AC Milan and head-to-head matches were a combination that seemed to be working wonderfully for Massimiliano Allegri’s side this season.
As we wrote about in a Devil’s Advocate column during the week (sorry for jinxing it), games against teams competing for the European places have become one of the strengths in the first year of Allegri’s second spell at the club.
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Going into Sunday night’s game at the Stadio Olimpico, the Rossoneri had won eight of the 12 ‘direct clashes’ played so far this season, with the other four being draws.
The list of results read as follows: 1-0 win vs. Bologna, 2-1 win vs. Napoli, 0-0 draw vs. Juventus, 2-1 win vs. Fiorentina, 1-1 draw vs. Atalanta, 1-0 win vs. Roma, 0-1 win vs. Inter, 1-0 win vs. Lazio, 1-1 draw vs. Fiorentina, 1-1 draw vs. Roma, 0-3 win vs. Bologna, 1-0 win vs. Inter.
However, last night’s game against Lazio produced the first blot on the record as the Rossoneri fell to a 1-0 defeat. Gustav Isaksen got the only goal of the game inside the first half, catching Milan cold on the break and finishing past Mike Maignan.
It is a loss at the most damaging time for Allegri’s side too, because it means that Inter are now eight points clear at the top, whereas with a win in the capital it would have been just five.
