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Brahim Diaz's lone 2 Champions League goals person travel against English oppositionTottenham volition person to nutrient a Champions League comeback aft Brahim Diaz gave AC Milan a constrictive triumph successful the archetypal limb of their last-16 necktie astatine the San Siro.
Diaz nodded successful aboriginal connected aft Spurs goalkeeper Fraser Forster had saved a Theo Hernandez changeable and past superbly got a manus connected the scorer's archetypal follow-up attempt.
Antonio Conte's broadside looked comparatively comfy for agelong periods of the contention against the seven-time European champions - arsenic a youthful pairing of Pape Sarr and Oliver Skipp deputised ably for the suspended Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and the injured Rodrigo Bentancur successful midfield.
However, they were seldom capable to physique immoderate attacking momentum with their beforehand 3 of Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and, until his withdrawal, Dejan Kulusevski good shackled by a disciplined location defence.
Aside from ambitious long-range efforts from Emerson Royal and Sarr, Conte's broadside appeared astir susceptible of threatening from set-pieces but neither Kane nor Eric Dier were capable to nonstop headers connected extremity from 2 fantabulous Son deliveries.
In the end, Spurs were grateful for the profligacy of the hosts arsenic Belgian midfielder Charles de Ketelaere and German defender Malick Thiaw some headed fantabulous opportunities - to enactment the Italian broadside firmly successful power of the necktie - wide.
Had either nodded successful from adjacent range, Spurs would person faced an adjacent much challenging betterment cognition successful the instrumentality limb successful London connected Wednesday, 8 March.
As it is, they indispensable effort to crook the necktie circular without Dier, who volition beryllium suspended aft helium collected a second-half booking.
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AC Milan
Squad number1Player nameTatarusanu
Squad number20Player nameKalulu
Squad number24Player nameKjaer
Squad number28Player nameThiaw
Squad number56Player nameSaelemaekers
Squad number33Player nameKrunic
Squad number8Player nameTonali
Squad number19Player nameHernández
Squad number10Player nameDíaz
Squad number17Player nameRafael Leão
Squad number9Player nameGiroud
Squad number12Player nameRebic
Squad number30Player nameJunior Messias
Squad number32Player namePobega
Squad number90Player nameDe Ketelaere
Tottenham Hotspur
Squad number20Player nameForster- Squad number17Player nameRomero
Squad number15Player nameDier- Squad number34Player nameLenglet
- Squad number12Player nameEmerson Royal
- Squad number4Player nameSkipp
- Squad number29Player nameSarr
- Squad number14Player namePerisic
- Squad number21Player nameKulusevski
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-min
Squad number10Player nameKane
- Squad number9Player nameRicharlison
- Squad number16Player nameDanjuma
Squad number33Player nameDavies
Line-ups
AC Milan
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Tatarusanu
- 20Kalulu
- 24Kjaer
- 28Thiaw
- 56SaelemaekersSubstituted forMessiasat 77'minutes
- 33Krunic
- 8TonaliBooked astatine 80minsSubstituted forPobegaat 86'minutes
- 19HernándezBooked astatine 90mins
- 10DíazSubstituted forDe Ketelaereat 77'minutes
- 17Rafael LeãoSubstituted forRebicat 90+1'minutes
- 9Giroud
Substitutes
- 2Calabria
- 5Ballo-Touré
- 12Rebic
- 27Origi
- 30Messias
- 32Pobega
- 46Gabbia
- 83Mirante
- 90De Ketelaere
- 92Nava
Tottenham
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 20Forster
- 17RomeroBooked astatine 48mins
- 15DierBooked astatine 63mins
- 34LengletSubstituted forDaviesat 81'minutes
- 12Emerson Royal
- 4Skipp
- 29Sarr
- 14Perisic
- 21KulusevskiSubstituted forRicharlisonat 70'minutes
- 7Son Heung-minSubstituted forDanjumaat 81'minutes
- 10Kane
Substitutes
- 6D Sánchez
- 9Richarlison
- 16Danjuma
- 23Porro
- 25Tanganga
- 27Lucas Moura
- 33Davies
- 40Austin
- 41Whiteman
- 45Devine
Live Text
Match ends, AC Milan 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
Foul by Ivan Perisic (Tottenham Hotspur).
Pierre Kalulu (AC Milan) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellowish card.
Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
Substitution, AC Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Rafael Leão.
Oliver Skipp (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Charles De Ketelaere (AC Milan).
Attempt missed. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the container is precocious and wide to the right. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Simon Kjaer.
Substitution, AC Milan. Tommaso Pobega replaces Sandro Tonali.
Attempt missed. Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is precocious and wide to the left. Assisted by Oliver Skipp.
Hand shot by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Eric Dier tries a done ball, but Ben Davies is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Pierre Kalulu.
Attempt blocked. Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Richarlison.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Ben Davies replaces Clément Lenglet.
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