AC Milan’s Rafael Leao in motion with Parma’s Lautaro Valenti. Picture: REUTERS
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AC Milan slumped to a shock 1-0 house loss to Parma on Sunday to depart metropolis rivals Inter 10 factors clear on the prime of Serie A, after Napoli lashed out on the refereeing following defeat at Atalanta.
Parma defender Mariano Troilo’s late header condemned second-placed Milan to a dangerous loss within the title race, capping per week by which in addition they dropped factors in a draw with Como.
Massimiliano Allegri’s facet had seen Inter stretch their lead with a 2-0 win over Lecce on Saturday, however couldn’t reply as they suffered their first league defeat for the reason that opening weekend of the season.
“We’re not joyful, clearly,” assistant coach Marco Landucci, standing in for the suspended Allegri, informed Sky Sport.
“Parma performed very nicely and the ball simply did not need to go in for us tonight. We wished the three factors, so in fact we really feel let down, however we go once more.”
Milan, who misplaced Matteo Gabbia to a muscle downside within the warm-up, suffered one other blow early on on the San Siro when Ruben Loftus-Cheek needed to be stretchered off with a head harm.
The England midfielder was carried from the sector sporting a neck brace after colliding with Parma goalkeeper Edoardo Corvi.
Italian media reported that Loftus-Cheek would want dental therapy and bear exams in hospital for attainable head trauma.
Milan virtually discovered a breakthrough within the thirty sixth minute when Alexis Saelemaekers picked out Christian Pulisic, however the American winger’s shot was saved out by Corvi.
Pulisic fired a greater likelihood narrowly large on the stroke of half-time.
Milan pushed for a winner within the second interval however struggled to create clear-cut possibilities.
Parma caught them chilly within the eightieth minute as Troilo headed in, though the objective was initially disallowed for a foul by Lautaro Valenti on goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
However after a prolonged VAR assessment, the referee overturned his resolution to depart Milan’s title hopes hanging by a thread.
Napoli blast ‘shameful’ refereeing
Napoli hit out at “shameful” refereeing after slipping to a 2-1 loss at top-four rivals Atalanta.
Raffaele Palladino’s facet prolonged their unbeaten run within the league to 9 matches with a formidable second-half fightback.
Atalanta stay seventh within the desk, however solely two factors behind fourth-placed Roma, who host Cremonese in a while Sunday, within the race for subsequent season’s Champions League.
Harm-hit reigning champions Napoli sit third, however solely 5 factors above Atalanta and now 14 adrift of Inter.
Napoli have been incensed after having a penalty award overturned after which a objective disallowed within the first half.
“The place is the foul? The VAR referred to as him on the penalty, why not on this? It is embarrassing,” Napoli sporting director Giovanni Manna informed DAZN.
“There must be a assessment of this as a result of each week a membership finally ends up right here protesting about choices.
“All we would like is what is true, what’s ours, however this isn’t proper, and it isn’t soccer. It is shameful, I’ve no extra phrases.”
Atalanta will flip their attentions to subsequent week’s Champions League knockout play-off second leg in opposition to Borussia Dortmund, when they’ll try to overturn a 2-0 deficit in Bergamo.The guests grabbed an early lead when Sam Beukema, one in all three Napoli gamers left fully unmarked, headed in Miguel Gutierrez’s free-kick.
Conte’s males have been awarded a penalty shortly earlier than half-time when Rasmus Hojlund went down within the field, however the resolution was overturned following a VAR assessment.
Hojlund was within the thick of the motion once more within the first minute after the restart when his cut-back was turned in by Gutierrez, just for the objective to be dominated out for a foul by the Danish striker within the build-up.
Atalanta levelled simply after the hour mark when Mario Pasalic flicked a header into the nook from Nicola Zalewski’s nook.
The house group accomplished the turnaround with 9 minutes remaining as Lazar Samardzic despatched a looping header into the far nook from Lorenzo Bernasconi’s cross.
