Juventus defeats 10-man Milan at San Siro

 

Juventus secured maximum points against AC Milan at the San Siro on Sunday to move further up the Serie A table. 

Thale Old Lady secured maximum points against their hosts through Manuel Locatelli with the aid of a huge deflection.

 Milan ended the derby with ten men after Malick Thiaw was sent off.

Diavolo had to field third-choice goalkeeper Antonio Mirante in his first start since 2021. 

They got the real first chance of the game as Rafael Leao sprinted away on the counter to set up Olivier Giroud, whose angled drive was pushed just around the far post by an extraordinary low Wojciech Szczesny fingertip save.

Juventus responded with a powerful drive from Filip Kostic that flashed just wide, just as Adrien Rabiot.

However, the game changed when Milan went down to 10 men. Thiaw brought down  Moise Kean, who was running on goal with a blatant Malick Thiaw rugby tackle.

Although they were well outside the penalty area, it was still considered a clear scoring opportunity worthy of a straight red card.

In covering up the defense, Stefano Pioli had to bring off Pulisic for the return of Pierre Kalulu.

Kean soon had another scoring opportunity from a Rabiot cross to the back post, but he managed to prod it wide from point-blank range.

Milan began the second half more aggressively as Daniele Rugani had to charge down a Leao effort in the box.

Juve threw on Dusan Vlahovic to use their numerical advantage and soon took the lead against the run of play.

With a stroke of good fortune,  the long-range shot from Locatelli took a huge deflection off Rade Krunic to completely wrong-foot Mirante as Juventus scored from their first shot on target, which incidentally came from a former Milan player.