Milan fell right into a full-blown disaster with a 3rd consecutive defeat, however solely a last-gasp Pedro penalty knocked down the ten males after Strahinja Pavlovic noticed purple.
The Rossoneri are struggling badly after the Champions League exit, then back-to-back defeats in opposition to Torino and the , leaving them floundering in eighth place. Christian Pulisic shook off a knock to return, dropping Joao Felix after six straight begins with Kyle Walker . The Aquile have been held to 2 straight attracts by Napoli and Venezia, with Taty Castellanos, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru and Elseid Hysaj injured, plus Alessio Romagnoli and Matias Vecino not totally match after their Coppa Italia quarter-final elimination to Inter on Tuesday.
Milan followers protested by leaving the Curva Sud empty for the primary quarter-hour, save for a banner warning they have been there ‘just for the shirt.’
Boulaye Dia sprung the offside entice on a Niccolò Rovella via ball, denied by a determined Mike Maignan save one-on-one.
Nuno Tavares then dribbled previous Alex Jimenez to tug again on the by-line, beating Maignan just for Strahinja Pavlovic to threat an personal objective with the deflection.
Yunus Musah ran an enormous threat when dropping the ball cheaply, however made up for it by sprinting again for the determined sort out on Dia.
Tijjani Reijnders didn’t benefit from a wise Rafael Leao move with a weak end, whereas Alex Jimenez curled previous the far prime nook.
Lazio broke the impasse when Pavlovic was robbed to spark an assault down the precise with Loum Tchaouna, it was rolled throughout and Maignan made the save on Adam Marusic, however may do nothing on Mattia Zaccagni’s follow-up on the again put up.
Sergio Conceicao made a tactical substitution after simply 37 minutes, changing Musah with Joao Felix. The Chelsea-owned starlet slipped whereas bending a end broad, then Zaccagni volleyed inches broad on the Nuno Tavares counter-attack from a Milan nook.
Pavlovic examined Ivan Provedel with a rocket from distance, however they left the sector at half-time to deafening jeers.
Kyle Walker got here on for the restart, together with Manuel Lazzari after Marusic sprained his ankle in an unintended collision with Theo Hernandez.
Samuel Gigot on the counter fired straight at Maignan from a Nuno Tavares help, whereas Joao Felix blasted over on a Pulisic move and Zaccagni’s right-foot roller was simply broad of the far put up.
Provedel bought all the way down to fingertip a Matteo Gabbia pull-back away from hazard, then Santiago Gimenez’s glancing header flashed broad as Leao stood up the cross.
Nonetheless, Milan went all the way down to 10 males on 67 minutes when Matteo Guendouzi despatched Isaksen on the counter and he was introduced down by a lunging Pavlovic sort out. The referee opted for a straight purple card.
Theo Hernandez struggled to clear a free kick that Maignan had pushed onto his leg, whereas Dia was offside when drilling into the web on 83 minutes.
Regardless of being all the way down to 10, Milan nonetheless managed to equalise when Rafael Leao stood up a cross from the left and Nuno Tavares had completely overlooked Chukwueze, permitting a free header on the again put up that went in off the underside of the crossbar.
It was out of the blue broad open, Isaksen blasting into the arms of Maignan, the identical outcome for a Nuno Tavares free kick.
Luka Jovic was appearing as a defender in stoppages with a decisive block on Pedro contained in the penalty space, whereas Leao’s counter-attack virtually despatched Gimenez clear.
The drama continued deep into stoppages when Isaksen went down within the field as Maignan got here flying off his line and a penalty was awarded following the VAR On-Subject Evaluate. Pedro stepped up and stored his cool to ship Maignan the flawed approach, changing the last-gasp winner.
This outcome means Milan are actually in ninth place, having been leapfrogged by Roma.
Zaccagni 28 (L), Chukwueze 86 (M), Pedro 98 (L)
Despatched off: Pavlovic 67 (M)
