AC Milan Snap Napoli's Unbeaten Run

 

AC Milan shrugged off Naoili's resilience to win by 2-1 at home, and overtook their opponents to take the lead in the Serie A table. 

After winning three consecutive Serie A matches and advancing in the Coppa Italia during the week. Massimiliano Allegri returned from overseeing his third clean sheet victory in a row last weekend and defeated Napoli to end their opponents' unbeaten run. 

Christian Pulisic paced down the right wing and squared a cross to Alexis Saelemaekers, who blasted the ball into the net.  Pulisic scored the second in the 37th, receiving Youssouf Fofana's pass inside the box, and he struck the ball into the top corner of the left post. 

After many attempts to make a comeback, Napoli found the moment from a penalty to pull one back. following Pervis Estupiñán's red card on his second warning. Kevin de Bruyne converted the spot-kick, and that would be their only goal of the game. 

The defeat ended Napoli's winning run since the start of the season in all competitions. Consequently, Milan leapfrogged Napoli to take the top spot of the Italian Serie A, though with 12 points apiece. 

Overview 

Napoli had the offense, but Milan scored the goals. Pulisic played a prominent role in the goalscoring as Milan interminently pushed back on Napoli's pressure. In the face of a compact Napoli midfield with Kevin de Bruyne playing a significant role, Milan burrowed through on the counter and found the goals to be in the lead. 

Milan maintained their resolve, despite playing one man down for much of the second half. Milan reinforced the defense by replacing Alexis Saelemaeker with a defender, Zachary Athekame. More so, Mike Maignan saved multiple efforts from Napoli to keep the side in the game.