Lucas Biglia and Krzysztof Piatek scored either side of half-time to hand AC Milan a hard-earned victory over bottom-placed Chievo.
Match Events
31' GOAL! Chievo 0-1 Milan (Biglia)
A perfect free-kick by Biglia! The Argentine steps up and curls the ball right into the top left corner of Sorrentino's goal.
41' GOAL! Chievo 1-1 Milan (Hetemaj)
Chievo score for the first time in five games! Leris curls in a perfect ball from the right and Hetemaj twists a header which squirms past Donnarumma!
57' GOAL! Chievo 1-2 Milan (Piatek)
Sorrentino keeps Milan out but not for long! Milan counter as Chievo over-commit men forward. First Piatek has a close range shot blocked by the keeper, but the Pole is alert as Castillejo heads the ball back into danger and hooks the ball into the net.
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Match Report
Lucas Biglia marked his first Serie A start since October with a brilliant first-half free-kick before the prolific Krzysztof Piatek struck the winner after the interval.
Perparim Hetemaj broke Chievo's month-long goal drought in between those strikes but the top-flight strugglers were unable to deny the Rossoneri a four-point lead over fourth-placed Inter ahead of next weekend's Derby della Madonnina.
Line-ups
Chievo XI: S. Sorrentino, Hetemaj, Meggiorini, Andreolli, Giaccherini, F. Barba, Stepinski, Bani, Diousse, Depaoli, Leris
Subs: B.Cesar, N.Frey, Rossettini, Djordjevic, Lucas Piazon, Pucciarelli, Jaroszynski, S. Kiyine, Vignato, S. Grubac, E. Caprile, M. Burruchaga
Milan XI: L. Biglia, Musacchio, Conti, Castillejo, Suso, D. Laxalt, Romagnoli, Kessié, Krzysztof Piatek, G. Donnarumma, Lucas Paquetá
Subs: Pepe Reina, Montolivo, Abate, I. Strinić, Borini, Bertolacci, A. Donnarumma, Calhanoglu, Bakayoko, Calabria, Caldara, Cutrone
apkwill
311
Man of the hour. Piatek( Piona). Can't still believe Real and Chelsea missed on him
follower
259
Krzysztof piątek for you 🤔🔥
lukzlat910
254
Now Chelsea are really starting to regret it....
Rohingya94
104
At least AC Milan qualify again for Champion league
DiekolaJunior
99
Top scorer for two different team in a single season
Nesaiknruy_Legend
56
How did we miss out on Piatek for 30 mil but buy Pulisic for like 70 mil.... I'm so done with Chelsea's transfer business, so glad we got a ban. Bring in Tammy who is another one this damn club are trying to overlook only to probably bring in in order to play Higuain for years.
JackTemtam
52
Milan performance in the first half was awful 👎 nothing good about it except Bigila free-kick 😍 and Keesie was out of service tonight and same for Suso 😞 but Calhanoglu change in the second half change everything 🖒 and Castillejo prove that he deserve more playtime 💪 and for Piatek there is nothing to say 🔫 another goalkeeper been destroyed by him 😉.