Nicolae Stanciu missed a last-gasp penalty as Genoa were pegged back by AC Milan in a chaotic 1-1 draw at San Siro.
2025/2026 Serie A
1-1
Match Report
Serie A strugglers Genoa seemed set to clinch a surprise victory on Thursday when Davide Bartesaghi brought down Mikael Ellertsson deep in second-half stoppage time.
However, Stanciu fluffed his lines from the spot, blazing his attempt well over the crossbar.
That incident came just moments after Rafael Leao had headed Milan level, cancelling out Lorenzo Colombo's 28th-minute opener for the visitors.
Milan, who saw Matteo Gabbia hit the woodwork twice, almost won it through Niclas Fullkrug prior to the Genoa break that resulted in the spot-kick.
Yet an animated Daniele De Rossi and Massimiliano Allegri, who was marking his 200th match in charge of the Rossoneri across two spells, were ultimately forced to settle for a share of the spoils, with Milan now three points behind Serie A pacesetters Inter.
Match Events
30' GOAL! Milan 0-1 Genoa
92' GOAL! Milan 1-1 Genoa (Rafael Leão)
Line-ups
Milan XI: Modric, Maignan, Rabiot, Tomori, Pulisic, Gabbia, Leao, Alexis Saelemaekers, Youssouf Fofana, S. Pavlovic, Davide Bartesaghi
Subs: Pietro Terracciano, Füllkrug, Loftus-Cheek, Pervis Estupiñán, Samuele Ricci, Ardon Jashari, Koni De Winter, D. Odogu, Torriani, Zachary Athekame, Alex Castiello
Genoa XI: Nicola Leali, Malinovskiy, Morten Thorsby, A.Martín, Leo Østigård, Johan Vásquez, Morten Frendrup, Lorenzo Colombo, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Vitinha, Alessandro Marcandalli
Subs: Nicolae Stanciu, Stefano Sabelli, Daniele Sommariva, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Patrizio Masini, Hugo Cuenca, Sebastian Otoa, Seydou Fini, Jeff Ekhator, Ernestas Lysionok, Lorenzo Venturino, Joi Nuredini