Emmanuel Gyasi scored a shocking 96th-minute winner as relegation battling Spezia got here from behind to beat AC Milan 2-1 in a controversial match at San Siro on Monday, placing a dent within the residence aspect’s Serie A title hopes.
In-form Milan winger Rafael Leao put his aspect in entrance on the finish of the primary half after Theo Hernandez missed a penalty, however the guests struck again by substitute Kevin Agudelo.
Junior Messias thought he had received it for the hosts when he curled residence in stoppage time, however the referee’s whistle had already sounded for an earlier foul on Milan’s Ante Rebic, and Spezia then hit on the break to win it on the demise.
The choice left Milan livid as referee Marco Serra left hardly any time for benefit to be performed, with round two seconds passing between the foul on Rebic and Messias’ shot.
“I attempted to settle down the gamers however couldn’t,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli instructed DAZN. “We all know we’ve suffered an injustice. It’s a disgrace, the accountability is ours for the aim we conceded however that have to be shared with the referee.”
It was a missed alternative for Pioli’s aspect, who went into the sport realizing a win would ship them high, however stay two factors behind leaders Inter Milan, who’ve a sport in hand.
Spezia climbed to 14th place on 22 factors, six away from the relegation zone.
“The fellows have been nice, they knew it was a tough sport in opposition to a crew that’s combating for the title. We did nicely proper to the tip,” Spezia coach Thiago Motta stated.
Elsewhere, third-placed Napoli narrowed the hole to the highest two as Hirving Lozano scored twice in a 2-0 win at Bologna, leaving Luciano Spalletti’s aspect two factors behind Milan.
MISSED OPPORTUNITY
Milan went into the sport on a run of three consecutive league wins, regardless of lacking a string of key gamers by harm and Africa Cup of Nations commitments.
The hosts began strongly as Leao, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexis Saelemaekers examined Ivan Provedel.
However the goalkeeper was at fault when he kicked Leao to concede a spot kick, which Hernandez steered huge.
Inside two minutes Leao put them in entrance, racing onto a protracted go to information a lob over the outrushing Provedel.
Spezia have been improved after the break and have been rewarded when Agudelo fired residence from shut vary on the sixty fourth minute.
Milan piled ahead late on and thought that they had received it with Messias’ roller however the referee had known as a free kick, which Ibrahimovic obtained heading in the right direction to pressure one other save from the spectacular Provedel.
Spezia struck on the break within the ultimate minute to clinch it, Viktor Kovalenko choosing out Gyasi to complete.
In Bologna, Napoli earned a snug 2-0 win because of Mexican winger Lozano.
He fired in his first after 20 minutes, earlier than rounding the goalkeeper to faucet in a second early within the second half.
Lozano’s two objectives have been as many as he had scored in his earlier 21 Serie A video games.
Within the late sport, Fiorentina thrashed managerless Genoa 6-0 in Florence to go sixth, within the Grifone’s first sport since sacking coach Andriy Shevchenko.
Cristiano Biraghi scored from two direct free kicks, whereas Alvaro Odriozola, Giacomo Bonaventura, Dusan Vlahovic and Lucas Torreira have been additionally heading in the right direction in a rout in opposition to the Nineteenth-placed guests, led by interim boss Abdoulay Konko.
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