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Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss AC Milan's Champions League return against Liverpool due to tight Achilles tendon... despite making scoring comeback from four-month injury lay-off at the weekend Zlatan Ibrahimovic only made his first appearance of the season on Sunday  The AC Milan star marked it with a goal after four months out with a knee injury  But he will have to sit out the Champions League clash with Liverpool at Anfield  Jurgen Klopp has lauded the 'exceptional' Swede ahead of Wednesday's clash 

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss AC Milan's first Champions League game in seven-and-a-half years when they face Liverpool on Wednesday due to a tight Achilles tendon.

The 39-year-old forward only made his return from a four-month lay-off with a knee injury on Sunday in his first Serie A appearance of the new season.

And he marked the occasion seven minutes after his introduction from the bench by scoring the second goal in Milan's 2-0 win against Lazio at San Siro.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss AC Milan's return to the Champions League against Liverpool

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss AC Milan's return to the Champions League against Liverpool

Ibrahimovic made a goalscoring return on Sunday after a knee injury but a tight Achilles tendon has ruled him out

Ibrahimovic made a goalscoring return on Sunday after a knee injury but a tight Achilles tendon has ruled him out

But the Swedish striker will have to sit out their opening European fixture in Group B against Jurgen Klopp's men at Anfield, and will stay in Italy as a precautionary measure.

It comes as a blow for Stefano Pioli's men, with

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