Rafael Leao completed off a well-worked staff transfer after extra Mike Maignan heroics, as AC Milan noticed off Lazio to quickly go prime of the Serie A desk with a dramatic finale.
The Rossoneri had been recent off a , however misplaced Christian Pulisic to damage, becoming a member of Santiago Gimenez and Zachary Athekame, so Christopher Nkunku . The Aquile’s solely defeat within the final eight rounds was 2-0 right here with Inter, however Danilo Cataldi was the newest addition to the absentee listing together with Matteo Cancellieri, Nicolò Rovella and Samuel Gigot. Taty Castellanos was again on the bench, with Fisayo Dele-Bashiru added to the squad rather than Elseid Hysaj.
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MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 29: AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri and SS Lazio head coach Maurizio Sarri prior the Serie A match between AC Milan and SS Lazio at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on November 29, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Photographs)
Bizarrely, these two groups will meet once more on Thursday within the Coppa Italia Spherical of 16 on the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
It was virtually the proper begin for Lazio, as a free kick was floated to the six-yard field for Mario Gila’s header within the opening 90 seconds, however Mike Maignan fingertipped it onto the crossbar.
MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 29: Mario Gila of SS Lazio reacts in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and SS Lazio at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on November 29, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Photographs)
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Maignan was known as into motion once more on the base of the close to put up after Mattia Zaccagni turned Fikayo Tomori, whereas the primary actual Rossoneri alternative got here simply earlier than half-time when Tomori scuffed a volley broad on the deflected Davide Bartesaghi cross.
Zaccagni additionally didn’t steer a Gustav Isaksen cross heading in the right direction on the again put up, though Tomori had managed to clear regardless.
It was Milan who broke the impasse after the restart with a well-worked transfer, as Saelemaekers and Fofana despatched Tomori down the appropriate, his exhausting and low ball throughout the six-yard field discovered Rafael Leao sliding in for the end.
MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 29: Rafael Leao of AC Milan celebrates scoring his staff’s first objective in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and SS Lazio at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on November 29, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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Adrien Rabiot and Fofana each fired their alternatives astray from very promising positions, whereas Fofana then hit a fresh-air shot having run from midfield to the sting of the field.
Taty Castellanos made his comeback after almost two months out injured, whereas Fisayo Dele-Bashiru additionally returned having been reduce from the squad and put again on this week.
Ivan Provedel flew to palm away the Rafael Leao towering header on Bartesaghi’s cross, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek nodding broad on the same transfer.
MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 29: Gustav Isaksen of SS Lazio compete for the ball with Strahinja Pavlovic of AC Milan in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and SS Lazio at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on November 29, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Photographs)
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Castellanos at full stretch hooked a volley round Strahinja Pavlovic, however solely into Maignan’s arms, and the Saelemaekers volley from a nook was cleared virtually off the road by Luca Pellegrini.
Leao and Toma Fundamental examined the goalkeepers with snapshots from distance, whereas Provedel spilled a Pavlovic strike on a set play.
Contrasting feelings on show as VAR guidelines out Lazio’s 112th-minute penalty attraction 👀
Deep into stoppages, there have been penalty appeals for an Alessio Romagnoli volley charged down by Pavlovic’s arm, prompting a VAR evaluate and chaos on the touchline, with each Max Allegri and Sarri’s assistant supervisor Marco Ianni despatched off for dissent. Following the evaluate, the referee dominated that the arm was jutting out, however that Pavlovic was fouled by Adam Marusic first.
Milan 1-0 Lazio
Leao 51 (M)
