De Ketelaere’s redemption, Lookman’s double and a stunning Atalanta winner extended Milan’s slump as huge game beckons
“If the game had finished 2-2 then there were lots of positives,” insisted Stefano Pioli on Saturday night. All that was missing was a TV chef to remind us that if his granny had wheels she would have been a bike. Pioli’s Milan did not draw with Atalanta, losing instead to a magnificently mischievous backheel by Luis Muriel. It was their fifth defeat in the last 10 games.
The scores were level in Bergamo heading into injury time. Then Milan’s captain, Davide Calabria, was sent off for a second yellow card. Moments later the player he fouled, Aleksei Miranchuk, turned two defenders to release Muriel, whose goal sealed a 3-2 Atalanta win.
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