AC Milan had the majority of the chances in group stage opener
At one point, during a prolonged holdup when an overflowing train was unable to move until some passengers alighted, a local asked a black-and-white-shirted visitor why his friends hated Sunderland quite so much. The answer proved considerably longer, and more detailed, than the questioner had perhaps bargained for.
Not that the visitors had it anything like their own way. When Milan were not stymieing Newcastle’s desire to force a high tempo by slowing the play down to walking pace, Rafael Leão their left-winger, was giving Kieran Trippier an exhaustive defensive workout. Tellingly, the full-back frequently required assistance from Sean Longstaff, Newcastle’s right-sided midfielder.
Little had been seen of a Newcastle attack featuring an extremely well-marked Alexander Isak at centre-forward. Howe had preferred Isak to Callum Wilson in his starting XI but the Sweden striker was repeatedly second-guessed by the excellent Fikayo Tomori. Ditto Anthony Gordon by Davide Calabria. By half-time Milan had directed seven shots on target but still failed to wound their Premier League guests. With Calabria booked late in the opening half Pioli’ took the precaution of replacing him with Alessandro Florenzi at the interval.
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