Overview
- Saelemaekers opened the scoring inside three minutes from a Christian Pulisic delivery before Pulisic struck the second before halftime.
- A second-half VAR review upgraded Pervis Estupiñán’s caution to a red card for denying Giovanni Di Lorenzo, and Kevin De Bruyne converted the resulting penalty for Napoli.
- The win lifts Milan to 12 points atop the table on goal difference over Napoli and Roma, extending a four-match winning run.
- Santi Giménez started for Milan and was substituted in the 69th minute, and Rafael Leão returned to action from injury.
- Milan visits Juventus next Sunday, while Napoli hosts Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League midweek before facing Genoa.