Ex AC Milan Italian striker, Alberto Gilardino, spoke to La Gazzetta dello Sport's newspaper to discuss the Rossoneri team:
"Tips for Pioli in view of Liverpool's match? Pioli trained me in Bologna. he is prepared on the pitch and in management. Today he is even more experienced, he will know how to try to reduce the intensity of the opponents and their ferocity. I fear Mo Salah the most, he has supersonic speed. Jurgen Klopp? He is direct and practical."
On Ibrahimovic:
"He's a rock. The physicist supports him but you reach that level at his age only if ambition drags you. Playing with Giroud? It can be done: Ibra is the one who moves more around the field. Giroud is a finisher, the international experience speaks for him. Team balance will be essential to see them as an attacking pair."
Does this Milan resemble the one which won in Athens?
"That was a consolidated group of champions, in which the best young players in circulation entered from year to year, no risky bet. Ancelotti was exceptional, in terms of technical value and mentality. Today everything has changed including the market and the competition. This Milan is following a policy that I like but which must be given time."
