Lucas Biglia and Krzysztof Piatek scored either side of half-time to hand AC Milan a hard-earned victory over bottom-placed Chievo.
2018/2019 Serie A
1-2
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