Overview
- Como struck first through Marc-Oliver Kempf before Christopher Nkunku converted a 45+1’ penalty and Adrien Rabiot completed the turnaround with goals on 55’ and 88’.
- Mike Maignan produced multiple decisive saves, notably denying Nico Paz and Da Cunha, with coach Massimiliano Allegri saying the goalkeeper “kept us in it.”
- Milan became the first team to win at the Sinigaglia this season in the rescheduled Round 16 match, moving to 43 points in second place, three behind Inter and three ahead of Napoli.
- Allegri shifted systems during the match and overruled Rafa Leao to assign the penalty to Nkunku; Leao later supplied the assist for Rabiot’s go-ahead strike.
- Italian media report Milan are close to renewing Maignan’s deal, with some outlets citing a possible extension to 2031, as post-match debate flared over Fabregas’s possession style versus Allegri’s pragmatism.