Sunday’s result was a victory made in France for Milan as Yacine Adli netted an early opener before compatriot Olivier Giroud doubled the Rossoneri’s lead in the second half.
Giroud also delightfully set up another Frenchman in Theo Hernandez to seal the match six minutes from time after Leandro Paredes had reduced the deficit with a penalty.
Milan remained third, while Roma sit ninth, five points below fourth-placed Fiorentina, after a fourth loss in seven matches for Mourinho’s team.
Mourinho was suspended for the match after being sent off against Atalanta last weekend, but he was still jeered by Milan fans when he was shown on the big screen at San Siro.
Roma were also without key forward Dybala, sidelined with yet another muscular problem.
Milan took the lead in the 11th minute when Adli carved out space for himself to drill the ball into the bottom right corner for his first goal for the club.
Roma had chances to level, but it was Milan who doubled their lead in the 56th minute as Adli’s cross to the back post was nodded back to the centre of the area by Simon Kjær for Giroud to head in from point-blank range.
Roma got back into the match 13 minutes later with Paredes’ penalty, after Lorenzo Pellegrini was tripped by Milan captain Davide Calabria.
However, Milan sealed the result with a sumptuous piece of play. Hernandez played a one-two with Giroud, who found him again with a brilliant backheel for the defender to blast in off the underside of the crossbar.
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