AC Milan’s title hopes dealt a blow in 1-1 draw towards Sampdoria

AC Milan’s faltering title hopes diminished nonetheless additional on Saturday because it drew 1-1 at residence to 10-man Sampdoria.

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Jens Petter Hauge rescued a degree for Milan three minutes from time and the Rossoneri nearly snatched all three factors however Franck Kessi’s effort got here off the submit.
Fabio Quagliarella had scored within the 57th minute following a horrendous Milan error however Sampdoria midfielder Adrien Silva was despatched off two minutes later.
Inter Milan can lengthen its benefit over second-place Milan to eight factors with a win at Bologna later. It will even have performed a match lower than its metropolis rival.
All 10 Serie A matches are going down on the identical day because of Easter Sunday. Juventus has a derby match at Torino.
Sampdoria began aggressively in Milan and Gianluigi Donnarumma was pressured into a number of good saves.
He might do nothing early within the second half after an error from teammate Theo Hernandez, whose sq. move was intercepted by Quagliarella. And the veteran ahead took one contact earlier than lobbing the ball over Donnarumma from distance.
Sampdoria’s good work was undone by an error by one in all its personal moments later. Silva was already on a yellow card and he went lunging into Samu Castillejo, so was promptly booked once more and despatched off.
Milan struggled to carve out real goalscoring alternatives however the equalizer finally got here when Hauge managed a move from Kessi earlier than curling into the underside proper nook.
Kessi struck the left submit in stoppage time following a Zlatan Ibrahimovic by ball.