Another night under the lights at the San Siro will see two of the best forwards in recent history pitted against each other on Wednesday.
In the red corner is Mohamed Salah – arguably football's most in-form player at the moment and looking completely unplayable with every week that passes.
But this isn't about the Egyptian – it's about his opponent in the other corner. A man who really needs no introduction seeing how he's been there and done it, and will no doubt go down as one of the all-time greats.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has a poor record whenever he has lined up against Liverpool in his career
Having turned 40 in October, Ibrahimovic has somehow showed no signs of slowing down and is reportedly in line to extend his stay with AC Milan beyond this season.
With six goals in 12 appearances thus far for Milan, Ibrahimovic has showed that he is a more than reliable option up front despite his grand old age.
But while Milan are reluctant to rely on him for their goals, they will have to on Wednesday given the club are in the midst of an injury crisis.
Milan boss Stefano Pioli is without five of his seven senior attackers for the match with Liverpool, with Ante Rebic, Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao, Pietro Pellegri and Samu Castillejo all out of the tie with muscle injuries, leaving Ibrahimovic and 20-year-old Daniel Maldini as the only two recognised options up top.
AC Milan are in the midst of an injury crisis with Olivier Giroud (left) and Pietro Pellegri (right) among the players currently out of contention, leaving Ibrahimovic as the last man standing
Milan need to beat Liverpool at the San Siro on Wednesday and hope Atletico draw with Porto
Ibrahimovic thrives on the biggest stages and his sublime record wherever he goes is testament to that.
But for all of what Ibrahimovic has achieved in his long and storied career at football's top level, the polarising Swede has always seemed to struggle whenever facing the red of Liverpool.
While his superb scoring record of 490 goals in 800-odd club matches speaks for itself, Ibrahimovic has only managed one strike against the Reds and is yet to experience a win against them.
In the 16 years since he first played Liverpool – a Champions League quarter-final for Juventus in 2005 – Ibrahimovic went on to face the Premier League side five more times, registering just one goal in 530 minutes of football against them.
Ibrahimovic (left) failed to score across two Champions League quarter-final
