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Serie A | Milan 0-1 Juventus: Loca sinks 10-man Rossoneri

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Serie A | Milan 0-1 Juventus: Loca sinks 10-man Rossoneri

Manuel Locatelli with assistance from an enormous deflection allowed Juventus to beat his former membership, as Milan had been right down to 10 males for Malick Thiaw’s crimson card.

Each side had quite a few absentees, as Mike Maignan and Theo Hernandez had been suspended, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Marco Sportiello, Samuel Chukwueze, Ismael Bennacer, Mattia Caldara and Davide Bartesaghi injured, whereas Rade Krunic and Pierre Kalulu returned to the bench after lengthy lay-offs. It meant they needed to subject third-choice goalkeeper Antonio Mirante in his first begin since 2021. The Bianconeri missed Danilo, Alex Sandro and Mattia De Sciglio, with long-term bans for Nicolò Fagioli and Paul Pogba, whereas Dusan Vlahovic and Federico Chiesa weren’t match sufficient to start out.

Rafael Leao sprinted away on the counter to arrange Olivier Giroud, whose angled drive was pushed simply around the far put up by a unprecedented low Wojciech Szczesny fingertip save.

Filip Kostic flashed a robust effort simply huge, as did Adrien Rabiot, however the sport modified when Milan went right down to 10 males.

Moise Kean was working on objective when introduced down by a blatant Malick Thiaw rugby sort out and though they had been effectively exterior the penalty space, it was nonetheless thought of a transparent scoring alternative worthy of a straight crimson card.

Stefano Pioli needed to cowl the defence, so hauled off Pulisic for the return of Pierre Kalulu.

Kean seemed like he merely needed to rating quickly after with a Rabiot cross to the again put up, however he someway managed to prod it huge from point-blank vary.

Daniele Rugani charged down a Leao effort within the field and 10-man Milan began the second half extra aggressively, so Juve threw on Dusan Vlahovic.

Juve took the lead considerably in opposition to the run of play with a stroke of excellent fortune, as a result of the long-range Manuel Locatelli strike took an enormous deflection off Rade Krunic to fully wrong-foot Mirante. It was the primary Bianconeri shot on the right track and got here from a former Milan participant.

Mirante made his first save on the 85^th minute, flying to palm a Vlahovic strike over the bar. The 40-year-old, who had not began in Serie A since 2021, made a exceptional double save in stoppages on Andrea Cambiaso’s long-range effort and the Vlahovic follow-up.

Regardless of main, Max Allegri was livid, to the diploma that he took off his shirt and tie in a rage.

Milan 0-1 Juventus

Locatelli 63 (J)

Despatched off: Thiaw 40 (M)