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.
The Premier League’s Independent Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel has unanimously backed the decision not to show a red card to Manchester United defender Lisandro Martínez.
Carlo Ancelotti blamed “defensive fragility” for Real Madrid’s 3-1 derby defeat to Atletico Madrid in LaLiga on Sunday but refused to criticise individual players, saying the loss was “my fault.”