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AC Milan squandered the chance to dislodge Juventus from second place in Serie A on Sunday after they misplaced 4-2 in a roller-coaster conflict at Monza.
The outcome left Milan in third place with 52 factors, two behind Juve and 11 again from league leaders and bitter rivals Inter.
Matteo Pessina, with a penalty on the stroke of half-time after a rash sort out by Malick Thiaw, and a Dany Mota strike gave mid-table Monza a 2-0 lead on the interval.
Monza gave the impression to be cruising to victory when Milan have been diminished to 10 males within the 54th minute after Luka Jovic was red-carded for hitting an opponent.
Milan coach Stefano Pioli was compelled to summon heavyweights Rafael Leao, Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud from the bench, and the adjustments reaped a direct dividend.
Giroud was arrange by Pulisic to attain his twelfth objective of the season simply after the hour, with Pulisic himself making it 2-2 within the 88th minute.
Nevertheless, younger French star Warren Bondo gave Monza the benefit once more with an excellent 20-metre drive within the ninetieth minute earlier than Lorenzo Colombo, on mortgage from Milan, added a fourth objective in damage time.
“It is a defeat that actually hurts,” Pioli mentioned. “The evening couldn’t have gone any worse.”
Lazio adopted their victory over Bayern Munich within the Champions League by throwing away an early result in lose 2-1 at dwelling to Bologna.
Lazio appeared to be constructing on their momentum when Gustav Isaksen gave them an 18th-minute lead.
Bologna fought again, with Morocco worldwide Oussama El Azzouzi, making his first begin since getting back from the Africa Cup of Nations, levelling within the thirty ninth minute.
Dutchman Joshua Zirkzee earned the guests victory together with his eighth objective of the season within the 78th minute.
Bologna keep fifth, however their fourth consecutive victory lifted them degree on factors with Atalanta, who’ve a recreation in hand.
“It was an vital check for us and we responded by producing our soccer for 90 minutes, nevertheless it’s nonetheless too early to consider qualifying for the Champions League,” mentioned Bologna coach Thiago Motta.
Roma occupy sixth place on 41 factors, 5 behind Bologna, after a 3-0 win at Frosinone.
Since taking on from Jose Mourinho as coach, Daniele De Rossi has reinvigorated Roma with a haul of 12 factors out of a doable fifteen.
On Saturday, Juventus might solely draw 2-2 at relegation-threatened Verona and slipped 9 factors behind leaders Inter, who beat Salernitana 4-0 on Friday.
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