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Serie A | Milan 2-2 Sassuolo: Koné and Laurienté frustrate Bartesaghi
Milan talent Davide Bartesaghi scored his first two goals in Serie A, but Sassuolo bravely picked up a point thanks to goals from Ismael Koné and Armand Laurienté in a 2-2 draw.
Milan were held to a 2-2 draw by Sassuolo at San Siro on Sunday.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
The visitors were without their star Domenico Berardi, and Laurienté started on the bench in a defensive 4-3-3 set-up.
The Neroverdi still took the lead with Ismael Koné after winning the ball high up the pitch from a Milan defensive throw-in. Andrea Pinamonti laid it off for the Ivory Coast international who ran into the space to beat Matteo Gabbia with his first touch and Mike Maignan with the outside of his foot.
Adrien Rabiot had a big chance to level the score when he stole the ball from Alieu Fadera at the edge of Sassuolo’s box, but saw Arijanet Muric spread himself brilliantly to deny the equaliser.
It was just a matter of time for Milan anyway, as Bartesaghi scored his first Serie A goal at minute 33 when he headed towards the far post to meet a Ruben Loftus-Cheek driven pass from the right, finding the net at the far post with a left-footed finish.
The Italian left-back doubled Milan’s lead just one minute into the second half. This time around, Christopher Nkunku saw his late run on the left delivering a perfect through ball for Bartesaghi’s finish at the near post.
After scoring his first senior goal in the first half, 19-year-old Davide Bartesaghi gets a brace just a minute into the second half
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Matteo Gabbia worringly twisted his knee and was forced to be subbed off around the hour mark.
Sassuolo’s Kristian Thorstvedt had a massive chance to level the score, but was denied by Maignan from point-blank range, and Milan had two goals disallowed.
Pulisic found the net from a corner kick routine, but the referee spotted a foul from Ruben Loftus-Cheek in the build-up. A few minutes later, Adrien Rabiot steered a Loftus-Cheek header into the net, but he was offside.
Sassuolo made attacking substitutions by introducing Armand Laurienté and Josh Doig, and forced the Rossoneri to defend inside their own box.
Laurienté made it 2-2 with an identical move to the first goal, Pinamonti laying it off and the scorer bursting in to finish at the far post.
The Frenchman had two more big chances to win the game for Sassuolo, but first, he didn’t find the net from an excellent position inside the box and then he hit the post from distance.
Milan 2-2 Sassuolo
I Kone 13 (S), Bartesaghi 34, 47 (M), Lauriente 77 (S)
Player statistic
| 13' | Ismaël Koné (Assist: Andrea Pinamonti) | |||
| Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 23' | |||
| 23' | Alieu Fadera | |||
| Davide Bartesaghi (Assist: Ruben Loftus-Cheek) |
34' |
| Davide Bartesaghi (Assist: Christopher Nkunku) |
47' | |||
| 59' | Tarik Muharemovic | |||
| 66' | |
Kristian Thorstvedt | ||
| 77' | |
Armand Lauriente (Assist: Andrea Pinamonti) |
