AC Milan rally to beat Verona and move step closer to Serie A title with Sandro Tonali and Rafael Leao starring

Rafael Leao once again proved AC Milan's saviour as he created two goals for Sandro Tonali as the Rossoneri recovered from a goal down to win in Verona and move a step closer to their first Serie A title since 2011. After a strong opening, when they were denied a goal from Tonali by a marginal offside early in the build up, Milan fell behind to a header from Verona skipper Davide Faraoni, who nodded home Darko Lazovic's perfect cross.

Ad/> Three minutes into injury-time in the first half, Leao raced to the byline on the left side of the penalty area and drove a ball which Tonali nudged home from two yards out. TransfersChelsea could lose Mount and Pulisic this summer — Paper Round02/05/2022 AT 05:40 Four minutes after the restart, it was almost deja vu when, breaking from a corner, Leao raced past Antonin Barak and then played a perfect low cross to Tonali at the back post.

Serie A table Serie A fixtures/results <a class=«text-br-3-120 hover:underline active:underline» data-analytics-id=«textlink» target="_blank" rel=«noopener» data-testid=«atom-textlink» href=«http://scorers» https: www.eurosport.co.uk football serie-a>Serie A top scorers In the 86th minute, Milan's nerves were allayed as substitute Alessandro Florenzi played a one-two with Junior Messias then drove into the box and smashed a low effort home. Milan now lie two points clear of rivals Inter, also holding an advantage in the head-to-head tie-breaker employed in Serie A if sides are level on points, with just two games remaining.