Milan vs AS Roma 2021-22 Italian Serie A

AC Milan

8': Olivier Giroud (P)
17': Junior Messias
81': Rafael Leão

FT
3 - 1

AS Roma

40': Tammy Abraham
74': Rick Karsdorp
90'+3': Gianluca Mancini

Milan close gap on leaders Inter after home win over Roma

AC Milan put COVID-19 concerns to one side as they beat AS Roma 3-1 in Serie A on Thursday to close the gap on leaders Inter Milan to one point.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
7': Tammy Abraham (Roma) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
8': Goal! AC Milan 1, Roma 0. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
17': Goal! AC Milan 2, Roma 0. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
18': Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Goal! AC Milan 2, Roma 1. Tammy Abraham (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini following a corner.
44': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
44': Rick Karsdorp (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
44': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
45'+6': First Half ends, AC Milan 2, Roma 1.
56': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Substitution, AC Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Rade Krunic.
64': Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
71': Substitution, Roma. Bryan Cristante replaces Matias Viña.
71': Substitution, Roma. Felix Afena-Gyan replaces Jordan Veretout.
71': Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
74': Second yellow card to Rick Karsdorp (Roma) for a bad foul.
76': Substitution, Roma. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Tammy Abraham.
77': Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
78': Substitution, AC Milan. Andrea Conti replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
81': Goal! AC Milan 3, Roma 1. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
84': Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
85': Substitution, Roma. Carles Pérez replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
88': Substitution, AC Milan. Daniel Maldini replaces Brahim Díaz.
90'+3': Second yellow card to Gianluca Mancini (Roma) for a bad foul.
90'+4': Penalty saved! Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
90'+5': Second Half ends, AC Milan 3, Roma 1.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 35,870

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+6	Napoli	6	15	1
+5	AS Roma	6	15	1
+6	AC Milan	6	13	1
+9	Internazionale	6	12	2

Full Table

Statistics

ROMA		MIL
20	Fouls	6
3	Yellow Cards	2
2	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
9	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	4
45.2	Possession	54.8
11	SHOTS	19
5	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	2
243	Accurate Passes	319
328	Passes	401
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	1
16	Crosses	12
0.1	Cross %	0.1
52	Long Balls	57
22	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	4
12	Effective Tackles	8
19	Tackles	12
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
16	Interceptions	21
19	Effective Clearances	15
19	Clearances	15

Line-Ups

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
46	Matteo Gabbia
20	Pierre Kalulu
19	Theo Hernández
25	Alessandro Florenzi
10	Brahim Díaz
33	Rade Krunic
8	Sandro Tonali
9	Olivier Giroud
56	Alexis Saelemaekers
30	Junior Messias

Substitutes:

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Rafael Leão, Ante Rebic, Lapo Nava, Daniel Maldini, Andrea Conti, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Antonio Mirante, Luca Stanga.

AS Roma (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Rui Patrício (GK)
6	Chris Smalling
3	Ibañez
23	Gianluca Mancini
17	Jordan Veretout
7	Lorenzo Pellegrini
77	Henrikh Mkhitaryan
5	Matías Viña
2	Rick Karsdorp
9	Tammy Abraham
22	Nicolò Zaniolo

Substitutes:

Eldor Shomurodov, Felix Afena-Gyan, Pietro Boer, Riccardo Calafiori, Marash Kumbulla, Stephan El Shaarawy, Edoardo Bove, Gonzalo Villar, Nicola Zalewski, Bryan Cristante, Davide Mastrantonio, Carles Pérez.

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