Milan– United States of America international Christian Pulisic Returned from injury and came close to scoring the winner AC Milan Relegation threat looms in 2-2 draw Parma On Saturday, the visiting team lost the initial 2-0 lead.
The point brought Milan level with the defending champions napoliwho faces a difficult journey bologna On Sunday. Inter Milan and Roma were one point behind Milan and will also play against them on Sunday Lazio And udineseRespectively.
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Milan would have gone top with a win and took the lead in the 12th minute. Christopher Nkunku dropped the ball alexis selemakersWho cut inside and fired a precise shot into the bottom left corner.
Selemakers also earned a penalty that allowed the Rossoneri to double their lead in the 25th, although it was unnecessary for Parma as belgium The winger was dribbling towards the byline when he was fouled iliman rivers,
take rafale Hit the ball into the lower left corner.
Milan seemed to be in complete control, but Parma stormed back into the match in first-half stoppage time adrien bernabe A left footed strike into the far top corner from the left edge of the area.
And Parma equalized in the 62nd minute when Enrico Del Prato headed in a header from Sascha Britschgi’s cross.
Pulisic was brought on in the 70th minute for the first time in almost a month after suffering a hamstring injury on international duty.
And six minutes later he almost made a decisive impact as he ran onto Leao’s backheel flick and only had the goalkeeper to beat, but he fired just wide of the right post.
It was a valuable point for Parma who moved two points above the drop zone.
elsewhere, juventus After a 0-0 draw at home, it was left two to three points behind in fifth place. torino In a derby match.
torino goalkeeper Alberto Paleri Quick reaction save to stop US midfielder’s header Weston McKenney,
his juventus counterpart Michelle Di Gregorio had refused earlier che adams With one hand save.
Juventus won the first match under Luciano Spalletti 2-1 cremonese last weekend – but held it to a draw at Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
