(Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss AC Milan’s Champions League opener against Liverpool, coach Stefano Pioli said on Tuesday, due to a knock the Swede sustained after making his return from a four-month injury layoff. But there was some inflammation in his tendon, which can happen after four months out," Pioli told a news conference. The game in Liverpool will be the seven-times European champions' first Champions League outing since the 2013-14 season, and Pioli’s first taste of the group stage as a coach. Our group is very difficult, the opponents are very competitive and they have all played in Europe for some time," Pioli said. It is true that a lot of us have never been in the Champions League, but the pitch is always the pitch.
