A second-half purpose by Salernitana ahead Boulaye Dia cancelled out Olivier Giroud’s opening header as champions AC Milan was held to a 1-1 residence attract Serie A on Monday, making it its third winless outing in a row in all competitions.
Milan, which on Wednesday reached its first Champions League quarter-finals in 11 years after knocking out Tottenham Hotspur, is fourth within the standings on 48 factors.
It is one level behind third-placed Lazio and two adrift of Inter Milan in second, in addition to 20 factors behind runaway title contenders Napoli.
Milan may have opened the scoring within the twenty third minute however ahead Rafael Leao despatched the ball low and extensive of the far submit, whereas Brahim Diaz narrowly missed the possibility to vary its path and slide it residence from shut vary.
Six minutes later Giroud got here near scoring with an overhead kick following a nook, which went inches over the bar as an alternative.
However, the France striker gave Milan a 1-0 lead simply earlier than the interval when he nodded in from a nook by midfielder Ismael Bennacer, leaving Salernitana keeper Guillermo Ochoa unmoved.
Leao may have doubled the hosts’ lead within the 52nd minute when a purpose try by Bennacer hit the Portuguese on the sting of the six-yard field and went extensive.
The Portugal ahead, who scored within the reverse fixture on Jan. 4, has not discovered the online in his final seven league video games for the primary time because the finish of the 2020-21 marketing campaign.
Salernitana levelled within the 61st minute by unmarked Dia, who was arrange contained in the field by defender Domagoj Bradaric and made it 1-1 with a first-touch end.
Milan was determined to regain the lead however regardless of its benefit in possession, and late probabilities by defender Alessandro Florenzi and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, it was unable to vary the scoreline.
Stefano Pioli’s aspect, which didn’t area any Italian participant within the beginning line-up in a Serie A match for the primary time within the three-points for a win period (1994-95), had general 24 makes an attempt on purpose in comparison with six photographs by the guests.
Salernitana, which sealed its first-ever league level on the San Siro, is sixteenth on 26 factors because it added a treasured level to additional lengthen its lead over the relegation zone to seven.
It subsequent hosts ninth-placed Bologna on Saturday whereas Milan travels to Udinese, in tenth, later that day.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com