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Oscar scores twice for Chelsea in pre-season win over AC Milan

Oscar has given Chelsea manager Antonio Conte something to ponder after scoring twice in the team's 3-1 win over AC Milan in their pre-season International Champions Cup match in Minneapolis on Wednesday night.

The Brazilian converted from the penalty spot in the second half and added another goal to his tally with a strike 17 minutes later.

Bertrand Traore opened the scoring for the Blues 25 minutes into the match, while Giacomo Bonaventura scored Milan's solitary goal at the US Bank Stadium.

Diego Costa, who has been linked with a return to Atletico Madrid, made his first appearance since Chelsea touched down in the US, while N'Golo Kante made his debut in the second half.

Chelsea were the better opponents on the night, and even though they looked jaded, the Blues went ahead thanks to Traore, who connected with the ball after goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma palmed away an attempt from Victor Moses.

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With six minutes left to go until the half-time whistle, Bonaventura found the back of the net with a curling effort from a free kick, which was given away by Willian.

The Premier League side regained the lead in the 69th minute when Eden Hazard's cross was handled by Andrea Poli in the box.

After the referee pointed to the penalty spot, Oscar stepped up and managed to beat the keeper, but it was not long before he was celebrating a second goal.

The Brazilian got on the end of Juan Cuadrado's pass before sending the ball under the keeper.

Chelsea, who have won two of their three ICC matches, will now return to England to continue preparations for the new season, which gets underway next weekend.

Divock Origi, Roberto Firmino on target for Liverpool in victory over AC Milan

Liverpool picked up their first International Champions Cup victory with a 2-0 triumph over AC Milan at Santa Clara's Levi's Stadium on Sunday morning.

Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino were on target for the Reds in what was a repeat of the 2005 and 2007 Champions League finals.

Both Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana also had chances to add their names to the scoresheet, but neither could find a way through in California.

The Reds, who lost 1-0 to Chelsea in their ICC opener earlier this week, took time to find their passing groove at the half-full 68,500 capacity stadium.

A rather bland opening to the match soon made way for a better contest, though, as debutant Georginio Wijnaldum began to see more of the ball and fellow summer signing Sadio Mane also grew in confidence.

Origi was brought on at the break for Sturridge, and he took just 14 minutes to get off the mark after latching on to Alberto Moreno's pass and firing the ball home.

Sheyi Ojo, on for Jordan Henderson at the midway point, managed to get forward on numerous occasions and inadvertently set up the second goal when his shot deflected into the path of Firmino.

The Brazilian international slid in to double Liverpool's advantage, setting up the Premier League outfit for a strong finish to the match as they took control of things.

Origi had another goal ruled out for offside, but Milan were unable to really trouble their opponents as the Reds held out for their fifth pre-season win out of six.