Christian Pulisic’s second-half goal and Mike Maignan’s penalty save helped AC Milan to a 1-0 win over city rivals Inter to move second in Serie A.
Inter were chasing a victory which would have sent them top and started positively, but could not create any clear-cut chances.
In a half of few opportunities, Inter came closest when Francesco Acerbi’s header clipped the post in between two excellent Maignan saves to deny Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martinez.
Having weathered the first-half storm, Milan struck on the counter 10 minutes into the second half when Yann Sommer fumbled Alexis Saelmaeker’s shot straight into the path of Pulisic, who tapped into the empty net.
Inter looked to respond immediately and amped up the pressure, before Thuram won a penalty with 15 minutes remaining after he was caught on the foot by Strahinja Pavlovic.
Hakan Calhanoglu stepped up to take, but Maignan dived to his right to preserve Milan’s lead.
Inter huffed and puffed, but could not get close to scoring, allowing Milan to take the spoils in the derby and extend their unbeaten streak against Inter to six matches.
