Noah Okafor snatches late champ as AC Milan edges past eight-man Lazio.

Milan snatched their most memorable win in four matches when substitute Okafor at long last broke the gridlock a short ways from time.

Lazio had three players shipped off as Noah Okafor’s late objective got a 1-0 win for AC Milan in a tumultuous match at the Stadio Olimpico. Milan snatched their most memorable win in four matches, a run which has seen their generally weak expectations of a title challenge disappear, when substitute Okafor, at last, broke the gridlock a little ways from time.

The match turned in support of themselves when Lazio’s Luca Pellegrini unnecessarily got himself shipped off with over 30 minutes still to play. Lazio lost their heads in stoppage time and wrapped up with eight men after Adam Marusic and Matteo Guendouzi were likewise excused.

Lazio, who travel to Bayern Munich on Tuesday hoping to safeguard their 1-0 lead from the main leg of their Bosses Association conflict, were inches away from starting to lead the pack following 10 minutes. Felipe Anderson flicked on a Luis Alberto corner and Matias Vecino pushed the ball barely wide of the far post.

They were denied a punishment minutes some other time when Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan took an unfortunate touch from a backpass and afterward cleared out Valentin Castellanos with his completion, yet nothing was given either on the field or in the VAR room.

Milan’s most memorable possibility showed up when previous Roma right-back Alessandro Florenzi crossed for Olivier Giroud, yet the Frenchman’s header was askew. Giroud ought to have put the guests ahead in first-half stoppage time after Christian Pulisic’s drive was driven off the crossbar by Ivan Provider. Theo Hernandez swung in the corner, however Giroud’s header at the far post flew innocuously over.

Lazio was decreased 10 men not long before the hour when Pellegrini, who had been reserved seven minutes sooner for a foul on Pulisic, was shipped off for unmitigatedly pulling back the previous Chelsea man. Minutes after the fact, Giroud played a one-two with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, however, he could hit his shot directly at Provedel.

Provedel showed extraordinary responses to get a hand to a Loftus-Cheek volley before the 10 men had a brilliant opportunity to go on when substitute Ciro Stationary in some way missed the objective from four yards out. Milan thought they had started to lead the pack with 13 minutes remaining when Rafael Leao terminated home from a tight point, however an extended VAR look governed the work for offside.

The objective came after Provedel made one more fine one-gave save to keep out Okafor’s underlying drive. However, Lazio couldn’t clear the free ball and when it tumbled to Okafor once more, the Switzerland global forward lashed it into the net. The coordinate finished in a sham with both Marusic and Guendouzi shipped off at the demise as Milan hung on for a well-deserved triumph.