Match highlights
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AC Milan vs Cagliari highlights
How the goals came
35' Ismaël Bennacer opens the scoring for AC Milan → 59' Christian Pulisic extends AC Milan's lead (the winner) → 63' Nahitan Nández pulls one back for Cagliari → 74' Tijjani Reijnders extends AC Milan's lead → 83' Rafael Leão extends AC Milan's lead → 86' Christian Pulisic extends AC Milan's lead. Full time: 5-1, AC Milan win.
The match, goal by goal
5 of the 6 goals came after half-time.
35' Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) 1-0
Ismaël Bennacer broke the deadlock in the 35th minute, putting AC Milan 1-0 up at San Siro. Milan never surrendered the lead from that point on, so the first-half opener turned out to be the winning goal. It was the start of what became a 5-1 victory over Cagliari.
59' Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) 2-0
Holding a 1-0 lead from the first half, AC Milan doubled their advantage in the 59th minute through Christian Pulisic. The goal made it 2-0 and gave the hosts a two-goal cushion. Pulisic would add a second of his own later in the match, in the 86th minute.
63' Nahitan Nández (Cagliari) 2-1
Trailing by two, Cagliari responded just four minutes after Milan's second goal. Nahitan Nández struck in the 63rd minute to cut the deficit to 2-1 and put the visitors back within a goal. It would prove to be Cagliari's only goal of the afternoon at San Siro.
74' Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) 3-1
With Cagliari having pulled within a goal, Tijjani Reijnders restored AC Milan's two-goal margin in the 74th minute. His goal made it 3-1, eleven minutes after Nández had narrowed the gap. From there, Milan went on to score twice more in the closing stages.
83' Rafael Leão (AC Milan) 4-1
Rafael Leão made it 4-1 in the 83rd minute, stretching AC Milan's lead to three goals. Coming nine minutes after Reijnders' strike, it left little doubt about the outcome. Pulisic followed with a fifth just three minutes later.
86' Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) 5-1
Christian Pulisic scored his second goal of the match in the 86th minute, completing the 5-1 final score. It came only three minutes after Leão's goal. Having already found the net in the 59th minute, Pulisic rounded off AC Milan's emphatic home win over Cagliari.
