AC Milan vs AS Roma, 2021-22 Italian Serie A

· 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 Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma).
1': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
3': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma).
3': Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
3': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jordan Veretout.
4': Attempt blocked. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
4': Penalty conceded by Tammy Abraham (Roma) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
6': VAR Decision: Penalty AC Milan.
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.
9': Foul by Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).
9': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).
10': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Rade Krunic (AC Milan).
13': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Attempt saved. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
17': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right.
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': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Pierre Kalulu.
18': Foul by Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).
18': Junior Messias (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Attempt saved. Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham with a through ball.
24': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
26': Attempt blocked. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
29': Attempt missed. Junior Messias (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
30': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
32': Offside, Roma. Gianluca Mancini tries a through ball, but Nicolò Zaniolo is caught offside.
33': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Roma).
35': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Saelemaekers.
36': Foul by Ibañez (Roma).
36': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Foul by Matias Viña (Roma).
38': Junior Messias (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
40': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
40': Attempt saved. Tammy Abraham (Roma) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo.
40': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
40': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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.
41': Foul by Matias Viña (Roma).
41': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
42': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Chris Smalling.
43': Attempt blocked. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
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'+1': Offside, Roma. Lorenzo Pellegrini tries a through ball, but Nicolò Zaniolo is caught offside.
45'+6': First Half ends, AC Milan 2, Roma 1.
45': Second Half begins AC Milan 2, Roma 1.
48': Foul by Ibañez (Roma).
48': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
53': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jordan Veretout.
53': Hand ball by Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).
56': Foul by Rade Krunic (AC Milan).
56': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
56': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Attempt missed. Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Veretout following a set piece situation.
59': Attempt saved. Tammy Abraham (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
59': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
60': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
60': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Pierre Kalulu.
61': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
61': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
62': Attempt saved. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
62': Offside, Roma. Henrikh Mkhitaryan tries a through ball, but Ibañez is caught offside.
64': Substitution, AC Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Rade Krunic.
64': Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
67': Attempt missed. Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a cross.
68': Attempt missed. Junior Messias (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Brahim Díaz.
69': Foul by Rick Karsdorp (Roma).
69': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
70': Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
70': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma).
70': Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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.
72': Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
72': Felix Afena-Gyan (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan).
74': Foul by Rick Karsdorp (Roma).
74': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
74': Second yellow card to Rick Karsdorp (Roma) for a bad foul.
75': Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) hits the right post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left from a direct free kick.
76': Substitution, Roma. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Tammy Abraham.
77': Brahim Díaz (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma).
77': Substitution, AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Olivier Giroud.
78': Substitution, AC Milan. Andrea Conti replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
80': Chris Smalling (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan).
81': Foul by Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma).
81': Theo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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.
83': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephan El Shaarawy.
83': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Sandro Tonali.
84': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
84': Attempt blocked. Bryan Cristante (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
84': (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Gianluca Mancini (Roma).
84': Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
85': Substitution, Roma. Carles Pérez replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
86': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Roma).
86': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
88': Substitution, AC Milan. Daniel Maldini replaces Brahim Díaz.
90'+1': Offside, AC Milan. Rafael Leão tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
90'+1': Foul by Sandro Tonali (AC Milan).
90'+1': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Foul by Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan).
90'+3': Ibañez (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Penalty AC Milan. Rafael Leão draws a foul in the penalty area.
90'+3': Penalty conceded by Gianluca Mancini (Roma) after a foul in the penalty area.
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.
0': Match ends, AC Milan 3, Roma 1.

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

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

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

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Napoli	25	+22	56
2	Internazionale	25	+34	54
3	Atalanta	25	+28	51
4	Juventus	25	+21	46

Full Table

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

AC Milan 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

AS Roma 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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