AC Milan 1-2 Genoa: Silent San Siro sees hosts stunned by relegation scrappers, who climb out of the Serie A drop zone despite Zlatan Ibrahimovic strike
- Genoa took a shock win over AC Milan on Sunday, moving above the drop zone
- The game was played out in an empty San Siro to contain the coronavirus
- Goran Pandev and Francesco Cassata scored before half-time to go ahead
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic pulled one back but they never found the equaliser
Relegation-battling Genoa moved out of the Serie A bottom three thanks to a surprise 2-1 win over AC Milan at an empty San Siro on Sunday.
The visitors raced into a two-goal lead before halftime after Goran Pandev and Francesco Cassata both turned in crosses from close range.
Milan rallied after the break as Zlatan Ibrahimovic pulled one back, but they could not find an equaliser in an eerie atmosphere at one of Italian football’s most iconic stadiums and fell to their first home defeat since early November.
Genoa earned a shock victory over AC Milan on Sunday, with Goran Pandev scoring
The match was played behind closed doors in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak
Zlatan Ibrahimovic got on the score-sheet but couldn’t inspire a a comeback victory
Milan had found strong run of form after the winter break, but their rise back up the table after a horrendous first half of the season has been stalled by the lowly Genoa side.
All Serie A matches are to be played behind closed doors until early April as part of measures introduced by the Italian government to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
The result leaves Milan in seventh place on 36 points, while Genoa moved above Lecce and into 17th place on 25 points.
AC Milan’s had a surge in form after Ibrahimovic’s arrival but their results have tapered off
Many matches in Italy have been postponed and the league is at threat of being cancelled
At the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa, a late double from Fabio Quagliarella earned Sampdoria a 2-1 comeback win over Hellas Verona that ended the visitors nine-match unbeaten league run and kept the hosts one point above the relegation zone in 16th place.
AC are 12 points adrift of the Champions League spots, and still have three points to make up on sixth place Napoli to earn a Europa League spot.