Lazio inflict third straight Serie A loss on Milan

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Lazio inflict third straight Serie A loss on Milan

AC Milan have fallen further into crisis as an added-time penalty condemned them to a 2-1 defeat at home to Lazio.

Despite being reduced to 10 men, Milan managed to level in the 84th minute but Pedro converted a penalty in the eighth minute of stoppages on Sunday.

This was Milan’s third straight Serie A loss amid a disastrous run that also saw the Rossoneri ****** out of the Champions League.

Milan dropped to ninth in the standings and were leapfrogged by Roma after Claudio Ranieri’s team fought back to beat 10-man Como 2-1.

Roma were trailing at home to Como following Lucas Da Cunha’s goal on the stroke of halftime.

But the match changed in the 61st minute. Alexis Saelemaekers, who had only just come off the bench, saw his effort deflected by Como defender Edoardo Goldaniga and go in off the underside of the crossbar.

It quickly got worse for the away side as they almost immediately went down to 10 men when defender Marc-Oliver Kempf was sent off following a second yellow card.

Halftime substitute Artem Dovbyk scored the winner in the 76th, volleying in a cross from Devyne Rensch — who had been on the field for less than two minutes.

Victory lifts Roma up to eighth, six points below Juventus, who host Hellas Verona on Monday.

Lazio climbed back into fourth place — one point above Juve — and were looking to get back to winning ways following two Serie A draws and being knocked out of the Italian Cup midweek by league leaders Inter, also at San Siro.

Mattia Zaccagni gave the visitors the lead in the 28th minute. His initial attempt was saved by Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan but Zaccagni tapped in the rebound.

Milan’s chances of getting something from the match diminished in the 67th when defender Strahinja Pavlovic was shown a straight red card for a dangerous tackle on Lazio midfielder Matteo Guendouzi.

Milan nevertheless managed to find an 84th-minute equaliser when an unmarked Samuel Chukwueze headed in at the far post.

But there was even later drama when Lazio were awarded a penalty on video review after Maignan brought down forward Gustav Isaksen. Pedro struck the spot kick into the bottom right corner.

Elsewhere, sixth-placed Bologna rallied to beat relegation-threatened Cagliari 2-1 and Torino won 2-0 at bottom club Monza.

Empoli, who surprisingly knocked defending champions Juventus out of the Italian Cup midweek, drew 1-1 at Genoa to remain in the bottom three, one point from safety.

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