In what was a crucial early season clash at the Allianz Stadium, AC Milan emerged with a hard-earned point against rivals Juventus.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport writes, Max Allegri’s team were better in the first half but were unable to close out a game in which the Rossoneri did not give up, demonstrating a maturity that is now concrete after growing pains at first under Stefano Pioli.
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Milan are joint top of the table with Inter, but Simone Inzaghi’s side have met up to now only medium-low-ranking opponents, while the Rossoneri have instead faced two of the other six teams that will be fighting for a top four spot.
Milan overcame adversity too as Simon Kjaer was forced off through injury to add to the pile of problems, but he was replaced in a more than encouraging way by Pierre Kalulu.
Having an eight-point advantage over Juve is certainly a good start to the season, while the Bianconeri will be left rueing how they left Ante Rebic alone on a corner kick.
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I wonder how will Pioli rotate the players in upcoming tight schedule