Liverpool will kick off their Champions League group-stage campaign against an AC Milan side missing Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The 39-year-old marked his first appearance of 2021-22 with a goal as the Serie A outfit defeated Lazio 2-0 on Sunday, but afterwards felt an injury that has ruled him out of Wednesday night’s Group B opener at Anfield.
“Zlatan would have liked to join the match, of course. After the match [versus Lazio] he had some inflammation,” explained Milan coach Stefano Pioli on Tuesday.
“We hoped he could in any case play but he still had pain, so we don’t want to risk [him] tomorrow.