Match ends, Genoa 0, AC Milan 3.
Two goals from Junior Messias and one from Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave AC Milan victory at Genoa and cut Napoli's lead at the top of Serie A to one point.
Ibrahimovic, 40, scored his sixth goal of the season early on, before Messias added a second just before half-time and made it 3-0 after 61 minutes following good work from Brahim Diaz.
Napoli led 2-0, but Sassuolo fought back to draw 2-2 with a late equaliser.
Inter Milan won 2-0 at Spezia, so only two points separate the top three.
Lautaro Martinez had a hand in both Inter goals, setting up Roberto Gagliardini's first-half opener with a deft flick, before converting a penalty 30 minutes from time.
The defending champions have now won their past three league games as they prepare to face Roma at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.
Jose Mourinho's side head into that game on the back of a 1-0 defeat Bologna. Mattias Svanberg scored the winner for the hosts after 35 minutes.
Most of the night's drama came at Sassuolo, though.
After a goalless first half, Napoli - aiming to become Italian champions for the first time since 1989-90 -scored twice in a nine-minute spell through Fabian Ruiz and Dries Mertens.
Gianluca Scamacca pulled one back for Sassuolo in the 71st minute and Gian Marco Ferrari grabbed an 89th-minute equaliser.
It could have been even worse for Napoli as Gregoire Defrel thought he had won the game for the hosts in stoppage time, only for VAR to disallow the goal.
Line-ups
Genoa
Formation 3-5-2
- 57Sirigu
- 3Vanheusden
- 5MasielloBooked at 67minsSubstituted forBaniat 77'minutes
- 15Vásquez
- 18Ghiglione
- 27SturaroSubstituted forAzevedo Júniorat 45'minutes
- 47BadeljSubstituted forGaldamesat 62'minutes
- 65RovellaBooked at 73minsSubstituted forPortanovaat 77'minutes
- 50Cambiaso
- 24BianchiSubstituted forPandevat 62'minutes
- 20Ekuban
Substitutes
- 1Semper
- 2Sabelli
- 11Behrami
- 13Bani
- 14Biraschi
- 19Pandev
- 22Marchetti
- 33Azevedo Júnior
- 44Buksa
- 90Portanova
- 94Touré
- 99Galdames
AC Milan
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 16Maignan
- 20Kalulu
- 24KjaerSubstituted forGabbiaat 5'minutesBooked at 32minsSubstituted forFlorenziat 45'minutes
- 23Tomori
- 19Hernández
- 8TonaliSubstituted forSaelemaekersat 77'minutes
- 79Kessié
- 30Messias
- 10DíazSubstituted forBakayokoat 77'minutes
- 33Krunic
- 11IbrahimovicSubstituted forPellegriat 60'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Tatarusanu
- 5Ballo-Touré
- 14Conti
- 17Rafael Leão
- 25Florenzi
- 27Maldini
- 41Bakayoko
- 46Gabbia
- 56Saelemaekers
- 64Pellegri
- 83Mirante
- Referee:
- Juan Luca Sacchi
- Attendance:
- 14,000
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home42%
- Away58%
- Shots
- Home10
- Away18
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away5
- Corners
- Home2
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away16
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Second Half ends, Genoa 0, AC Milan 3.
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Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Johan Vásquez.
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Foul by Tiemoué Bakayoko (AC Milan).
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Manolo Portanova (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Pietro Pellegri (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Zinho Vanheusden (Genoa).
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Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
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Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Johan Vásquez.
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Foul by Pietro Pellegri (AC Milan).
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Pablo Galdames (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Offside, AC Milan. Fikayo Tomori tries a through ball, but Pietro Pellegri is caught offside.
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Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan).
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Goran Pandev (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Pablo Galdames (Genoa).
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Attempt blocked. Pablo Galdames (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Pablo Galdames (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
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Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
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Attempt saved. Manolo Portanova (Genoa) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top right corner.
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Jose and Rafa have managed several of the same clubs in the past so we might see Jose at Goodison in the New Yaer!
I'm nearly 41 now. He's still going, and that night seems like 2 lifetimes ago to me.
Seeing OGS looking old was worse, I vividly remember 'babyface' being older than me yet looking younger. Now he looks more like Andy Serkis.
Time flies.
Ibrahim is a great player but not a 5-times Ballon d’Or winner like the mighty CR7.
United haters keep at it!