Serie A: Jens Petter Hauge celebrates after scoring the equalizer for AC Milan.© AFP
Norwegian midfielder Jens Petter Hauge snatched a late equaliser to salvage some extent for AC Milan whose poor house run continued with a 1-1 draw towards 10-man Sampdoria on Saturday. Milan are 5 factors behind leaders Inter who journey to Bologna afterward Saturday, with their metropolis rivals additionally having a recreation in hand. They’re 5 factors forward of champions Juventus and Atalanta, who play Torino and Udinese respectively afterward Saturday. “Milan have difficult lives for themselves,” mentioned coach Stefano Pioli whose facet haven’t received at house in nearly two months.
“When mentally you’ll be able to’t get into the sport straight away then the difficulties of the match enhance. Right now we paid dearly as a result of we did not win.”
Sampdoria had dominated the primary half an hour with Milan staying within the recreation because of saves from goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who denied Manolo Gabbiadini early and a Morten Thorsby header.
And the hosts had been on the again foot after a silly Theo Hernandez go throughout midfield after 57 minutes allowed veteran Fabio Quagliarella to pounce and lob from a distance over Donnarumma who was out of his aim.
It was the 38-year-old Quagliarella’s tenth aim this marketing campaign, reaching double figures for the fifth consecutive league season, along with his 174 Serie A objectives making him the highest scorer lively within the Italian prime flight.
Claudio Ranieri’s facet went a person down simply after their aim with Adrien Silva despatched off after selecting up a second yellow card for a foul on Samu Castillejo.
Ante Rebic got here off the bench for the hosts and threatened with Hakan Calhanoglu denied by Sampdoria goalkeeper Emil Audero earlier than Hauge broke via beating the rival defence and curling the ball into the nook.
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The hosts missed an opportunity for a late winner with Zlatan Ibrahimovic sending via for Franck Kessie who rattled the woodwork.
Milan’s push for a primary league title since 2011 has been hit by their poor house type with simply two wins out of eight house video games within the league in 2021.
