Genoa vs AC Milan 1-2

AC Milan left Genoa with a 2-1 win after building a two-goal lead in the first half and holding on after Genoa pulled one back late.

Alphadjo Cissè opened the scoring on 13 minutes from Adrien Rabiot's pass to make it 1-0, and Christian Pulisic added the second on 19 minutes after being set up by Gonçalo Ramos. Genoa went in 2-0 down at the break.

Genoa kept pushing after the interval and made four changes in two separate windows, with two on 62 minutes and two more on 84 minutes. Their pressure finally told in the 88th minute when Mikael Ellertsson scored from Tommaso Baldanzi's assist, with Baldanzi having come on in the 62nd minute, to make it 2-1. AC Milan also changed things after the break, taking off both scorers, Cissè on 61 minutes and Pulisic on 79, as they tried to protect the lead through the closing stages.

The numbers pointed to a home side that had more of the ball in front of goal but not the scoreline. Genoa had 38% possession, 337 passes, 17 shots, 5 on target and 1.21 expected goals, while AC Milan had 62% possession, 579 passes, 6 shots, 2 on target and 0.67 expected goals. Genoa also had 3 corners to AC Milan's none, but the visitors needed 5 saves to get over the line.

There were four bookings for AC Milan, for Sankhoun Diawara on 28 minutes, Adrien Rabiot on 50, Christian Pulisic on 76 and Mario Gila on 87. Genoa were booked twice, with Alessandro Marcandalli on 50 minutes and Kingsley Ehizibue in the fourth minute of stoppage time.