AC Milan starting XI (4-3-3): Mirante, Calabria (subbed for Kjaer), Thiaw, Tomori, Florenzi, Musah, Adli (subbed for Krunic), Reijnders (subbed for Romero), Pulisic (subbed for Kalulu), Giroud (subbed for Jovic), Leao
Bench: Nava, Pellegrino, Bartesaghi, Jimenez, Pobega, Traoré, Okafor
Juventus starting XI (3-5-2): Szczesny, Gatti (subbed for Huijsen), Bremer, Rugani, Weah (subbed for Miretti), McKennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic (subbed for Cambiaso), Milik (subbed for Chiesa), Kean (subbed for Vlahovic)
Bench: Perin, Pinsoglio, Nicolussi Caviglia, Nonge Boende, Yildiz, Iling-Junior
Goals: Locatelli 63’
Former Milan defender Manuel Locatelli scored the only goal of the game in the 63rd minute, after Rossoneri defender Malick Thiaw was sent off shortly before halftime.
Milan would have moved back to the top with a win and gone seven points clear of Juventus. Instead, the Bianconeri consolidated third place and cut the gap to one point.
They are two behind league leaders Inter, who won 3-0 at Torino on Saturday.
Both teams were missing a number of players through suspension and injury, including Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli, who was banned for seven months earlier this week for his part in a betting scandal.
Milan started strongly, but their hopes of taking all three points diminished five minutes before halftime when Thiaw was shown a straight red card for hacking down Juventus forward Moise Kean.
The visitors still needed a stroke of luck to take the lead, Locatelli’s effort taking a huge deflection off Milan midfielder Rade Krunic to leave goalkeeper Antonio Mirante completely wrongfooted.
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