welcome everyone on a perfect night for football with the floodlights beaming down
my name is derrick ray and joining me for commentary as always is lee dixon and we're
focusing on live action from italy's top division every reason to believe this will be excitingly
yeah derek cracking atmosphere as usual here that will lead to a nervy energetic start frenetic
fast play to begin with before it all settles down i'm really looking forward to this one
and the contest begins
and milan's lineup looks like this gianluigi donnarumma begins in goal davide calabria
place where theo hernandez in the wide defensive areas and the striker today is zlatan ibrahimovic
well he's given a corner the referee
played into the center of the box oh cleared off the line alert defending
gecko
defensive brazilians to shut them down
and it's a meeting of two teams who know how to pick up points and you have the
best home record versus the best away record doesn't get much better than that
lee well i'll say derek i know you want me to but i think we're in for a real cracker
two very efficient organized exciting teams it could go either way this one
chance to play it in
corner coming up
just couldn't capitalize there salamakers and a poor ball
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the pressure spinazola
can they create something from here
now they keep working away looking for passing lanes
mkhitaryan is this the moment oh marvelous defending to deny him
gecko mkhitaryan and a goal now they've broken through one nil here
well here's the replay and derrick if you get caught on the ball there you should be fine a
week's wages it's terrible and he's punished some explaining to be done to his coach i feel
and underway again a wake-up call for milan perhaps
is then
and in the event just to talking to but could easily have seen yellow
possession one can they do something positive on the counter attack
gecko really nice ball
the italian timely intervention
ibrahimovic poor attempt to pass really
oh is he going to be punished here ibrahimovic and a goal to level this contest all even
well here we see it again derrick he's just unaware there's people around him
and he loses it too easily then it's catch up and they can't recover terrible goal to
concede
so a level contest
on the ball henrikh mkhitaryan
hernandez milan showing good weight and then with a real chance i must admit i thought he was going
to score with that header yeah it was a quality cross and he gets up well and it's just wide
and so it is the first half story has been written
that's anticipated plenty of talking points so far and now the second half is underway
then nasa on the ball sanderbackers
charanolu kessier has it rafael layout and moving the ball nicely tremendous challenge
there too rick cars dog pellegrini foul there free-kick awarded
or straight into the meat of the penalty area
but he keeps going zlatan ibrahimovic
that's very effective good high pressing they've decided that now is the time to go to the bench
gonzalo on the ball henrikh mkhitaryan doing well to keep possession the yard
lorenzo pellegrini with it gecko if italian it's there for him and the keeper more than equal to it
another opportunity here for them to get the noses in front from the corner the
crowd haven't had too much to cheer about for a while have they derek they need a goal here
and he's fired over the corner
into the center from italian oh he really brews the crossbar
and there is the goal to re-establish their advantage
well here's the replay and it all starts with the delivery into the box just begging for someone to
get on the end of it you have to say it's absolute master classic technique superb body position to
get that volley away and after losing a goal the onus is on milan to respond in an attacking way
hernandez cassier has it
then nasa
kessie a now moving the ball impressively here diaz into when the ball went chris smalling
counter attacking very much at option
32 well not quite what he wanted to do with the pass
diaz real chance and a goal the equalizer superb entertainment
well here's the goal again and it's a great ball to put him through and still with lots
to do he unleashes a very powerful effort gave the keeper little chance lovely goal that was
once again the sides are level this a kaleidoscope of shifting emotions
bruno perez
and that's an important intervention milan still on the attack and the game's waning moments still
level and the keeper getting across to stop it and now the corner can they take advantage of it
played into the center of the box and problem solved for now
well i thought that was the game right there jerry the keeper will be getting all the plaudits
inside the final five minutes now mkhitaryan
and milan could get in behind the defense
brahim kessier on the attack is there to be late drama
totalling up all the stoppages we'll have two additional minutes el shaddai
and the emphasis is on creativity
defended well and the referee blows the whistle still all square at the end of 90
minutes