It was a special night for AC Milan at San Siro as they completed their mission of reaching the Champions League Round of 16 with a 4-0 win over Red Bull Salzburg.
Olivier Giroud got the scoring underway with a header from a corner and he turned provider for Rade Krunic to score his first ever goal at San Siro. The Frenchman then doubled his tally with a close range finish before setting up Junior Messias to complete the rout.
Below are the best stats from the game, courtesy of the official website…
➤ Milan have reached the Champions League knockout stages for the first time since the 2013-14 campaign.
➤ The Rossoneri have won two consecutive Champions League matches for the first time since October 2011 (both 2-0 home wins over Viktoria Plzeň and BATE Borisov).
➤ Milan have scored at least four goals in two consecutive Champions League matches for the first time since March 2004 (against Sparta Prague and Deportivo de La Coruña)
➤ Olivier Giroud (36 years and 33 days) is the oldest player to be involved in at least 3 goals in a Champions League match since 2003-04. The Rossoneri number nine is also the second oldest player to score 2+ goals in a Champions League match for Milan, after Filippo Inzaghi in 2010.
➤ For the first time in his career, Olivier Giroud has scored and delivered an assist in the same Champions League match. The French forward is also the first Milan player to score at least two goals and deliver at least two assists in a single match in the competition since 2003-04.
➤ Prior to Olivier, the last player to have scored at least four goals in a Champions League campaign for Milan was Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 2011-12 (five).
➤ At 22 years and 178 days old, Sandro Tonali is the youngest Milan player to have delivered an assist in two consecutive Champions League appearances since 2003-04.
