AC Milan beats Celtic 3-1 in Europa League
AC Milan's Rade Krunic, Brahim Diaz
and Jens Petter Hauge netted in a 3-1 win at Celtic in their Europa League
Group H opener on Thursday but the Italians had to withstand a late barrage
from the Scottish champions to secure the three points.
Krunic opened the scoring when he
outjumped defender Stephen Welsh to head home Samuel Castillejo's cross in the
14th minute and although Celtic had some decent passages of play, it was the visitors
who created the better chances.
Milan went two up when Zlatan
Ibrahimovic stretched the Celtic defence with a ball down the left to Theo
Hernandez, and his pass found Brahim Diaz, who fired across goalkeeper Vasilios
Barkas into the corner of the net just before halftime.
Celtic sent on Mohamed Elyounoussi
for Welsh at the break and began...