Milan cruises to victory as home form improves
AC Milan ended a three-game winless run at home with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Serie A's bottom club Salernitana on Sunday (AEDT).
First-half goals from Franck Kessie and Alexis Saelemaekers eased the league leader to three points at San Siro.
It should have been a more one-sided scoreline, the Rossoneri spurning a host of second-half chances through Brahim Diaz and Junior Messias to extend the lead.
The contest was firmly in Milan's control almost from the off. Kessie squeezed a left-foot shot into the bottom-right corner with just five minutes played, and both Saelemaekers and Brahim were whiskers away from adding a second.
Milan suffered a blow when Pietro Pellegri was forced off injured after a quarter of an hour, but a deserved second goal soon came, Saelemaekers given time to consider a cross before placing a fine finish beyond Vid Belec's reach from just inside the box.
Rade Krunic was denied by Belec and Kessie side-footed wide just before the interval, with Alessio Romagnoli heading wide just after the restart.
It began to look a case of when rather than if Milan would score again: Fikayo Tomori nodded wide and Messias was denied by a fine one-handed save from Belec, who also smothered the ball at the feet of the lively Brahim.
Messias stung the palms of Belec from the edge of the box and both Brahim and Sandro Tonali prodded wide with the goal at their mercy, but the risk of a Salernitana comeback was never on the cards.