Italy’s title race has been seemingly blown wide open again following Tuesday’s 4-2 win by Milan over champions, Juventus at San Siro.
It was a truly strange game whose result meant that Juve missed the chance to go 10 points clear at the top of the standings as they incredibly let a two-goal lead slip with gf an hour remaining.
At the start of a crucial week in which Juve also face in-form Atalanta, the leaders had been boosted ahead of kick-off by news of another defeat for second-placed Lazio. However, the Bianconeri could not take full advantage despite a sensational opener from Adrien Rabiot and Cristiano Ronaldo’s swift second.
All six goals came after the interval as Milan staged a rapid recovery, scoring through Zlatan Ibrahimovic from the penalty spot, Franck Kessie, substitute Rafael Leao and Ante Rebic.
Juve’s talismanic Argentinean, Paulo Dybala missed the game through suspension.
Despite the setback, Juve remain top of the standings with 75 points from 31 matches while Milan are now in the European places.
The Rossonerri will however drop back to seventh on Wednesday if Roma and Napoli don’t lose to Parma and Genoa respectively.
Second placed Lazio surprisingly lost 1-2 at Lecce with Khomar Babacar and Fabio Lucioni netting the decisive strikes for the hosts at the Stadio Via Del Mare.
A win for the visitors, whose solitary goal – the opener – was scored by Felipe Caicedo on five minutes, would have seen them close the gap on the leaders, Juventus to just four points.
