Tragic News: Liverpool fan tragically killed in road accident ahead of AC Milan match, club confirms

Liverpool released a statement expressing their profound sorrow over the tragic loss of their supporter, Philip Dooley, who passed away in a road traffic accident in Bergamo early this morning.

Liverpool did not say how old Dooley was when he died, nor give details of the accident. 

Italian media report that Dooley was a 51-year-old Irishman and that he was killed at around 1am local time (2300 GMT Monday), an hour after landing at Bergamo's Orio al Serio airport while trying to cross a nearby motorway.

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Liverpool strutted to a 3-1 win at AC Milan on Tuesday as the Reds got their campaign in the revamped Champions League off to a stylish start.

Arne Slot's team reacted superbly to going behind in the third minute to a Christian Pulisic goal and ended up cruising to the three points thanks to strikes from Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai.

Fashion Week got underway in Milan on Tuesday and it was the away team who made all of the slick moves at the San Siro in a clash of European football royalty.

Liverpool and Milan have been crowned continental kings 13 times and have beaten each other in Champions League finals but the Reds were a class above and would have won by more had the woodwork not twice denied Mohamed Salah in the first half.

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