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Dudelange 0 AC Milan 1: Deflected Higuain goal spares Gattuso's blushes

Gennaro Gattuso's AC Milan have started their Europa League campaign with a win, but they were not impressive at Dudelange.

AC Milan got away with producing an underwhelming performance as Gonzalo Higuain's deflected second-half goal secured them a 1-0 win over Luxembourg's Dudelange in their Europa League opener.

Gennaro Gattuso named a strong side that, for most of the first hour, looked incapable of breaking down theoretically hugely inferior opposition, and in the end their winning goal proved highly fortunate.

Milan were especially poor in the first half, hardly causing their modest opposition any problems at all at the back, with Dudelange arguably crafting the better opportunities.