The report...

We suffered a narrow defeat at the San Siro on Tuesday evening as Milan edged our tight Champions League round of 16 first leg clash, meaning we have work to do in the north London return in three weeks’ time.

An early goal from Brahim Diaz was the only difference between the sides on a night of few clear chances, although the hosts could have added to their tally late in the game but spurned two headed opportunities, giving us plenty of optimism that we can the tie around in N17.

We fell behind after just seven minutes despite two fine saves from Fraser Forster in the move. Theo Hernandez beat Cristian Romero in the air down the left flank and latched onto the ball inside the area, Forster kept out his angled drive and then produced a stunning stop to prevent Diaz from poking in the rebound, only for the Milan forward to dive in and head the loose ball home from almost on the goal line.

There was a good response from us though and we pretty much dominated the remainder of the half, certainly in terms of possession.

Eric Dier flicked on a Heung-Min Son free-kick on 13 minutes but it was straight at Milan goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu while we had a flurry of free-kicks and corners during the first period but couldn’t convert any into goals.

It was a fairly cagey game after the interval, both sides seeing plenty of the ball in the middle of the pitch but defences were on top and chances were few and far between at either end.

Substitute Richarlison had a shot blocked shortly after coming on in the 70th minute before the impressive Pape Matar Sarr drilled an ambitious 30-yarder straight at Tatarusanu, but then Milan missed two glorious opportunities in quick succession, Charles De Ketelaere and Malick Thiaw both heading wide when they probably should have scored.

The final stages saw us pushing for the equaliser as Milan seemed content with their one-goal advantage and were playing more on the counter, Harry Kane having a rare sight of goal four minutes into stoppage time but that was blocked and so we had to settle for the narrow defeat. But it’s definitely all to play for in the tie overall.