Milan defend their top ten

Despite being outnumbered for an hour, Milan won 2-0 against newly promoted Benevento. Penalty midfielder Franck Kessié and Portuguese center forward Rafael Leão scored the goals for the Milanese, who lost Sandro Tonali after just over half an hour to a hard red card. The referee had shown the 20-year-old midfielder the yellow card, but was corrected by the VAR.

After this further victory, Milan are still the only undefeated team in the top five leagues in Europe. Another touchstone follows for the young ensemble of the seven-time Champions League winner on Wednesday in the home game against defending champion Juventus Turin. Milan not only have to do without the suspended Tonali, but also the injured strategist Ismaël Bennacer and above all Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has been absent for six weeks due to a muscle injury.

First pursuer of Milan one point behind is still city rivals Inter Milan, who prevailed in the home game against promoted Crotone thanks to four goals after the break 6-2 and came to the eighth win in a row in Serie A.

The storm duo Lautaro Martinez and Romelu Lukaku paved the way to victory. The Argentine Martinez scored three times, the Belgian Lukaku made the decision 4-2 after an hour, but had to be replaced shortly afterwards with muscular problems. For Martinez it was goals 7 to 9 of the season, Lukaku has 12 goals in Serie A.

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Benevento – Milan 0: 2 (0: 1). – Goals: 15. Kessié (foul penalty) 0: 1. 49 Leão 0-2. – Comments: 33rd Red card against Tonali (Milan). 61. Caprari (Benevento) shoots a foul penalty next to the goal.

Inter Mailand – Crotone 6: 2 (2: 2). – Tore: 12. Zanellato 0: 1. 20. Martinez 1: 1. 31. Brown (Eigentor) 2: 1. 36. Golemic (Foulpenalty) 2: 2. 57. Martinez 3: 2. 64. Luke 4: 2. 78. Martinez 5: 2. 87. Hakimi 6: 2.

AS Roma – Sampdoria Genua 1: 0 (0: 0). – Tor: 73.Dzeko 1: 0.

Atalanta Bergamo – Sassuolo 5: 1 (2: 0). – Tor: 11. Zapata 1: 0. 45. Pessina 2: 0. 49. Zapata 3: 0. 57. Gosens 4: 0. 68. Muriel 5: 0. 75. Chiriches 5: 1. – Bemerkung: Atalanta Bergamo mit Freuler.

Cagliari – Napoli 1: 4 (0: 1). – Goals: 25. Zielinski 0-1. 60. João Pedro 1: 1. 62. Zielinski 1: 2. 74 Lozano 1: 3. 86. Insignia (foul penalty) 1: 4. – Note: 65th yellow-red card against Lykogiannis (Cagliari).

Parma – Torino 0: 3 (0: 1). – Goals: 8th Singo 0: 1. 89. Izzo 0-2. 95. Gojak 0: 3. – Note: Parma with Sohm (from 60th), Torino with Rodriguez.

Spezia – Hellas Verona 0: 1 (0: 0). – Goal: 75th Zaccagni 0-1. – Remarks: Hellas Verona without Rüegg (replacement). 68. Yellow-red card against Chabot (Spezia).

Juventus Turin – Udinese 4: 1 (1: 0). – Score: 31. Ronaldo 1: 0. 49. Chiesa 2: 0. 70. Ronaldo 3: 0. 90. Zeegelaar 3: 1. 93.Dybala 4: 1.

The other results from Sunday: Genoa – Lazio Rom 1: 1. Fiorentina 0-0 Bologna.

Ranking list:

1. AC Milan 15/37 (34:16). 2. Inter Mailand 15/36 (40:19). 3. AS Roma 15/30 (32:23). 4. Naples 14/28 (31:13). 5. Juventus Turin 14/27 (29:14). 6. Sassuolo 15/26 (27:22). 7. Atalanta Bergamo 14/25 (33:21). 8. Hellas Verona 15/23 (19:14). 9. Lazio Rom 15/22 (23:24). 10. Benevento 15/18 (17:25). 11. Sampdoria Genua 15/17 (23:25). 12. Bologna 15/16 (21:27). 13. Udinese 14/15 (15:21). 14. Fiorentina 15/15 (16:21). 15. Cagliari 15/14 (22:31). 16. Parma 15/12 (13:28). 17. Turin 15/11 (25:32). 18. Genoa 15/11 (15:28). 19. Spice 11/15 (7:30 pm). 20. Crotone 9/15 (15:35).

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