Last Updated: October 23, 2023, 07:47 IST
Manuel Locatelli scored within the 62nd minute. (AP Photo)
Milan youth product Manuel Locatelli broke down in tears on the remaining whistle.
An emotional Manuel Locatelli fired Juventus to inside two factors of Serie A leaders Inter Milan with the one objective in Sunday’s 1-0 win at 10-man AC Milan, the Italy midfielder’s boyhood membership.
Massimiliano Allegri’s facet prevailed at a packed San Siro because of Manuel Locatelli’s lengthy-vary strike within the 62nd minute, seven years to the day after scoring the successful objective for Milan in opposition to Juve.
Juve, who like Milan had been lacking a clutch of first-selection gamers from their beginning XI, keep third however are closing in on Inter and some extent behind Milan who’ve surrendered high spot to their native rivals.
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Milan youth product Locatelli broke down in tears on the remaining whistle however his shot wouldn’t have gotten previous third-selection goalkeeper Antonio Mirante had it not been for a large deflection off substitute Rade Krunic.
“It’s always special playing here,” stated Locatelli to DAZN.
“Life took me on another path and I’m playing for the team I should be. But it’s amazing that it was my goal which won it. It was emotional.”
Mirante, beginning his first match in over two years, hadn’t had a single save to make as much as that time, even after Malick Thiaw was despatched off 5 minutes earlier than the break for rugby tackling Moise Kean.
Italy ahead Kean then missed a golden alternative to place Juve forward on the stroke of half-time when he pushed Adrien Rabiot’s deep cross vast from inches out.
Milan began the second half stronger however Locatelli’s objective deflated the hosts and led to the remainder of the match being virtually a non-occasion, as Juve had been content material to easily management the match somewhat than press house their benefit.
Mirante did make his presence felt late on, neatly tipping over substitute Dusan Vlahovic’s drive with 5 minutes remaining and pulling off a superb double save from Andrea Cambiaso and Vlahovic.
Milan now should journey to PSG on Wednesday earlier than going through champions Napoli in Naples subsequent weekend after an unlucky defeat.
“We played well with 11 men, we played well with 10 men, if we’d been a bit more alert then we could have got a result because we weren’t the worse team even when we were a man down,” stated Milan coach Stefano Pioli.
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Stephan El Shaarawy pushed Roma to inside touching distance of the Champions League locations when he lashed the one objective of a 1-0 win over Monza on the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Roma, who additionally struck the woodwork late on by Romelu Lukaku and Sardar Azmoun, are seventh following their third straight league win and three factors behind Napoli and fourth-positioned Fiorentina who face Empoli on Monday.
El Shaarawy’s first objective of the season got here within the remaining minute of a tricky match in opposition to eleventh-positioned Monza who needed to play your complete second half with 10 males following Danilo D’Ambrosio’s harsh sending off for 2 bookable offences 4 minutes earlier than half-time.
“When I saw Azmoun’s shot, more than Lukaku’s, hit the post I thought, ‘Bah, if that doesn’t go in’… but Stephan has a feeling for goals and scoring late so he won the match for us,” stated Mourinho to Sky Sport.
Mourinho was despatched off in stoppage time as tensions flared between the 2 dugouts after El Shaarawy struck, the Portuguese making a crying movement on the Monza employees.
Defeat for Monza was harsh as the away facet put up a courageous combat regardless of being a person down for half the match, El Shaarawy’s winner the primary objective they’ve conceded from open play since being thumped by Atalanta firstly of September.
Roma had been briefly sixth however had been bumped down a spot by Atalanta who squeezed to a 2-0 win over promoted Genoa which took them as much as 16 factors, two forward of Mourinho’s crew.
Bologna are nestled behind Roma on objective distinction after beating promoted Frosinone 2-1 whereas Filippo Inzaghi’s new crew Salernitana and Cagliari drew 2-2 in a frantic match between two struggling sides.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
