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Serie A | Milan 3-1 Frosinone: Jovic breakthrough

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Serie A | Milan 3-1 Frosinone: Jovic breakthrough

Luka Jovic bought his first Milan objective, plus an help for Fikayo Tomori round a marvellous piece of Christian Pulisic ability within the victory over Frosinone.

The Rossoneri have been decimated and with confidence all-time low after a Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund. Olivier Giroud was nonetheless suspended in Serie A, with Malick Thiaw becoming a member of Rafael Leao, Pierre Kalulu, Simon Kjaer, Marco Pellegrino, Mattia Caldara, Noah Okafor and Marco Sportiello on the therapy desk, so Theo Hernandez turned a makeshift centre-back. The Canarini missed Soufiane Bidaoui, Pol Lirola, Riccardo Marchizza and Abdou Harroui, with Luca Mazzitelli not at 100 per cent both.

Samuel Chukwueze noticed his strike deflected vast from outdoors the world, whereas Michael Oyono rushed ahead by means of the centre and drilled not far previous the upright.

Yunus Musah appeared to be offside anyway when working onto the Luka Jovic by means of ball when the angled drive bounced off the within of the far put up.

Fikayo Tomori was horribly caught in possession by Marvin Cuni, who then tried to dink the on-rushing Mike Maignan one-on-one and didn’t get sufficient energy on the end.

It proved pricey, as Frosinone nonetheless appeared to be seething at that wasted alternative when going behind on the counter-attack. Chukwueze’s cross was nodded away by Simone Romagnoli, however solely changed into an help for Jovic to volley in from eight yards. It was his first objective within the Milan jersey.

Moments later, Christian Pulisic noticed his angled drive flash throughout the face of objective and he bought the second straight after the restart.

It was route one, a protracted Maignan clearance that Pulisic managed with a splendid first contact, then managed to steer it into the close to prime nook from the tightest of angles with two Frosinone defenders on the road, all together with his proper boot.

Maignan additionally needed to rush off his line and counter Arijon Ibrahimovic, with assist from Alessandro Florenzi, however Frosinone misplaced Reinier to what appeared to be a critical muscular harm.

Milan added a 3rd when a nook was taken quick for the Theo Hernandez ball to the far put up, the place Jovic nodded it again from the by-line for Tomori’s tap-in.

There was extra to have a good time at San Siro with the return to the sector of Ismael Bennacer for the primary time since tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in Could.

Frosinone did get one again with a Milan youth academy product, as Marco Brescianini’s free kick flew previous a crowd of gamers to shock Maignan into the far backside nook.

Milan 3-1 Frosinone

Jovic 43 (M), Pulisic 50 (M), Tomori 74 (M), Brescianini 82 (F)