AC Milan hopes pinned on Lyon game

AC MILAN’S Champions League clash with Lyon tonight has taken on extra importance following the Rossoneri’s Serie A defeat to Lecce on Saturday.

The shock loss to the relegation strugglers has all but ended Milan's Scudetto challenge, and, therefore, Europe's elite club competition is their only chance of silverware this season.

Carlo Ancelotti's side trail defending Italian champions Juventus by nine points, with just six games remaining, and the clash with Gerard Houllier's Lyon, which ended goalless following the first leg at the Stade Gerland, is now a must-win encounter.