AC Milan secured a 3rd successive Serie A victory on house soil for the primary time in 2026, as the Rossoneri held off a spirited Atalanta fightback to prevail 3-2 at San Siro.
Coming into the competition on a three-game unbeaten run throughout all competitions (W2, D1), Milan made a assured start against La Dea.
The hosts dominated possession early on, they usually thought they’d damaged the impasse within the thirteenth minute, just for Christian Pulisic’s emphatic close-range end to be dominated out for a marginal offside. Atalanta threatened a breakthrough themselves shortly after, with Nikola Krstovic rounding Mike Maignan and firing wastefully into the side-netting.
Keen to take advantage of that reprieve, Ruben Amorim’s males had been awarded a penalty within the twenty fourth minute, when Yunus Musah’s effort was blocked by the hand of substitute Relja Obric.
Goncalo Ramos stepped as much as the spot for the Rossoneri, and the Portuguese ahead despatched Marco Carnesecchi the fallacious approach to rating his second league aim of the season.
Having misplaced their final two Serie A journeys, La Dea pushed for a response earlier than half-time, but it surely was Milan who doubled their lead within the forty third minute.
Diego Moreira picked out Adrien Rabiot within the field, and the Frenchman reduce inside one defender earlier than stroking a composed end into the underside nook.
The hosts seemed to increase their benefit additional on the start of the second interval, with Samuel Chukwueze curling narrowly huge, whereas on the different finish, Krstovic skewed a troublesome likelihood astray.
Milan had been awarded their second penalty of the night within the 56th minute after a handball from Thomas Kristensen, however Ramos’ spot-kick was expertly thwarted by Carnesecchi.
That proved to be a momentary reprieve for the guests, although, as the Rossoneri discovered the web only a minute later, with Mario Gila heading house on the again put up after a intelligent flick-on from Rabiot.
La Dea responded by pulling a aim again by way of Gianluca Gaetano’s very good contact and end within the field, organising a nervy last 20 minutes at San Siro.
That pressure was amplified with 9 minutes remaining, when Raoul Bellanova’s cutback was clinically swept into the underside nook by Krstovic.
Armed with all of the momentum, Atalanta practically accomplished a outstanding comeback two minutes later, however Maignan got here to Milan’s rescue to disclaim substitute Davide Zappacosta.
The guests’ strain continued deep into stoppage time, however Milan in the end held agency to earn a primary head-to-head league victory in seven conferences.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan)
