Milan 3-1 Roma: Rossoneri get 3 points at home with Giroud and Theo on target

AC Milan beat Roma 3-1 at San Siro to secure a third successive Serie A victory.

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Match Report

Milan went ahead through Yacine Adli’s low strike before Olivier Giroud doubled their lead with a header in the second half.

Roma threatened a comeback when Leandro Paredes pulled one back from the penalty spot but Theo Hernandez’s powerful effort made the game safe in the 84th minute.

Victory sees Milan remain third in the Serie A table, four points off second-placed Juventus, while Roma drop into ninth.

Although Roma started brightly, it was the hosts who took the lead 11 minutes in when Tijjani Reijnders flicked the ball to Adli on the edge of the box and the midfielder switched it onto his left foot to fire low into the bottom corner.

Milan took control of the game following their opener and dominated possession, but their next real shot did not come until the 28th minute when a quick run from Christian Pulisic was followed by an effort which was held by Mile Svilar.

They tested the visiting defence again minutes later when Hernandez burst down the left flank and his attempted cross rolled off the crossbar and behind.

Roma then had a chance on the half-hour mark as Bryan Cristante tapped the ball through to Mehmet Zeki Celik, who fired the ball towards the far post, forcing Mike Maignan into a fingertip save to turn the ball behind.

A brilliant cross from Rafael Leao on the left picked out Pulisic, who headed just wide, before Maignan made a good low save from Leonardo Spinazzola’s effort.

Milan started the second-half well and they had a great chance from Hernandez’s free-kick, but Matteo Gabbia’s header flew well wide.

They eventually doubled their lead in the 56th minute when a cross floated into Simon Kjaer on the right and he headed across into the six-yard box, where Giroud was lurking at the back post to nod home for his 10th league goal this season.

Milan had another chance when a curling low crossfield pass from Leao found Pulisic on the right but the American sliced his shot wide and Davide Calabria had a crack from distance fly past the post.

Roma were awarded a penalty when Lorenzo Pellegrini was fouled in the box and Paredes smashed the ball from the spot to pull one back in the 69th minute.

After their goal, the visitors began to get a grip on the game and continued to push moments later when Giroud headed away Pellegrini’s free-kick before the Roma midfielder had a powerful effort saved by Maignan.

However, Milan wrapped up victory in the 84th minute when a brilliant backheel from Giroud found Hernandez who hammered the ball over Svilar and into the roof of the net.

They nearly had another in the closing stages when Yunus Musah went on a curling crossfield run and hit the post.

Line-ups

Milan XI: Kjaer, Giroud, Maignan, Loftus-Cheek, Calabria, Theo, Pulisic, Gabbia, Yacine Adli, Tijjani Reijnders, Leao

Subs: Mirante, Jovic, Noah Okafor, Yunus Musah, Luka Romero, Filippo Terracciano, Chaka Traorè, Jan-Carlo Simic, Lapo Nava, Álex Jiménez, Davide Bartesaghi, Kevin Zeroli

Roma XI: El Shaarawy, Lukaku, Paredes, Spinazzola, Cristante, D.Llorente, Zeki Çelik, Mile Svilar, G. Mancini, Rasmus Kristensen, Edoardo Bove

Subs: Patricio, Belotti, Karsdorp, Pellegrini, Nicola Zalewski, Pietro Boer, Dean Huijsen, Niccolò Pisilli, João Costa