AC Milan 3-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Oluwafikayomi Tomori shone in the defence of his AC Milan side helping the Serie A champions to notch their first Champions League victory this campaign, reports Edwin Emeanua for Sports Joust.
Olivier Giroud, Alexis Saelemaekers, and Tommaso Pobega goals secured AC Milan a 3-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb on home turf on Wednesday in a Group E tie.
Giroud fired his penalty play into the net to open the scoring for Milan in the first half with Saelemaekers and Pobega increasing the tally with two more goals following halftime.
The win propelled Milan to the top of the group’s table with 4 points ahead of Zagreb Dinamo whose opening 1-0 shocking home over Chelsea now comes in second place with 3 points.
Milan who earned a hard-fought draw at Salzburg in their first group game secured a crucial victory by fending off a belated flurry of attacks from the Croatian opposition.
Milan began the tie briskly but Dinamo almost scored in the 28th minute against the run of play from a Sadegh Moharrami effort but Milan goalkeeper, Mike Maignan was equal to his left-footed shot.
The Italians finally broke the duck through Giroud’s penalty kick on the verge of halftime after Rafael Leao was downed by a Josip Sutalo challenge.
Saelemaekers then scored with a thundering header in the 47th minute before Dinamo halved the lead through Mislav Orsic, only for Pobega to score a scorcher to confirm Milan’s win.
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