Milan's 125th anniversary celebrations were marred by a frustrating goalless draw against Genoa on Sunday, denting their Serie A title hopes.
2024/2025 Serie A
0-0
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
9' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
9' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
13' Highlight from Milan vs Genoa
17' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
20' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
22' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
23' Highlight from Milan vs Genoa
33' Highlight from Milan vs Genoa
34' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
41' Highlight from Milan vs Genoa
46' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
46' Highlight from Milan vs Genoa
58' Highlight from Milan vs Genoa
62' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
70' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
76' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
79' Match Event for Milan vs Genoa
87' Highlight from Milan vs Genoa
Match Report
Paulo Fonseca's side stay in eighth place, but are now 14 points adrift of leaders Atalanta, with Hellas Verona up next for the Rossoneri on Friday.
Milan started on the front foot and almost took the lead early on when Tijjani Reijnders capitalised on a loose pass before feeding Tammy Abraham, but he fired wide.
Reijnders was involved again moments later, sending an effort that skimmed the crossbar after taking the slightest of touches off Fabio Miretti on its way towards goal.
After the break, Samuel Chukwueze sent a delivery into the area and onto the head of Emerson Royal, but the Milan defender was denied brilliantly by Nicola Leali.
The best chance came 10 minutes from time when substitute Alvaro Morata rifled an effort from close range against the crossbar, with Milan unable to find a way through in the closing stages.
Full time.#MilanGenoa #SempreMilan
— AC Milan (@acmilan) December 15, 2024
Brought to you by @Bitpanda_global pic.twitter.com/fwSetmEics
Data Debrief: Party poopers
Fonseca urged his players ahead of kick-off to live up to Milan's rich history, but his side ultimately came up short at the San Siro against a stern Genoa rearguard.
Milan will be frustrated, having dominated the contest throughout. They ended the encounter with an expected goals (xG) total of 1.21 from their 22 efforts, though only four were on target, while also restricting Genoa to a measly 0.23 xG.
But there were positives for the Rossoneri to take moving forward. They collected a sixth home clean sheet of the season from their eight Serie A games at the San Siro for the first time since 2002-03.
However, they have now failed to score in three of their last four Serie A home games, as many times as in their previous 45 games in the competition.
Line-ups
Milan XI: Maignan, Abraham, Samuel Chukwueze, Gabbia, Aparecido, Tijjani Reijnders, Leao, Youssouf Fofana, Malick Thiaw, Álex Jiménez, Mattia Liberali
Subs: Morata, Sportiello, Calabria, Tomori, Theo, Noah Okafor, S. Pavlovic, Filippo Terracciano, Silvano Vos, Davide Bartesaghi, Lorenzo Torriani, Francesco Camarda
Genoa XI: Badelj, Nicola Leali, Bani, Morten Thorsby, A.Martín, Pinamonti, Johan Vásquez, Alessandro Zanoli, Morten Frendrup, Alessandro Vogliacco, Fabio Miretti
Subs: Balotelli, Stefano Sabelli, Pereiro, Gollini, Daniele Sommariva, F.Melegoni, Emil Bohinen, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Vitinha, Patrizio Masini, Alan Matturro, Federico Accornero, Alessandro Marcandalli, David Ankeye