AC Milan slips up at Crotone
AC Milan's European hopes took another blow as Vincenzo Montella's side could only earn a scrappy 1-1 draw at relegation-threatened Crotone on Monday (AEST).
After a damaging defeat at home to lowly Empoli last week, Milan was looking for a timely three-points against 18th-placed Crotone at Stadio Ezio Scida.
However, the struggler took the lead after just seven minutes when Marcello Trotta pounced on a scramble in the Milan box to fire home his first goal in six months.
Gabriel Paletta bundled in an equaliser shortly after the break, applying the final touch on the line after chaos in the Crotone penalty area.
But Milan - which had Juraj Kucka sent off deep into injury time - could not go on to find a crucial winner and it is five points adrift of fifth-placed Atalanta and just three ahead of city rival Inter, which lost to Napoli on Monday.
Crotone, which saw two goals ruled out against Trotta one of which was seemingly marginally wrong, was impressive but it is still four points from safety despite making it five matches unbeaten.
