AC Milan 1-1 Cremonese: Junior Messias scores injury-time equaliser to snatch draw for Milan

AC Milan scored a last-gasp equaliser to draw 1-1 with relegation-threatened Cremonese in Serie A. Stefano Pioli's side thought they had taken the lead after 11 minutes when Alexis Saelemaekers latched onto a long ball before expertly firing past Marco Carnesecchi but the goal was ruled out for offside following VAR's intervention.

Ad Milan had a huge chance to take the lead after 20 minutes when Soualiho Meite played an underhit pass to his goalkeeper which Charles De Ketelaere latched onto, the 22-year-old tried to go around Carnesecchi but the goalkeeper was equal to it and palmed away the attempt. Serie ALate drama as Roma and AC Milan play out draw in race for Champions League29/04/2023 AT 15:23 The hosts missed another huge chance on the hour mark, Saelemaekers did brilliantly down the right-hand side to find space before standing up a cross to the back post where Brahim Diaz was waiting with the goal gaping but the Spaniard somehow put his header wide.

Just two minutes later Cremonese missed an almost identical chance to Diaz's for Milan. The ball was hung up for Emanuele Valeri at the back post but he too put his header wide and the game remained goalless.

Pioli put out a weakened starting XI but turned to the bench to bring on Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao and Sandro Tonali in the hopes of finding a goal. Serie A table Serie A fixtures / results Serie A top scorers Cremonese opened the scoring completely against the run of play in the 77th minute, David Okereke was released by Pablo Galdames and the 25-year-old did superbly to turn away from two Milan defenders before slotting past Mike Maignan.

It was Cremonese's first and only shot on target. But Junior Messias fired in a low free-kick on the edge of the penalty