Overview
- Lazio beat Monza 3-1 on Sunday, Oct. 11, with Nuno Tavares scoring a long-range screamer inside three minutes and Andrea Pinamonti sealing the win late with his first goal for the club.
- Monza went down to 10 men when Lorenzo Lucchesi received a straight red card for hauling back Tijjani Noslin, a dismissal that shifted the match momentum back in Lazio’s favour.
- Gennaro Gattuso praised Lazio’s first-half display but warned the team about recurring second-half drop-offs, saying they cannot afford to try to simply manage games from a 2-0 lead.
- AC Milan were held 1-1 at Sassuolo on the same day after Adrien Rabiot’s strike was cancelled by Cas Odenthal, and Milan suffered a worrying early injury to defender Matteo Gabbia who was stretchered off with a bad left-thigh strain.
- After six rounds the result leaves Lazio level with reigning champions Inter on 16 points, a tight early title race in which set-pieces, red cards and injuries have already shaped several outcomes and could influence team selection going forward.