"Milan went into the game battling an injury crisis with Christian Pulisic, Adrien Rabiot, Christopher Nkunku, Pervis Estupinan, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ardon Jashari all out. This meant three changes from the draw with Juventus before the break, and only seven players on the bench (five outfield). The Rossoneri missed a couple of big chances in the first half, then Robin Gosens stunned the over 70,000 home fans as he scored early in the second half for the away side."
"but it was time for the Rafael Leao show to take centre-stage. Firstly, the Portuguese forward found the bottom corner from 25 yards out to level things, then Fabiano Parisi brought down Santiago Gimenez inside the box and Leao converted from 12 yards, sending David De Gea the wrong way to complete the comeback. The result means that Milan go back top of the summit after seven games, and it condemns Fiorentina to another round in the bottom three."
AC Milan overcame a heavy injury list and a limited bench to beat Fiorentina 2-1 at San Siro, reclaiming first place in Serie A. Robin Gosens opened the scoring early in the second half for Fiorentina before Rafael Leao equalised from 25 yards and then converted a penalty after Fabiano Parisi fouled Santiago Gimenez. The defence remained generally strong despite an unlucky goal caused by ricochets and communication lapses, with Matteo Gabbia and Strahinja Pavlovic notable at the back and Luka Modric contributing work-rate to help close out the match.
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