager. BTW, he rates Nat Phillips's improvement under his guidance only second to Lewandovski at Dortmund

[@TomSmith-li5se]

@@onlydbrasko yeah Liverpool bench depth is amazing in serie a we still don't value our youngsters enough. We are starting to play more attacking football and scoring more goals but the gap is pretty big especially financially.

[@onlydbrasko]

@@TomSmith-li5se It's not a comparison of the two leagues but about how rare someone like Klopp is. To him, as he's always emphasized at Liverpool, that pre-season training and all training sessions are more important to him than buying the "best" players. He models his footballing philosophy to that of Arrigo Sacchi. 3 years ago Liverpool became one of the most feared sides in the world. Today, they have many of the same players but 4 years ago most of the top clubs wouldn't have considered buying them.

[@montanaprime]

Nah man, I am not even a fan of the Série A but this is an absolute agenda. Milan were not that horrible. Liverpool we’re just better. Atletico porto game was a shambles.

[@daniahmed7460]

Hoe can liverpool team of nat morton neco taki as a CM outplay milan🤣

[@buridah328]

Some ESPN pundits are mugs

[@thestunner31615]

Can't understand all the hate towards the pundits... It was a Liverpool B team, wich had nothing to play for. Milan had everything to play for, and were at home. It was a poor performance. Even considering their injuries. I hope Milan does well in the next few seasons, I like Milan they are my favorite team in Italy

[@timothypeters6694]

Nothing to play for isn’t exactly accurate. For some players this is their only chance so they put everything in it. Also Milan have been poor for a month now. But they are saying Ligue 1 is the same when Serie a is miles better

[@thestunner31615]

@@timothypeters6694 Well I don't watch Serie A that often, just follow the news so I can't really comment on that. I can understand the academy graduates giving it everything, but to play as a team isn't easy when you haven't played together with most of the guys. It was very disappointing that's all - I really wanted Milan to go through, maybe Porto. But definitely not Atletico

[@buridah328]

€2.5 million for the winner of the game. Hardly nothing to play for

[@yllimameni5205]

The game was Milans B team because of injuries and Liverpools B team, of course liverpool has better depth and that was it

[@thestunner31615]

@@yllimameni5205 Liverpool were playing academy graduates. I know they have better depth but expected more from Milan. Anyway I hope they are on the way back to being top team in Italy... Loved watching them play in the 2000s... Were an exceptional team back then

[@jessepaiz6356]

There is a lot more money in the UK than in Italy. Italy really were one of the biggest loser in the EU, looking at their economic stagnancy and fall, since joining the EU. The Uk economy benefitted from it, and the elites were financially better off. Therefore, those elites have more money to invest in football, and can more easily attract foreign investment and buyers, which brings in more money. There is also more money for tv deals, and more money that can come into match day concessions. This is the modern issue with football. The financial growth of a certain few teams and countries is making the game less interesting and more predictable.

[@onlydbrasko]

Money money money. Learn how to develop players instead of relying on buying expensive players.

[@onlydbrasko]

@@crestfallen8193 Which club anyone supports is irrelevant. Im sure Milan supporters were expecting a loss against a team with Minamino, Morton, Williams, Tsimikas, Nat Phillips, Konate, Chamberlain, and Origi in the side. Is AC Milan so useless without the corrupted Berlusconi? LOL

[@onlydbrasko]

@@crestfallen8193 You're beyond saving. When AC Milan was still good it was under Berlusconi until he sold it to a Chinese ownership group in 2017. So for years Rosseneri has been rebuiding the team for years only to include a 40-year-old Zlatan in 2021? LOL.

[@joeb7619]

Makes football more predictable lol. How predictable was football in the 90’s when serie a teams were reaching finals for fun ?

[@bluebagel8084]

Can someone explain what the heck has happened to serie a quality? Once upon the time it was the pinnacle of world football with the best of the best playing in the league. Now it’s probably ranked just below PL, la liga , bundesliga and just above the Scottish Premiere league.

[@mrboast2826]

Basically lot of team went bankrupt and have to sell their best talent to other league.....

[@TomSmith-li5se]

As an italian that follows serie a bad management and an antiquated mentality happened. This Milan side is not the same of 15 years ago they are on the same level of Porto. That said 3 out of 4 italian teams qualifying for the eround of 16 is not bad for me.

[@timothypeters6694]

Lol it’s definitely better than the bundesliga

[@TomSmith-li5se]

@@timothypeters6694 yes

[@ishmael2071]

We had no wingers, it was sorta of our backups as well

[@richardchurchill8081]

Klopp is a special manager & this is another reason I put him ahead of Pep is because they are the only team I know that can still win big games with their 2nd string.

[@anuph.3806]

and klopp has shaped and moulded the players, they weren't legend before him

[@richardchurchill8081]

@ Liverpool yeah I get that but I don't think there are to many second strings out there that would of done it away at the San siro regardless Klopp has a system & the players are very interchangeable. I am a United fan but credit where credit is due.

[@priincexavi5504]

I have to agree. First Champions League appearance since 2014, and they finish rock bottom. Especially, with the quality they have, this is an embarrassment.

[@bradleysmith6478]

lol the most that this milan squad would get is europa league.they don't have the quality of atletico or pool

[@ZoogaZig]

@@bradleysmith6478 They smacked Atletico around, lol. They have more injuries than Liverpool did last year. People aren't paying attention. This was a B team for Milan.

[@nickcolella177]

I know ESPN just wants a story, a headline, but Stevie needs to actually not speak on things he doesn't know. Milan were extremely embarrassing tonight, but they've struggled with injuries constantly. We're bottom of the group, but if the refereeing was betting against Atletico at home, we would have qualified. So don't act like Milan didn't do well for their first year back. The difference mainly comes down to we have Daniel Maldini and a guy who was driving trucks for living not too long ago coming off the bench, while these other clubs have European/World/Title champions playing for them. All I'm asking is that you stop with these unprofessional biases and stop doing your job half-a**ed. It's embarrassing for ESPN.

[@prabalbhardwaj1829]

the fact that Milan lost by just 1 goal margin tells a lot about status / look porto and madrid loosing with 4 goals/3 goals/2 goals

[@uthankpettukola7589]

I thought Tyler Morton was really good!!even nico Williams who has had his critics had a really good game,nat philips and konate were good too!

[@conchaivn]

Milan fan here and I agree. Milan should be more ambitious. This serves as a lesson for this young team. This is their first year back to CL, but next year they must compete. No more excuse.

[@AgentRafa]

But it's not really only about Milan, it's about the (lack of) quality in the whole of Serie A. Your best team; Milan would've been in a relegation battle if they played in the prem...

[@conchaivn]

@@AgentRafa the f you talking about. They took the game to Liv at Anfield and barely lost by 2-3. They were robbed against Atletico playing a man down, and beat Atletico on reversed fixture. Relegation battle lol. MU lost 5-0 to Liverpool and they are not in relegation battle are they? And Juve, who is not inside top 4 also beat the leader of your league Chelsea in Londo. Yes they lost the reversed fixture when they already qualified. Talk about clueless.

[@heerendradigarse5024]

@@AgentRafa let's not make assumptions on a single game

[@cristianoreddevil9736]

@@conchaivn They beat Chelsea on pure luck. Chelsea destroyed them in both games. However, Seria A is not that bad. After all Atalanta played great against Man Utd.

[@kobtang3749]

This match AC Milan only played with 1/3 of Liv's strength. This is evident in the fact that the Liv team took away Van Dijk, Fabinho, Robertson, Arnon. The level of kicking the C2 Cup is different :))

[@dmill277]

Exaggerated, AC Milan did play poorly but they were never expected to win regardless of the team Liverpool put out and they still aren't considered the best in Seria A, even if they are top right now.

[@micahkiyimba8641]

Yeah Inter and Atalanta are better

[@Calcio_Eccezionale]

IF the Serie A had the money the EPL has to buy players Italian clubs wouldnt loose a match to english clubs

[@mrsmith2228]

English clubs didn't have the money in the 70 or 80 all the best foreign players played in Italy still won European cups LFC 4 forest 2 villa 1 .no Italian team has got a chance of winning it the standard of the the league is poor it's full of has beens & prem rejects

[@Timy-dr6uo]

Liverpool have a lower net spend than AC Milan in the last 5 years. Maybe you could've used that excuse for Chelsea, City or United but not Liverpool.

[@Chris-oz9qx]

For most of the 70s, and 80s into the early 90s Serie A saw world record transfers for Platini, Maradona, Papin, Baggio, Vialli, Gullit and Lentini and yet only won 3 European cups in 23 years, 2 of those while English clubs were banned from Europe.....so erm, how shall I put this, you're wrong

[@Calcio_Eccezionale]

@@Chris-oz9qx Italian footballs resume is this k 4 world cups 2 euro cups 12 UCL trophies from serie A and the most UCL final appearances from a top 5 league

[@Calcio_Eccezionale]

@@Timy-dr6uo Italian footballs resume is this k 4 world cups 2 euro cups 12 UCL trophies from serie A and the most UCL final appearances

[@lreyay]

No Leao, No Calabria, No Kjaer, No Giroud, No Rebic but yeah we get it this was Liverpool’s B team, so embarrassing for Milan…

[@Delboy0]

It very convenient that now EPSN have lost the Serie A American rights they are suddenly being honest about the level of Serie A and last season when they had the Serie A rights they were claiming Juventus was as good as the best EPL teams. They also constantly trash EPL teams, which they don't have the rights for, but talk up La Liga and Bundesliga which they do have rights for. It is so obvious what they are doing.

[@NotSoLiberal]

Good point

[@dafewger]

Inter finished second in their group. Juventus could finish top in theirs. Atalanta will qualify if they beat Villarreal at home tonight. Milan finished last on 4 pts in this UCL season's group of death. ESPNFC Muppets: "Indication of how bad Serie A is because Milan are top in Serie A but finished last in their UCL group".

[@anubhav111196]

tbh inter's group was quite easy and same goes for juventus, but atalanta has been superb, they defeated napoli on the weekend, and they are still in contention to qualify for the next round

[@poolfans]

99% not one of them will reach the CL semi

[@konzaros7482]

inter finishing second against sheriff part time farmers from moldova haha, only took them 4 years to finally make it past the group stages, juventus literally just got spanked 4-0 by chelsea.

[@TomSmith-li5se]

@@konzaros7482 we beat Chelsea 1 0 as well 😎

[@nowayjose1313]

@@konzaros7482 And who ended up on top of the group? Now let's see what luck brings but Chelsea might get Bayern and that is the only time I don't want Juve to play.

[@postmads1974]

Frank said Divock has been in Liverpool for 4 years. He was actually there before Klopp. I think he's been there for about 7 years with a loan spell.

[@rickcarvalho5746]

..for years

[@hulk8384]

Yes from 2014

[@eze2576]

It's not the defeat that's embarrassing, but the manner in which they lost. They were so outplayed that they had to resort to fouling, dirty tricks, dragging down players, diving, against a bunch of youngsters. That's the embarrassing part to me, not that they lost and finished fourth. As a Liverpool fan, I remember being angry and embarrassed at some of the losses we endured during European play. We couldn't even get out of the round of 32 of the Europa league, I remember losing to Zenit and Besiktas and the team looked hopeless. We were lucky to even qualify for the round of 32 sometimes, relying on other teams' results on the final day of qualification. Embarrassment can be a positive, if you use it to change for the better.

[@Adrian-pr3xe]

How can you say an embarrassment? You know Milan are a newly formed young side with hardly any UCL experience and they lack the depth because they can not afford the good signings they need after the financial crisis, and with the addition of injuries to most of their key starters it's not a surprise they struggled all season in the UCL. They did well coming back here and avoided getting thrashed by this group, I'd say Milan did great and should take this as good growth. They'll definitely be back.

[@gabrielkeegan9350]

And they played a B team and got bossed

[@misheckmwanza8701]

As much as you'd cry that Milan is on the upswing and this is their first time UCL in 8 years, they are top of the Serie A and were playing a Liverpool side with 7 academy players.. It is bad. And bad for the league too. I mentioned one time that no league can compete with EPL financially and that'll reflect on the pitch. When i see Bayern n PSG, only The English teams can stop them. The rest are not on that level no more

[@davidpereira4567]

I think we need to stop expecting Milan to be like they were 15+ years ago. The San Siro is nothing like it used to be. Embarrassing? Milan has no depth and are struggling with multiple injuries. Milan have come a long way and to even come close in beating liverpool and atletico in the first 2 games is an accomplishment.

[@footballhighlightandentert8045]

Liverpool look scared Fully fit Liverpool 😒😒 can win champion league and premier league

[@LoskiWay]

Liverpool literally try to give us a win. Liverpool literally dominated the game. We were like guests in our own home.

[@rifklein6825]

For the first time I agreed with these fellas! Serie A teams are so embarrassing at this moment and they really don’t have a decent team in the competition. Any elite team will enjoy getting them.

[@Timy-dr6uo]

Inter can go really far this season

[@karimzakaria9621]

Aside from Juventus in 2015 and 2017, Serie A teams have been garbage in the Champions League lately. Now that Juventus has declined, there is not a single world class team in Italy. Im starting to think West Ham could win Serie A right now

[@brensylblake4083]

@@Timy-dr6uo yet they couldn't touch Real Madrid.

[@devinaustin1833]

@@karimzakaria9621 Atalanta made the Quarters

[@hadhamalnam]

Inter is actually good but their getting overlooked

[@romariosmart5267]

Embarrassment is a stretch...milan had calabria, kjaer, leao, rebic, giroud all out

[@shakayzyali7152]

Liverpool had a lot of players out too

[@Lord_Forehead]

Liverpool had Trent, Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson, Thiago, Henderson, Fabinho, Firmino, Jota and Milner out lmao

[@hadhamalnam]

@@Lord_Forehead Liverpool has depth though, Milan doesn't so it hurts them more.

[@romariosmart5267]

Alot of these liverpool players were rested so they wasn't there by choice...milan players are injured on top of the fact that everyone knows liverpool has way more depth than milan

[@vishalbhat8602]

5 2nd team players and we beat the Serie A leaders pretty convincingly

[@slimi1770]

I haven't seen you in a while

[@vishalbhat8602]

@@slimi1770 I've not commented in a while

[@slimi1770]

@@vishalbhat8602 same i just got sick of it

[@vishalbhat8602]

@@slimi1770 The football community has become filled with lame trolls and toxic 10 year olds, I have better to do than comment tbh. Hope you're doing well though

[@slimi1770]

@@vishalbhat8602 u too lad

[@maroofali2142]

It's a good thing in hindsight that they're not in the Europa league. Now they can focus solely on getting that scudetto and without the midweek European fixtures, I think there's a fair chance that Milan might win the league this season. Now that will be great. They can come back to the CL next year after they've added more quality and then compete.

[@user-gd4xl6rj2l]

Inter did the same.

[@bzilla1090]

Sassuolo ripped Milan apart even worse than what Liverpool did...also at the San Siro

[@tonio8404]

Embarrassing performance from Milan it really sucks seeing them lose in the way they did 😔 for the sake of football I hope the fallen giants can make it far again one day soon

[@HafizShivji786]

It's difficult when you come up against LFC who are on Unbelievable form.

[@kevinbermudez738]

We need to talk about the Serie A level compared to other leagues and how serie a has downfalled through the years. (Last italian ucl champion 2010 Inter, last semifinalist 2018 roma)

[@rev1379]

What’s there to talk about, Serie A has always been mediocre these past years.

[@karimzakaria9621]

Serie A is really competitive, but the quality compared to other top teams like Bayern, Liverpool, Chelsea, and City, is nowhere close.

[@SirAdri15]

Inter made europa league final in 2020 goof

[@daviesfc8906]

@@rev1379 then why is all teams trying to buy from the serie a

[@cristianoreddevil9736]

@@daviesfc8906 The quality of league is pretty bad, however there are great invididual players there still. If that makes sense.

[@TheKingBowza]

Imagine being at ESPN and not being allowed to watch leagues outside of the EPL. Serie A is perhaps the most exciting league this year. The money isn't there like it is in the premier league but they talk about Milan like they are the powerhouse of the late 80s and early 90s. First year back in the champions league with zero experience outside of Zlatan. Milan deserved more from the group but thems the breaks sometimes. Just a clueless panel discussing a team they barely even watch in a league they couldn't be bothered to pay attention to. Herbs.

[@CriusXI]

People only know what’s trending on social media, that’s football. One of the ESPN pundits said that Lukaku was top scorer last year, it was actually Ronaldo, that tells you all you need to know.

[@karimzakaria9621]

ESPN doesn’t have Premier League rights. They are just being honest, they do not have any incentive talking highly of the EPL.

[@rev1379]

Serie A teams are just mediocre, you and I both know this. The league is entertaining yeah sure, but the teams get exposed when they play English sides, Spanish sides as well.

[@Radic315]

Seria A = Dead League Empty Stadiums No Atmosphere Slow Players FACTS

[@hadhamalnam]

Yeah they completely ignored Inter's good performances as well

[@Prince-je8dh]

Can these guys relax. Yes it’s disappointing for ac milan but it’s their first time back in years, they were in the toughest group, got robbed at home to atletico and had many players injured. Like there’s nothing embarrassing about this

[@Heatwave9000]

Yet when we first got back in the ucl we made the final...

[@artel6225]

The Liverpool defence were shaky at first then grew in confidence as a team as ACM offered nothing shockingly

[@micahkiyimba8641]

AC Milan are an embarrassment playing like that against a B Liverpool team in a home game they had to win

[@jefft4488]

For Frank to suggest Ligue 1 better than Serie A is insane

[@Yow531]

Eredivisie is surpassing Serie A(wfull)

[@aobakwekaelo3209]

So you mean one team.

[@Jaheeem]

Yea the Eredivisie may be stronger than Serie A right now, but Serie A would be more entertaining to watch

[@aobakwekaelo3209]

@@Jaheeem What do you mean stronger? It's like saying Bundesliga is stronger than la liga just coz one of the teams is stronger than all la liga teams.

[@Jaheeem]

@@aobakwekaelo3209 Everybody knows Laliga is the second strongest league in Europe

[@Radic315]

@@Jaheeem La liga is dead as well, slow players empty stadiums, Barca ruined, RM is now Bayern of that ligue

[@eze2576]

Stop hating on Origi. Live your life. Don't let someone else's decisions bother you. For all you know, his family is happy and doing extremely well and at the same time he's playing for the best team in the world and learning from the best coach in the world. You don't think he learned the lesson of Coutinho? You think he wants to be bouncing around from team to team, country to country?

[@andygardiner1872]

Frank LeBoeuf looks like a kenny everett character

[@docrakidocraki8067]

Serie A has been poor for years, I remember in the early 2010’s Juventus would be winning seriee A yet be getting knocked out into the Europa league in the UCL

[@hadhamalnam]

Did you forget the mid 2010s where Juve was consistently getting to the semis or finals of the UCL?

[@bradleysmith6478]

in the early 2010's inter were treble winners lol

[@antoninolicandro43]

So they talk about how this result speaks volume on the quality of serie A, then please explain how a 6th place Juventus team just won the group over the reigning English European champions? Poor take by all the lads here. Not to mention when you have a player like salah on the field, liverpools biggest star, anything can happen in a given match. Extremely poor take lads.

[@giacomolocati8452]

More like an embarrassment to Milan. Other Serie A teams have qualified.

[@heartthrobbb]

Inter did the exact same thing last season. They finished lost in their group. But they went to wun a whole league title.

[@johnnysimps6333]

Sure they played with the B team but they still had Salah and Mane and some other experienced players while Milan has some serious injuries like Kjaer…Milan relies a lot on Theo and he couldn’t do much because he always had to stay behind enough to defend cos we all know who was on that side

[@phoenix2225]

Exactly. Other than Philips and Morton pretty much all others in line up was proper line up. It's not like it's a very weak team or anything

[@iamd1andonly417]

@@phoenix2225 it’s a fairly weak team for Liverpool’s standards, there’s no way Liverpool would play a team like that in the prem cos they would get rolled

[@Timy-dr6uo]

@@phoenix2225 Minamino? Neco Williams? Origi? This was a very weak Liverpool team especially after Salah and Mane were taken off.

[@advenco344]

@@Timy-dr6uo plus the fact that the defense and midfield have never played with each other, and Minamino was out of position lol.

[@phoenix2225]

@@Timy-dr6uo I meant the drop in quality compared to Milan's missing players is not as big. These players are still expected to reasonably deputise a few matches. That's noy the case with Milan

[@dalymufc]

Ibra flopping in CL again im shocked seriously.

[@CriusXI]

He’s 40, if Milan didn’t have injured players Ibra wouldn’t have played. Rebic and Giroud out, among others.

[@zaloreyes830]

@@CriusXI 40 years old againts bench players like Morton, Minamino, Nat Phillips... and others young lads

[@Leetbeast]

he was good today.. milan overrall was bad...

[@Leetbeast]

@@CriusXI Zlatan>Rebic&Giroud.. ive seen all MIlan matchews this year.. ibra was alright today not bad..

[@CriusXI]

@@zaloreyes830 Bench players that are young and capable of running unlike a 40 year old who has suffered multiple injuries and put multiple minutes into his body 😂🤦🏻

[@caspiadegrelle8421]

Nat Phillips inflicted more damage on Italy than Mussolini.

[@Kickstarterfc]

Frank giving love for the 🐐 Origi

[@jericho_80]

Morton was 🔥

[@khalidw6170]

to be fair, tht was a tough group....

[@hadhamalnam]

Yeah and he says bottom of the group as if it wasn't by 1 point. Atleti and Liverpool were favorites to go through anyway.

[@onlydbrasko]

Not a tough group for Liverpool. The rest of the group is just trash.

[@kfcboy3.036]

What did you guys expect, as a AC Milan fan I could have told you guys they we’re going to finish bottom int his group which I think is the hardest group in the champions league. If you bass Milan’s performance just on league you can see the three other teams out due them by miles even with Academy players

[@Shishir27]

The expected goals is pretty even though

[@mrsmith2228]

Shows how bad seria a is when you got a oap up front scoring goals in that league embarrassing standard

[@Dannyt7873]

Premier league failures go to Serie A and thrive. Lukaku comes back and fails once again. I think anyone who believed Serie A is a strong league is stupid to begin with. Just look at the winners Inter - knocked out in the group stages last year. It's the kind of league that makes Mhikitarian and Felipe Anderson look decent. No one watches it or cares, all eyes are on the prem.

[@Timy-dr6uo]

What about Salah? Bruno?

[@brensylblake4083]

the Premier League and the Spanish league are the only ones that are entertaining in my books. French, German and Italian are all garbage teams that look weak and pathetic outside of their league.

[@Radic315]

@@brensylblake4083 La liga is dead as well, slow players empty stadiums, Barca ruined, RM is now Bayern of that ligue

[@Timy-dr6uo]

@@brensylblake4083 2 Spanish teams have qualified for the UCL and 2 Italian teams have qualified as well. The Italian league is not garbage

[@rev1379]

@@Radic315 Doesn’t really say anything, both Barcelona and Madrid have created such iconic names for themselves in the sport, and despite their recent financial struggles, they still attract viewers around the world. 2nd most viewed league, and it’s crazy that they remain 2nd considering Ronaldo and Messi are gone.

[@The_Specialist.13]

You talk about a team in construction mode , and they had 4 key players out for injuries, this not the big Milan

[@siyandajola585]

Konate and Nat Phillips simply made everything easy for the midfielders and strikers

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

😂 So called "Group of death" 🤣 Shows the gap between the prem and all the other leagues

[@vanitazazas]

How many french and italian teams has won UCL recently? How many english teams has won recently? The numbers speaks for themselves

[@HafizShivji786]

@@vanitazazas think EPL at the moment is in different league with Managers they've in their league. Think only Bayern can challenge them tho

[@edwinzuniga1987]

The way i see it right now Epl La liga Bundesliga/serie a Ligue 1

[@HafizShivji786]

@@edwinzuniga1987 need to keep Bendesliga 2nd coz Bayern are carrying their flag convincingly in Europe & the only threat to English clubs tho

[@rev1379]

@@HafizShivji786 One team league deserves to be 2nd? You don’t watch football.

[@UnrulyRebel-hd2pl]

Liverpool is going to regret saving Atletico trust me 😂🤣😂

[@James-bb7ix]

When there's trouble you know who to call

[@italiansoccer122]

I’m an inter fan so by no means am I a fan of Milan, BUT this Milan team is riddled with injuries in key positions , there in the middle of a rebuild and there playing a team that is a top 5 team in Europe that has insane depth in almost every position. A team that still had Sane and Salah on. Incredibly harsh on AC Milan and to bring Italian football into it like are you still not over the Euros 😂🤌🏼 Milan had everything to play for and Liverpool had literally zero pressure. Some of these pundits man.

[@Jaheeem]

Europe Top 6 leagues Premier league Laliga Serie A Bundesliga Portuguese league Ligue 1

[@karimzakaria9621]

Premier League Massive gap La Liga Serie A Bundesliga Portuguese League Ligue Uber Eats 1

[@Jaheeem]

@@karimzakaria9621 I think it's a bigger gap than that

[@rev1379]

@@karimzakaria9621 In terms of entertainment or quality? Because if it’s quality then the PL, excluding Liverpool, Chelsea, and City, are no better than let’s say Bundesliga lol. However, entertainment wise I agree it’s definitely number one.

[@daviesfc8906]

@@rev1379 if it’s entertainment than the serie a

[@bradleysmith6478]

switch the last two and youre good

[@mathewhartop7540]

I'll tell you what we are watching, years of investment in time/passion/pride/money not just in the players but the whole setup of English teams. I'm talking coaching, physical, nutrition, comms, scouting, player family relations and many others. They come together to make what is a well oiled machine and I personally have seen this working in football previously, I never thought we would get there but we have and like so many other things that this nation champions, we should be proud. They must be looking at us in either respect, shock and or envy. This is only the start and we have seen it filter into the England senior team which is an absolute example to how football is managed and played in this country, it's an honour and a privilege to witness the start of a golden age - a new era of excellence. ❤

[@mkprocter882]

Well spoke brother

[@LAvision]

Italian calcio as a whole is just sad, and it sucks. So many great teams that are just shadows of their former glory.

[@shil2357]

A team with salah doesn't need good players around him. He possess such quality of threat on his own.

[@JR-sj1jz]

I normally hate the phrases like farmers league and all that stuff. It's disrespectful to the game. But what Milan tonight is disrespectful not just to their fans but to Serie A in general. No one on AC Milan had more than 2 shots all game. Which is the same number of shots that Konate and Neco each had. Milan had a chance on the counter from a Liverpool corner. Minamino was under a high ball, running facing his goal. The type of situation where a miscontrol can happen. There was no AC Milan player within 10 yards of him to force him into a mistake. So many times he got the ball in an unfamiliar midfield role and turned with again, no pressure. I don't care about injuries that Milan had. The least you can do is run, press and work harder than Liverpool. Milan didn't do any of those. 8 shots to Liverpool's 22. In this 6 game campaign, Milan averaged 8 shots a game only once getting 10+ shots. In those same 6, opposing teams averaged 17 shots per game. 4 times teams managed to take 20 or more shots against Milan. No hunger, no desire. So very disappointing

[@brensylblake4083]

Italian football in itself is disappointing bro. ever since Atalanta got spanked 5-0 by Liverpool and Inter lost repeatedly to Real Madrid (who Chelsea spanked btw) I've rated Italian teams as 0. Hot garbage

[@Frdzed]

What became of Serie A? It got sold to the highest bidder. That’s what happened.

[@brianpetersen1179]

Italian football will never be the same it was in the 90 s

[@ChrisSmith74627]

Serie A has been on the decline for over ten years now, the clubs in Italy can't compete financially, and therefore on the pitch, with the top Prem sides, PSG, Bayern and Real

[@leeking6939]

The round of 16 didn't qualify for Zlatan 😂😂 Serie a in the mud

[@realeroma3852]

So many people like to hate on the serie a for “lower quality” when even the biggest teams in the league have only a fraction of the budget than clubs like Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Bayern. I personally don’t see this as a huge problem though, because it means less foreign owned oil clubs in the league and more locally controlled clubs with the drive and passion to succeed.

[@HafizShivji786]

Where was the passion tonight against LFC B team ??

[@shezymessi10]

Don't you want your team to do well in Europe though

[@MichaelScott_DinkinFlicka]

Liverpool don’t have an oil money owner. You think all the clubs that play in PL are the richest?

[@HafizShivji786]

@@MichaelScott_DinkinFlicka not only that .. they couldn't defeat LFC who played team B & younger players with no experience in crucial positions in their own backyard.

[@MichaelScott_DinkinFlicka]

@@HafizShivji786 exactly my friend. But what worries me more is that Salah and Mane played last night while others rested. We do not have cover for them. This might cost us in January when we don’t have enough quality cover in wide areas.

[@ShaqsBlurryVisionNetwork]

This literally happened to Inter last year as well. Won the league but no round of 16

[@rayray9991]

I am really sorry but that's harsh, these thing go in cycle, Italian teams are on the down atm, there is obvious lack of star players and quality coaching atm. But look at Atlanta they are doing very well.

[@theowl3756]

The AC Milan version of defending is to kick and grab the arms of opposing players repeatedly. It was a disgrace to the beautiful game. FIFA must come up with new rules to stop the ignorant and stupid acts.