Pretty solid, as it turned out. Abetted by some shambolic Milan defending, Liverpool spent the next 88 minutes methodically taking the seven-time champions apart on their own turf: not always fluently, and not always clinically, but with an encouraging directness and above all an instinctive calm.
Liverpool were happy to have the ball. They were happy not to have the ball. They did not dwell on their missed chances but simply created more. And, of course, it helps when your opponents have the structural integrity of a puri, allowing Ibrahima KonatƩ and Virgil van Dijk free set-piece headers to put Liverpool in front.
Dominik Szoboszlai completed the scoring in the second half, making good on Slotās entreaties for him to contribute more goals from midfield.
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