AC Milan 5-1  Cagliari: Bennacer, Pulisic , Reijnders  and Leao  star  in rout…

AC Milan broke their run of six games without a win in convincing fashion as they beat a relegation-threatened Cagliari side 5-1 at San Siro on Saturday night.

Milan started the game slowly but they took the lead thanks to a goal from the captain Ismael Bennacer, and they doubled that lead early in the second half when Christian Pulisic finished having been put through on goal by Rafael Leao, who came off the bench.

Nahitan Nandez halved the deficit for Cagliari, but then Tijjani Reijnders fired in a scorcher before Pulisic and Leao each scored inside the final 10 minutes to ensure there would be no nervy finish.

The win means that the Rossoneri have taken another big step towards finishing in second place while waiting for other results, and most importantly they put on a show for the fans who showed up to support.

The rumours of the last 24 hours were confirmed when the starting line-up came out before kick-off with Stefano Pioli opting to bench the likes of Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao, while Pierre Kalulu, Yunus Musah and Samuel Chukwueze all got the nod.

iven that the Curva Sud had decided to continue their protest after the Genoa game last weekend there was an eerie atmosphere surrounding San Siro as Milan dominated possession in the early stages but never managed to threaten with any more than a couple of corners.

The first save of the game was made by Scuffet in the 11th minute when a cross was headed out to Alessandro Florenzi who had pushed up from his left-back position and hit a volley that was heading for the bottom corner but was parried away.

Cagliari had appeals for a penalty waved away when a cross was cleared to the edge of the box and a strike came back in that deflected onto Malick Thiaw, yet the replays showed his arm was tucked in by his side. A few minutes later, Luvumbo found space centrally to fire on goal from 20 yards but Marco Sportiello gathered easily.

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