Serie A | Milan 0-1 Atalanta: Ederson ends Rossoneri ambition
Ederson completed off an exquisite Atalanta staff transfer to present them victory at San Siro, consolidating third place and successfully ruling Milan out of the hunt for Europe.
Either side have been coming off morale-boosting victories, because the Rossoneri beat Udinese 4-0 with their new 3-4-3 formation, whereas La Dea ended a run of three straight defeats with a victory over Bologna. in Udine, however Kyle Walker, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Emerson Royal have been nonetheless out of motion. Sead Kolasinac, Stefan Posch, Gianluca Scamacca, Giorgio Scalvini and Marco Palestra didn’t make the journey, with Charles De Ketelaere, Odilon Kossounou and Rafael Toloi , so Raoul Bellanova grew to become a makeshift centre-back.
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Theo Hernandez was offside when forcing a tough save out of the on-rushing Marco Carnesecchi, whereas Mateo Retegui volleyed extensive of the close to put up on a Mario Pasalic pull-back from the by-line.
Bellanova needed to make a determined sliding sort out when Tijjani Reijnders despatched Rafael Leao working on the counter-attack from a Marten de Roon misplaced cross, whereas Leao slipped when making an attempt to run onto a protracted Youssouf Fofana ball excessive.
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 20: Rafael Leao of AC Milan battles for possession with Raoul Bellanova of Atalanta in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and Atalanta at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on April 20, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Luka Jovic simply failed to attach with a harmful Alex Jimenez cross, however the striker had an enormous alternative simply earlier than half-time. He gathered together with his again to objective from Jimenez, turned Bellanova and fired astray from 14 yards.
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After the restart, Fofana surged ahead from midfield and fed Reijnders, whose pull-back for Jovic was intercepted by Marten de Roon. Reijnders additionally noticed a roller charged down, then the Leao roll throughout for Christian Pulisic was deflected simply past him by Berat Djimsiti.
Fikayo Tomori additionally flashed a ball throughout the six-yard field simply previous Leao, whereas a Reijnders volley hit defenders. Milan have been pouring ahead, Juan Cuadrado taking one for the staff as he hacked down Theo Hernandez to cease a harmful assault.
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 20: Luka Jovic of AC Milan is challenged by Isak Hien and Juan Cuadrado of Atalanta in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and Atalanta at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on April 20, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Simply as they appeared below stress, Atalanta took the lead in opposition to the run of play with a wonderfully-worked transfer that began from their very own half, culminating in Ademola Lookman standing up a cross to the again put up, the place Bellanova knocked it down for the Ederson diving header.
ATALANTA TAKE THE LEAD 💥
A fantastically labored transfer from the away aspect, and Ederson reacts 1st to Bellanova’s header throughout objective, to beat Maignan and provides them the lead ⚽️
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Milan have been shaken and Lookman reduce inside for a shot deflected over by Matteo Gabbia, but it surely actually ought to’ve been 2-0 when Lookman rolled throughout for Retegui to come back sliding in and one way or the other prod it extensive from six yards off the within of his ankle.
HOW HAS HE MISSED?! 🤯
Nice play from Lookman, and he squares for Retegui however he one way or the other places it extensive as he slides in…
Joao Felix surged ahead to get himself into a robust place solely to get the end horribly improper from the sting of the realm.
Atalanta had one other large likelihood to seal it within the closing minute when Lookman went clear from a failed Milan nook, however Maignan caught out a boot to parry the angled drive on the close to put up.
Reijnders additionally had a ferocious strike in stoppages, but it surely flew over the bar from distance.
Ederson 62 (A)