Lazio put in a spirited performance, going ahead in the first half through Immobile before concentrating on fending Milan off.
But, Milan has broken Lazio’s heart by snatching a vital win right at the death.
Despite Olivier Giroud’s equaliser, the hosts would hold on for a draw until Sandro Tonali popped up in injury time to give Milan all three points.
Starting lineup:
LAZIO (4-3-3): Thomas Strakosha; Manuel Lazzari, Patric, Francesco Acerbi, Stefan Radu; Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Lucas Leiva, Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson, Ciro Immobile, Mattia Zaccagni.
AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Mike Maignan; Davide Calabria (c), Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Sandro Tonali, Franck Kessie; Junior Messias, Brahim Diaz, Rafael Leao; Olivier Giroud.
Goals:
GOAL! LAZIO 1-0 AC MILAN! Immobile gives Lazio an early lead! Milinkovic-Savic chests down the throw-in and plops a cross into the six-yard box from the byline. Immobile gets in front of his marker to stab it home from close range!
GOAL! LAZIO 1-1 AC MILAN! Giroud equalises for Milan with a lovely goal! Leao bursts behind Lazio’s defence to roll the ball across the face of the six-yard box. The Frenchman slides across the turf to tuck it into the net.
GOAL! LAZIO 1-2 AC MILAN! Tonali has broken Lazio’s resistance! Rebic steals the ball from Marusic, and Milan cross into Lazio’s box. However, the defensive header is a tired one, and Ibrahimovic nods the ball on to Tonali, who bundles it over the line past the outstretched glove of Strakosha.
So, what’s next?
Milan extends their unbeaten run in Serie A to 12 games then and retakes the lead at the top for now. However, this title race is going to go down to the wire.
Lazio will travel to face Spezia on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, Milan will host Fiorentina in Serie -A.
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