Szoboszlai spot on as Liverpool win without Mo in Milan

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With their regular penalty-taker left at home after his extraordinary outburst against head coach Arne Slot and the club after Saturday's draw at Leeds it was left to Dominik Szoboszlai to step up and convert an 88th-minute spot-kick. The forward, who posted a picture of himself in an empty gym back at their AXA training complex earlier in the day, had paid the price for saying his relationship with Slot had broken down and he felt someone at the club was trying to force him out.

When Ekitike raced on to Ibrahima Konate's through-ball in a position usually assumed by Salah the France striker favoured his right foot, when the Egyptian would cut in on his left, and narrowed the angle so much Yann Sommer batted his shot behind easily. The front two have rarely had the chance to play together so far this season and there was a lack of understanding between each other and their team-mates, like when Alexis Mac Allister slid a pass down the outside of Manuel Akanji only for Isak to continue his run down the inside.

Konate was at the scene of another "crime", as Slot had euphemistically described his numerous errors this season, but this time in the opposition area. And when he lured Alessandro Bastoni into tugging his shirt in the penalty area, the Germany international changed the game and the narrative with fans singing Slot's name at the final whistle.