MILAN (AP) — Little went AC Milan’s manner in a dispiriting 2-1 dwelling loss to Spezia because the Rossoneri wasted an opportunity to maneuver again atop Serie A on Monday.
Emmanuel Gyasi was left unmarked to complete off a counterattack and rating a stoppage-time winner for Spezia, which moved six factors away from the drop zone.
That got here moments after a possible winner from Junior Messias was disallowed for Milan as a result of the referee whistled a foul on Rossoneri ahead Ante Rebić within the buildup simply as Rebić was passing the ball to Messias.
Referee Marco Serra shortly held his arms up in an obvious apology to Milan’s protesting gamers however nonetheless refused to permit the purpose, assigning Milan a free kick as an alternative.
Spezia goalkeeper Ivan Provedel then made a leaping save to cease the free kick from Zlatan Ibrahimović. Seconds later, the ’keeper once more denied Ibrahimović by deflecting the 40-year-old ahead’s header away off the crossbar.
Kevin Agudelo equalized for Spezia halfway by means of the second half following an opener from Rafael Leão simply earlier than the break.
Leão’s purpose got here moments after Theo Hernández missed a penalty kick for Milan with a poor effort that went broad proper.
Milan remained two factors behind metropolis rival Inter Milan, which has a sport in hand, and was solely two factors forward of third-placed Napoli, which beat Bologna 2-0.
LOZANO BRACE
Hirving Lozano scored twice for Napoli at Bologna.
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First, Lozano used one contact to redirect a go within the middle of the realm regardless of being carefully marked. Then the Mexico worldwide completed off a counterattack from shut vary.
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen went on within the second half to mark his return from a cheekbone damage two months in the past and a case of COVID-19 that stored him out of Nigeria’s African Cup of Nations squad.
That is considered one of two rounds in Serie A with a most attendance of 5,000 followers at matches in a measure geared toward containing the coronavirus.
FIORENTINA ROUT
Cristiano Biraghi scored twice from free kicks and Fiorentina beat relegation-threatened Genoa 6-0.
Dusan Vlahovic had a chipped penalty try saved earlier than scoring his seventeenth purpose of the season to return atop the league chart alongside Lazio’s Ciro Motionless.
The Viola moved as much as sixth place.
It was Genoa’s first sport since firing Andriy Shevchenko as coach.
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