AC Milan 0-0 Tottenham LIVE: Skipp and Sarr start for injury-hit Spurs in first leg of Champions League last-16 tie… with Conte’s side looking to bounce back from 4-1 thrashing at Leicester
Follow Sportsmail’s live blog for the Champions League round of 16 first-leg clash between AC Milan and Tottenham.
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We’re underway in the Champions League last-16!
The players have made their way out onto the pitch. The atmosphere inside the San Siro is electric!
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If Spurs are to have any success tonight, it won’t be without the input of Harry Kane or Heung-Min Son.
The latter has struggled for form this year, despite winning the Premier League Golden Boot last term, and will hope for a big performance tonight.
Kane, meanwhile, recently became the club’s all-time top goalscorer but he won’t be able to do it all himself tonight.
The Champions League returns on Tuesday, with AC Milan and Tottenham facing each other in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
An entertaining encounter is expected at the San Siro, and Sportsmail’s DANIEL MATTHEWS outlines the key clashes that could decide the outcome of the game.
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It was the last time Tottenham met AC Milan at the San Siro, and a night when Italian rage came up against Scottish granite.
February 15, 2011. A Champions League tie decided by Peter Crouch’s winning goal, but remembered more for Gennaro Gattuso’s furious bust-up with Joe Jordan.
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There is no better time for Tottenham to face AC Milan. Stefano Pioli’s team are going through a very difficult moment and the painful 1-0 victory against Torino on Friday perfectly captured the psychological limits of a team that seems to be severely lacking in confidence.
The defeats by Sassuolo, Lazio and Inter Milan in the derby were major blows for the team and above all jeopardised Pioli’s position.
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After a 104-day break, which saw the FIFA World Cup take centre stage, domestic action return, the January transfer window take place and Real Madrid win their 100th major trophy, the Champions League is back.
The knockout stages of Europe’s premier club competition is among the most exciting in world football.
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The lads have arrived at the San Siro 🙌 pic.twitter.com/3X0aGzphwE
AC Milan XI: Tatarusanu; Kalulu, Thiaw, Kjaer; Saelemaekers, Tonali, Krunic, Hernandez; Diaz, Leao, Giroud
Substitutes: Mirante, Nava, Calabria, Ballo, Pobega, De Ketelaere, Rebic, Origi, Messias
Tottenham XI: Forster; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Royal, Sarr, Skipp, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son
Substitutes: Austin, Whiteman, Sanchez, Davies, Tanganga, Porro, Devine, Danjuma, Lucas, Richarlison
Despite storming the Serie A title last season, it’s been a year of struggle for the reigning champions of Italy.
Milan, in 2023, have won just two games and it’s slowly seen them sink down to fifth in the table. A 5-2 trouncing to Sassuolo followed by defeat to rivals Inter has dampened their spirit of late.
Ready for the Rossoneri 👕🔴⚫#ACMTOT #UCL #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/7lz9UmicI0
For Antonio Conte, it’s been a very difficult week. Not because of his recovery from gallbladder surgery but because of the growing injury concerns facing his Spurs side.
Summer signing Yves Bissouma underwent an operation, Rodrigo Bentancur was ruled out for the season after tearing his ACL and Hugo Lloris was sidelined for eight weeks.
It means that the north London side will likely field a midfield duo of youngsters Oliver Skipp and Pape Matar Sarr, with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg suspended.
Welcome to Sportsmail’s live blog covering tonight’s Champions League clash between AC Milan and Tottenham.
It’s the first set of Round of 16 fixtures that are being played, with PSG and Bayern Munich also going head-to-head this evening.
We’ll have team news in just under half an hour so stick around for updates, news and more ahead of kick-off…
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