Tijjani Reijnders leads AC Milan to first Champions League win with Club Brugge twin victories

At that moment, Brugge, who are also on three points, were reduced to 10 men as Raphael Onyedika received a straight red card in the 40th minute for unintentionally stepping on Reijnders' ankle.

Reijnders' two goals, both classy first-time strikes, were almost outshone by a beautiful late header from 16-year-old Francesco Camarda.

The promising youngster whipped off his shirt and slid on his knees in joy at becoming the youngest ever goalscorer in the history of the Champions League, only to see his superbly taken goal rightly ruled for offside.

"His goal being disallowed was disappointing for him. He and the team deserved that moment," said Fonseca to Sky.

"He deserves to be in the squad, he's worked very hard to be here. He'll score plenty of goals in the future, today was just the beginning."

Tuesday's win was big for Milan as the seven-time European champions have to travel to Real Madrid in their next continental fixture and anything but three points at the San Siro could have put at risk their qualification for the knockout phase.

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Ticket price anger

As at the weekend Tuesday's match was largely played in front of a flat crowd as Milan's hardcore ultras again stood in silence, this time in protest at high ticket prices which have infuriated both ultras and regular supporters.

Fans were stunned to see the cheapest general sale tickets for Milan's upcoming domestic fixture against Juventus priced at 100 euros, with the highest 479 euros.

The major supporters club AIMC, which is affiliated with Milan and brings together tens of thousands of fans, blasted the club for its ticketing policy which it claims is favouring "rich foreign tourists or casual fans".

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Only 58,649 people showed up for Tuesday's match, way down on the more than 70,000 fans that usually pack into San Siro for both Milan and Inter's Serie A matches.

"We're not cows to be milked, we're not just here to fill the stadium for the lesser matches, we're not just here to fill the club museum or San Siro's car parks with 120 coaches every time we play at home," said AIMC in an angry statement released on Tuesday.

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Fans will watch with interest developments in the latest joint effort with Inter Milan to build a new stadium near the current San Siro which was announced earlier on Tuesday.

One of the criticisms of the previous project which was abandoned by the two clubs last year was a drastic reduction in capacity and increase in high-priced hospitality seating.