AC Milan swept previous Empoli 3-0 on Saturday to chop the hole separating them from Serie A’s European locations to 3 factors.
Alvaro Morata’s first league aim in over two months and wonderful strikes in every half from Tijjani Reijnders have been sufficient for Milan to assert a straight-forward win at a foggy San Siro.
Milan keep seventh on 22 factors, three behind Juventus who sit within the Convention League place and are at struggling Lecce on Sunday.
Paulo Fonseca’s aspect have a recreation in hand however are six factors off the highest 4 and an extra level behind league leaders Napoli forward of their journey north to Torino on Sunday afternoon.
Nevertheless Reijnders insists that Milan are nonetheless aiming for a title problem, with a brief journey to high-flying Atalanta developing subsequent weekend.
“In fact we’re eager about it, as a result of we wish to struggle for titles and the place the place we at the moment are is just not what we would like,” he informed DAZN.
Empoli, who started the match with the league’s fourth finest defence, keep tenth after failing to attain towards Milan on the San Siro for the fifth straight match.
Saturday’s win brightened the temper of the 68,000 Milan followers who braved the chilly situations and poor visibility as a result of fog which at occasions, significantly within the first half, blanketed the pitch and stands.
Milan have been loudly booed off the sector after their drab goalless draw with Juve final weekend however the hosts have been shortly into Empoli and by no means seemed again as soon as Morata lashed in his fourth aim of the season within the nineteenth minute.
Reijnders crashed in a first-time effort of his personal on the stroke of half-time after which made positive of the factors with a driving run and end which took his aim tally for the season to 6.
“We have been superb each going ahead and in defence… We gained 3-0 however we had sufficient possibilities to win the sport by six or seven,” mentioned Fonseca.
Bologna are some extent behind Milan after thumping rock-bottom Venezia 3-0, whereas Como and Monza additionally keep within the relegation zone after enjoying out a 1-1 draw within the day’s afternoon fixture.
Como have a greater aim distinction than Seventeenth-placed Genoa, who face Udinese on Sunday, however sit within the backside three as they’ve performed a recreation extra.
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