It was certainly necessary to wait until the end of the first period for him to materialize his clear domination against the 17th in Serie A, but Paulo Fonseca’s team, overexcited, then delighted his fans thanks to Alvaro Morata (38th), Théo Hernandez (41st) and Christian Pulisic (43rd).
After the break, the Rossoneri eased off, before being reduced to ten men in the 80th minute with the exclusion of young Davide Bartesaghi.
“We are happy with this result, we are on the right track, but we must continue our efforts,” Morata said on the DAZN platform.
“The victory in the derby gave us confidence, tonight’s victory is also important, everything was not perfect, but the players were able to find solutions,” rejoiced his coach Paulo Fonseca.
Thanks to this third success in a row in the league (4-0 against Venice and 2-1 against Inter), AC Milan has temporarily returned to 2nd place, tied on points with Torino (11 pts) which hosts Lazio on Sunday.
If Inter (7th, 8 pts) and Juventus (5th, 9 pts) who travel respectively to Udine and Genoa on Saturday, can among others get back in front of it, AC Milan seems to have emerged from the crisis in which it had suffered its rout at home against Liverpool in the Champions League (3-1).
He now has to confirm against a client, Bayer Leverkusen, on Tuesday during the second day of the Champions League.
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