Rui Patricio was immediately called into a fantastic save, as a corner was cleared to the edge of the box for a sensational Theo Hernandez volley. However, upon reviewing it on the VAR monitor, it was clear Tammy Abraham had moved his arm towards the ball and just grazed it. The referee had to award a penalty, converted by Olivier Giroud.
There was another gift from the Roma defence, as Giroud pounced on the awful Roger Ibanez back-pass, hit the outside of the post, but Junior Messias turned in the rebound to make it 2-0.
Just before half time, Tammy Abraham pulled one goal back for Jose Mourinho men. Then Mike Maignan used his legs to deny Nicolò Zaniolo at the near post after the offside trap failed, then made an extraordinary save when Abraham redirected Zaniolo’s strike with his head.
Rick Karsdorp was involved in a series of clashes with Theo Hernandez all night and received his second yellow card for taking down the France international just outside the box, reducing Roma to 10 men.
Milan did get their deserved third goal with two substitutes combining, as Zlatan Ibrahimovic chested down a long ball in midfield to send Rafael Leao sprinting forward, keeping his cool to beat Rui Patricio.
Roma were reduced to nine men after Gianluca Mancini then received a second yellow card for hauling down Leao on another counter-attack, but Ibrahimovic saw the penalty saved by Rui Patricio.
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