AC Milan 2-1 Napoli
Alexis Saelemaekers 3′ and Christian Pulisic 31′ for AC Milan. Kevin de Bruyne 60′ (penalty) for Napoli.
In a burning San Siro, AC Milan received Napoli for the count of the 5th matchday in Serie A, the Rossoneris could make up the points they were behind their evening opponents.
With Rafael Leao still unvailable, Milan only needed 3 minutes to open the score thanks to a brilliant work from Christian Pulisic, he eliminates his opponent then crossed to the Belgian Alexis Saelemaekers who scored easily.
At the 31′ minute, AC Milan scored the 2-0 goal thanks to a brilliant team move, central defender Pavlovic crossed in the box to Youssouf Fofana who immediately gave it to Christian Pulisic who scored. The American is decisive in both goals and is litteraly on fire this season.
Napoli had the ball possession all the game (63%) and created more chances, but they had to wait the 55th minute to see a turning point in the game, AC Milan Parvis Estupinan committed a foul on a goal-scoring opportunity, red card + penalty.
Kevin de Bruyne scored the penalty to reduce the mark at 2-1. It’s the Belgian 3rd goal in Serie A this season. With their numerical superiority, Napoli created chances for the rest of the game but were never able to beat AC Milan’s goalkeeper Mike Maignan who made a total of 6 saves.
With this narrow victory, AC Milan are now leader of Serie A just in front of their evening opponents, Napoli suffered their first loss of the season in championship.