Defender Fikayo Tomori and midfielder Brahim Diaz scored as defending champions AC Milan beat Juventus 2-0 in Serie A. With this win, the Rossoneri moved into third place within the league desk, with 20 factors from 9 video games.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 9, 2022 12:11 IST
By India Today Web Desk: Defender Fikayo Tomori and midfielder Brahim Diaz scored as defending champions AC Milan beat Juventus 2-0 in Serie A. With this win, the Rossoneri moved into third place within the league desk, with 20 factors from 9 video games.
English centre-back Fikayo Tomori opened the scoring for the defending champions simply getting ready to half-time with a assured end. Former Manchester City midfielder Brahim Diaz then went on to attain an exquisite purpose, going previous three Juventus gamers earlier than beating Wojciech Szczesny in purpose. Former Liverpool striker Divock Origi might have made it three for Milan in damage time however the Juventus goalkeeper was equal to his effort.
Stefano Pioli’s facet bounced again after enduring a 3-0 defeat by the hands of English membership Chelsea within the UEFA Champions League. After scoring his purpose, Diaz whipped off his shirt and was hoisted onto the shoulders of teammate Rafael Leao.
Speaking after the sport, Diaz mentioned he all the time wished to do this celebration however would not do it time and again.
“Since I was a young kid, I always wanted to do that kind of celebration. Today I did it. Obviously I shouldn’t do it again because you get a yellow card. Last year, I wanted to do it against Spezia but Davide Calabria stopped me,” mentioned Diaz after the match.
Meanwhile, Juventus got here into the match on the again of profitable two straight video games for the primary time this season however misplaced an important tie towards the defending champions. Juventus supervisor Massimiliano Allegri mentioned his crew had relapsed after a superb run of outcomes.
“We’re going through a long series of ups and downs, I thought that we had come out of a negative period. Tonight we relapsed,” mentioned Allegri.
AC Milan will now host Chelsea within the UEFA Champions League subsequent week, as they appear to cement their spot for the knockout levels.