UEFA Champions League

Slovan Bratislava vs AC Milan, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

· UEFA Champions League
Slovan Bratislava
  • 24': Tigran Barseghyan
  • 88': Nino Marcelli
  • Red Card 90': Marko Tolic
FT
2 - 3
AC Milan
  • 21': Christian Pulisic
  • 68': Rafael Leão
  • 71': Tammy Abraham

Pulisic, Abraham earn Milan 3rd-straight UCL win

AC Milan earned their third successive Champions League win with a 3-2 victory at Slovan Bratislava on Tuesday, hanging on after the home side scored a late goal.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 1': Foul by Kyriakos Savvidis (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 2': Attempt missed. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 7': Foul by Kyriakos Savvidis (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 7': Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Pulisic from a direct free kick.
  • 9': Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
  • 9': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Idjessi Metsoko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 12': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Kenan Bajric.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Davide Calabria (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 13': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Kenan Bajric.
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. David Strelec (SK Slovan Bratislava) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan with a through ball.
  • 15': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Strahinja Pavlovic.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders with a through ball.
  • 17': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Kyriakos Savvidis.
  • 19': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 19': Foul by Idjessi Metsoko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 21': Goal! SK Slovan Bratislava 0, AC Milan 1. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 23': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Siemen Voet.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
  • 24': Goal! SK Slovan Bratislava 1, AC Milan 1. Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kyriakos Savvidis following a fast break.
  • 26': Foul by Christian Pulisic (AC Milan).
  • 26': Kyriakos Savvidis (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': David Strelec (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan).
  • 33': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Guram Kashia (SK Slovan Bratislava) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kyriakos Savvidis with a cross following a corner.
  • 34': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Kenan Bajric.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
  • 41': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Guram Kashia.
  • 41': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Juraj Kucka.
  • 43': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
  • 43': Guram Kashia (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross.
  • 45': Foul by Tammy Abraham (AC Milan).
  • 45': Guram Kashia (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Juraj Kucka (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 45': Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, SK Slovan Bratislava 1, AC Milan 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins SK Slovan Bratislava 1, AC Milan 1.
  • 45': Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Noah Okafor.
  • 46': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 46': Foul by César Blackman (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze.
  • 50': Delay in match because of an injury Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan).
  • 51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 51': Foul by Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 51': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
  • 52': Idjessi Metsoko (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan).
  • 54': Idjessi Metsoko (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Foul by Kyriakos Savvidis (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 55': Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
  • 57': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fikayo Tomori.
  • 63': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Guram Kashia.
  • 66': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Foul by David Strelec (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 66': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Danylo Ignatenko replaces Idjessi Metsoko.
  • 68': Foul by Juraj Kucka (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 68': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Goal! SK Slovan Bratislava 1, AC Milan 2. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana with a through ball.
  • 71': Goal! SK Slovan Bratislava 1, AC Milan 3. Tammy Abraham (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 74': Substitution, AC Milan. Emerson Royal replaces Davide Calabria.
  • 74': Substitution, AC Milan. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Christian Pulisic.
  • 76': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Youssouf Fofana.
  • 76': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Nino Marcelli replaces Siemen Voet.
  • 76': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Marko Tolic replaces Juraj Kucka.
  • 78': Foul by Theo Hernández (AC Milan).
  • 78': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 79': Danylo Ignatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).
  • 79': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 80': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Emerson Royal.
  • 81': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
  • 84': Substitution, AC Milan. Francesco Camarda replaces Tammy Abraham.
  • 85': Foul by César Blackman (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 85': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Offside, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze is caught offside.
  • 88': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan).
  • 88': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Danylo Ignatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 88': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Goal! SK Slovan Bratislava 2, AC Milan 3. Nino Marcelli (SK Slovan Bratislava) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan following a fast break.
  • 90': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Róbert Mak replaces Kyriakos Savvidis.
  • 90': Foul by Danylo Ignatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 90': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Marko Tolic (SK Slovan Bratislava) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90': Second yellow card to Marko Tolic (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
  • 90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Francesco Camarda (AC Milan).
  • 90'+3': Kenan Bajric (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Guram Kashia (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 90'+4': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Guram Kashia (SK Slovan Bratislava).
  • 90'+4': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+5': Attempt saved. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, SK Slovan Bratislava 2, AC Milan 3.
  • 90'+6': Kenan Bajric (SK Slovan Bratislava) is shown the yellow card.
  • 0': Match ends, SK Slovan Bratislava 2, AC Milan 3.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 15
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 0
8 Corner Kicks 4
0 Saves 2
65.8 Possession 34.2
15 SHOTS 6
5 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
505 Accurate Passes 224
572 Passes 305
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
2 Accurate Crosses 1
27 Crosses 4
0.1 Cross % 0.3
25 Long Balls 55
19 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.8 Long Balls % 0.3
6 Blocked Shots 1
5 Effective Tackles 10
12 Tackles 16
0.4 Tackle % 0.6
13 Interceptions 12
7 Effective Clearances 22
7 Clearances 22

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Národny Futbalovy Stadión
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Attendance: 22,500

UEFA Champions League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 8 +19 24
2 Bayern Munich 8 +14 21
3 Liverpool 8 +12 18
4 Tottenham Hotspur 8 +10 17
Full Table

Line-Ups

SLB Slovan Bratislava (3-4-3)

No. Name
71 Dominik Takac (GK)
4 Guram Kashia
2 Siemen Voet
12 Kenan Bajric Yellow Card
88 Kyriakos Savvidis
33 Juraj Kucka
17 Jurij Medvedev
28 César Blackman
13 David Strelec
93 Idjessi Metoko
11 Tigran Barseghyan
Slovan Bratislava Substitutes:
Adam Hrdina, Lukas Pauschek, Nino Marcelli, Julius Szöke, Matus Vojtko, Martin Trnovsky, Róbert Mak, Artur Gajdos, Zuberu Sharani, Alen Mustafic, Danylo Ignatenko, Marko Tolic.

MIL AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
16 Mike Maignan (GK)
31 Strahinja Pavlovic
23 Fikayo Tomori Yellow Card
19 Theo Hernández
2 Davide Calabria Yellow Card
11 Christian Pulisic
14 Tijjani Reijnders
29 Youssouf Fofana
90 Tammy Abraham
17 Noah Okafor
21 Samuel Chukwueze Yellow Card
AC Milan Substitutes:
Matteo Gabbia, Emerson Royal, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Yunus Musah, Marco Sportiello, Lorenzo Torriani, Francesco Camarda, Malick Thiaw, Filippo Terracciano, Rafael Leão.

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