Christian Pulisic was on the scoresheet as Milan held on for a win over Genoa, while Weston McKennie made a speedy return for Juventus as they shared the points with Fiorentina.
Genoa 1-2 Milan
Milan moved up to fourth place in the standings as two first-half goals saw them hold on for the win over Genoa at Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
Christian Pulisic played 79 minutes in a man of the match performance as made two keys passes, won five duels, and made six defensive contributions. Yunus Musah also started and played 87 minutes as he completed 88 percent passing and made two defensive contributions.
After a rough game in the Europa League, which was a 2-0 loss to Ferencvaros, the Rossoneri needed a result to overcome their malaise.
The visitors scored the opener in the 13th minute when Pulisic held off his marker to pass the ball to Adrien Rabiot. The Frenchman then dribbled the ball into the penalty area and delivered a pass to Alphadjo Cisse to sweep the ball into the goal.
Milan kept the momentum going their way six minutes later when they doubled the lead. Poor passing by the Genoa backline saw Goncalo Ramos take possession of the ball in the 18-yard box. He then passed the ball to Pulisic to slot it home.
The hosts cut the deficit in the 88th minute with a long-range strike from Mikael Egill Ellertsson, but it was not enough as Milan took the three points.
It’s back to the San Siro on November 22 when Milan plays host to Frosinone.
Fiorentina 2-2 Juventus
Juventus had to fight back to earn a point against relegation-threatened Fiorentina at Stadio Artemio Franchi as they remained in seventh place.
Weston McKennie made his return to the starting lineup after missing the Bianconeri’s Europa League through injury, as he played 78 minutes, taking one shot and making three defensive contributions.
The visitors were behind four minutes into the contest when Fiorentina scored from a corner kick. However, they found the equalizer in the 32nd minute when McKennie sent the ball down the right side to Kolo Muani and centered it to Nick Woltemade to steer home.
Juventus found themselves in a hole again nine minutes into the second half when Fiorentina reclaimed the lead.
The deficit forced the team to dig in to find the equalizer, and they did in the 66th minute through Bremer as he headed in Douglas Luiz’s corner kick.
After the international break, Juventus will play at home against Venezia on November 22.
Notes
In other Serie A action, Ben Cremaschi played the first half as 10-man Parma suffered a 2-1 loss to Bologna.
Gianluca Busio was an unused substitute as Venezia secured a 2-1 win over Udinese.
Giorgio De Marzi watched from the bench in Roma’s 3-0 win over Sassuolo.
