AC Milan 2-2 Fiorentina: Abraham and Jovic help hosts recover from two goals down

Struggling AC Milan recovered from conceding 2 aboriginal goals to snatch a melodramatic 2-2 gully against visiting Fiorentina successful Serie A connected Saturday.

The hosts’ hopes of qualifying for the Champions League proceed to fade, and they were 2 goals down successful the opening 10 minutes of this contest.

Things started disconnected poorly for Milan erstwhile Malick Thiaw gave Fiorentina the pb with an ain goal. Away guardant Albert Gudmundsson dribbled past their defence to onslaught from a choky space and Thiaw bundled the shot wrong his ain bare net.

Moise Kean doubled the visitors’ vantage 3 minutes later, firing a first-time changeable from adjacent scope to person a delightful Dodo walk from the right.

The Italy guardant took his extremity tally to 17 for the season, sitting lone down Atalanta’s Mateo Retegui (22) among the Italian top-flight starring scorers.

Milan got backmost into it done a Tammy Abraham onslaught successful the 23rd minute. The English striker played a one-two with Christian Pulisic connected the borderline of the container earlier beating David de Gea with a debased effort.

Abraham could person levelled 2 minutes aboriginal but was blocked by the Fiorentina defence.

Fiorentina thought they had their two-goal pb restored conscionable earlier the interruption done a terrific long-range changeable by Luca Ranieri, but the extremity was ruled retired for a foul connected Pulisic successful the build-up.

An improved Milan returned for the 2nd fractional and Fiorentina keeper De Gea showed immoderate skills erstwhile helium denied Tijjani Reijnders and a point-blank scope follow-up by the lively Pulisic.

But the Spaniard was incapable to contradict first-half substitute Luka Jovic aft 64 minutes erstwhile the erstwhile Fiorentina striker latched onto a defence-splitting walk from Fikayo Tomori to people successful his 2nd crippled successful a enactment with a debased effort from astir the punishment spot.

Dodo past thought helium gave Fiorentina a last-gasp triumph with a volley from a stunning agelong transverse by Nicolo Fagioli, but his extremity was chalked disconnected for offside.

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Having besides conceded doubly aboriginal connected erstwhile they mislaid 2-1 astatine title-chasing Napoli past weekend, Milan person present won lone 2 of their past 7 league games, further denting their chances of securing a top-four finish.

They are ninth successful the array connected 48 points, 4 points down eighth-placed Fiorentina and 8 disconnected fourth-placed Bologna, who big Napoli connected Monday.

The past clip Milan finished extracurricular of the Serie A apical 4 was successful 2019-20.

Data Debrief: Milan amusement warring spirit

Milan battled backmost to assertion a constituent connected this one, and they are present 1 of 2 teams – level with Bologna – who person gained the astir points from losing positions successful Serie A this play (16).

This was the archetypal clip Fiorentina person drawn a Serie A lucifer aft going up by 2 goals since August 2023 erstwhile they besides drew 2-2 against Lecce.

It meant erstwhile Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea could not observe playing his 500th crippled successful the apical 5 European leagues with a victory.

It was the 200th specified quality successful a top-five league for in-form Kean, and helium has present netted against Milan for 3 antithetic Serie A teams, making the Rossoneri the archetypal nine helium has achieved that awesome feat against.