Amine Adli scored a fine free-kick to cap Bournemouth's historic 3-0 win over 10-man AC Milan, continuing the club's brilliant start to their first-ever European campaign. Ruben Amorim's side are far from the standard of the great Milan teams of the past, but this is nonetheless a treasured scalp for Bournemouth, who for most of their history could not have imagined playing this fixture. The seven-time European champions were humbled by the Cherries.
It was a wet and wild night on the south coast, fitting for a chaotic first half that saw Milan captain Mike Maignan sent off for brutally pushing both hands into Tyler Adams' face at a corner. That recklessness brought Bournemouth their second penalty, expertly dispatched by Marcus Tavernier after Justin Kluivert had slotted in the first spot-kick following a Koni De Winter handball. Another dead-ball moment brought the third: a wonderful whip from sub Adli, though Amorim would not have been happy with the Milan wall that broke apart.
Bournemouth boss Marco Rose was proud of his side. "A big night for us. I'm happy for the club, our fans especially and really proud of my lads," he said. "The way they did it was brilliant from the first minute until the last minute."
Amorim, who has now failed to beat Bournemouth in five attempts, admitted it was a difficult night. "There was no game after 20 minutes," he said. "We need to avoid our mistakes. We need to have 11 players on the pitch all the time."
Source: Sky Sports Champions League · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing