Liverpool are playing their first Champions League match after missing out and competing in the Europa League last season. Tonight’s match also marks Arne Slot’s first European game in charge of the Reds.

“It’s a big game, also for me, but a big game for us,” said Slot, “Because of the history these two teams have, the venue it is played in, it is one to look forward to.”

Here’s how we see both teams taking to the pitch at the San Siro tonight:

AC Milan XI: Maignan; Emerson, Thiaw, Pavlovic, Hernandez; Reijnders, Fofana, Loftus-Cheek; Pulisic, Morata, Leao

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz

For Milan, Tammy Abraham scored in the 4-0 win over Venezia at the weekend and could keep his place ahead of Alvaro Morata.

Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Fikayo Tomori are the other former Chelsea men who could feature against the Reds.

Captain Davide Calabria and centre-back Malick Thiaw are both doubts, while Alessandro Florenzi is out, meaning that Emerson Royal continues at full-back,

Federico Chiesa could be involved in the Liverpool squad for the first time since his move from Juventus after he was left out against Nottingham Forest.

The Italy international has been building up his fitness since arriving on deadline day. Arne Slot has not made too many changes in charge so far, but the likes of Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones will be pushing for involvement. Harvey Elliott is out.

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The match will kick off at 8pm BST on Tuesday 17 September at the San Siro in Milan. It is the first of eight fixtures for both clubs as part of the newly revamped Champions League format.

Liverpool return to the Champions League after a season out of European football’s top club competition and head to Milan for a blockbuster clash on the opening night of the new campaign.

Under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool dropped out of the Champions League in 2023 but finished third in the Premier League last season to qualify for the first campaign of the new competition format.

New boss Paulo Fonseca picked up his first win of the Serie A campaign at the weekend – a 4-0 win over Venezia – but the Rossoneri had started the season with two draws and a defeat to Parma.

Welcome to The Independent’s coverage of tonight’s Champions League action as Liverpool travel to Italy to take on AC Milan in the first round of fixtures.

It’s a new format for Europe’s top flight this season with teams each playing eight matches as part of the first phase to determine who makes it into the knockout rounds and playoffs as well as which teams are eliminated.

Liverpool’s opening match is against the Serie A side and they’ll be hoping to bounce back from a shock defeat against Nottingham Forest last time out.

We’ll have all the team news, line-ups and updates throughout the night so stick around as we build up to kick off at 8pm.