Iturbe attempts to make up for a string of misplaced passes by attempting to thread a precise pass in behind the Milan defence for Belotti, but Donnarumma does well to proactively come off his line to claim before the striker can latch on to it.
90' +1
FOUR minutes of added time have been allocated by the referee which generates an encouraging cheer from the Stadio Olimpico faithful. The Torino fans want their players to go for this, and Milan will probably he happy to take a draw after the dismissal of Romagnoli moments ago.
89'
A. Romagnoli gets a second yellow card and is sent off.
Milan are down to 10 men with two minutes to go! Romagnoli is the guilty party as he takes out Belotti with a late tackle to earn a second yellow card and subsequent red. He is giving the referee an earful, but he is only going to get himself in more trouble if he doesn't get off the pitch.
87'
L. Vangioni enters the game and replaces D. Calabria.
SAAAAAAVE FROM DONNARUMMA! Calabria is posted missing at left-back for Milan which allows Ljajic to collect a pass in a lovely position to the right of the box. He pulls the trigger with a stinging strike aimed towards the top right corner, but the goalkeeper gets across to palm behind for a corner-kick.
84'
M. Niang enters the game and replaces G. Bonaventura.
Bonaventura is the man coming off for Milan, and his replacement will be Niang.
83'
Torino win the ball back in a good area in midfield which catalyses a pacey counter attack, with Llajic leading the charge after a superb pass. Iturbe eventually picks up the ball and powers forward with a speedy dribble, but all the threat swiftly comes out of the move as the former Roma winger picks the wrong pass which is easily intercepted by the hosts.
81'
D. Baselli enters the game and replaces M. Benassi.
Daniele Baselli replaces Benassi for Torino.
80'
Proceedings have indeed burst into life as we approach the final minutes of the match. It resembles a basketball game at the moment as it is so end-to-end that it is hard to keep up with all the players bursting forward to try and get their team's third, and potentially winning, goal.
79'
Iago Falqué gets yellow.
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78'
The game suddenly becomes fairly stretched which allows Bonaventura to open up his stride with a galloping run through the middle of the pitch. However, he is stopped in his tracks by the retreating Falque, who cynically concedes the foul and earns a booking in the process after a tug of the shirt.
76'
After the end-to-end football we witnessed in the first portion of the second half, things have just slowed down ever-so-slightly in terms of how quickly the players are bombing forward. This might be to try and conserve energy for what promises to be an exciting final 10 minutes, though.
74'
J. Kucka enters the game and replaces A. Bertolacci.
First change of the match from Montella and it sees Kucka, who actually scored in the match between Milan and Torino four days ago in the Italian Cup, come on for the disappointing Bertolacci. The latter may have got the first Milan goal, but he has been poor on the whole.
72'
BELOTTI! Torino come SO close to reclaiming their lead! Again, the Milan defenders are guilty of stepping back to allow the attacker room, and the Italian forward takes advantage to pull the trigger with a stunning strike from 25 yards. The luck is with the visitors on this occasion though as it misses the target by a whisker.
70'
Twenty minutes to go in this pulsating Serie A encounter and we are no closer to finding out who can go on to claim the vital three points. If Torino can pull it off, it would be their first win over Milan in the top-flight in 16 years, so certainly about time they stopped the rot!
68'
LJAJIC! HOW CLOSE WAS THAT?! The former Roma forward is awarded far too much space in the final third and eventually skips inside on his right foot before sending a dipping strike high towards the top corner. Donnarumma struggles to get across, but Milan survive as the attempt flashes JUST wide of the left-hand post!
67'
S. Lukić enters the game and replaces M. Valdifiori.
Valdifiori won't be able to continue, and makes way for Sasa Lukic.
66'
Torino take the short corner and after a few passes, Iturbe sees possession around 30 yards out. The substitute moves into space further forward and decides to pull the trigger from range, but the connection isn't great which makes it easier for a member of the Milan backline to make the block and then the subsequent clearance. Poor in the end from the hosts.
64'
A small break in play at the moment as Valdifiori is currently down after taking a nasty fall to the floor after an aerial challenge with a Milan midfielder. After a few moments he attempts to soldier on, but is really struggling to shake off the issue so perhaps he will need to come off. He is still continuing for the moment, though.
62'
Suso commands the ball superbly on the edge of the Torino box and probes to try and find a yard of space to get the shot away. In the end he displays patience to eventually lay a pass down the right channel for Abate who lifts a wicked cross into the danger area from the byline, but Moretti is there to make the important clearance.
61'
J. Iturbe enters the game and replaces J. Obi.
Just as Milan equalise, Torino make their opening change as Obi makes way for Juan Iturbe.
60'
Penalty goal scored by C. Bacca for AC Milan!
GOOOOAAAAALLLLL FOR MILAN! Montella's men are back on level terms! Bacca steps up and confidently dispatches the penalty into the right corner past Hart! Two-two! GAME ON.
59'
L. Rossettini gets yellow.
Booking for Rossettini as he concedes the penalty.
PENALTY TO MILAN! Rossettini has completely let his team-mates down here as he needlessly hauls Paletta to the floor inside the box even though Hart was ALWAYS going to claim the cross out of the air. Definite spotkick!
58'
What a game we have on our hands now, folks. This game was always going to be a cracker with the way both sides flood men forward, but with the way the play is going it doesn't look like the goalscoring is going to stop now!
57'
J. Obi gets yellow.
Obi sees yellow now, and deservedly so as the tackle was late, and indeed high.
55'
A. Bertolacci has scored a goal for AC Milan!
GOOOOAAAAALLLLL FOR MILAN! After a few failed clearances, the ball falls nicely to Bertolacci a few yards out who manages to JUST smuggle a strike over the line past the despairing Hart. Two-one.
54'
Milan continue to pop the ball around in a fashion which is fairly easy on the eye, but like in the first period it is coming without much penetrative threat into the final third. Bacca has been desperately bereft of any kind of decent service, which is probably why Montella has sent M'Baye Niang out to warm up.
52'
Zappacosta displays an impressive turn of pace to drive beyond Bonaventura down the right touchline before attempting to thread a precise pass in behind the Milan defence for the onrushing Ljajic. However, Romagnoli is there for the visitors again to make the interception.
50'
A. Belotti gets yellow.
Belotti's passion and desire can sometimes get the better of him, and it does so on this occasion as he goes into the book for a very late tackle on Bertolacci around 35 yards out from the Torino goal.
48'
VITAL block by Romagnoli! Ljajic cleverly reverses a pass down the left wing for the overlapping Barreca who stands a teasing cross to the back post. Belotti uses his neck muscles to bullet a header at goal, but the Milan defender is positioned well and protects his goalkeeper with a solid interception.
46'
We are back under way in Turin!
45'
A. Romagnoli gets yellow.
The bookings are coming thick and fast in Turin and the latest guilty party is Romagnoli who cynically halts the Torino counter with a foul on Belotti.
44'
Some lovely interplay from Milan on the edge of the opposition box involving Bacca and Bonaventura, with the latter eventually bursting his way into a shooting position. The strike comes, but it is desperately poor and ends up being sent straight down the throat of the grateful Hart in the Torino goalmouth.
42'
From the Moretti foul, Milan get the free-kick a yard outside the box on the right channel. Suso is the man tasked with the set-piece after winning it himself and steps up to curl a gorgeous attempt up and over the Torino wall, but unfortunately for the visitors it goes INCHES wide of the post. So unlucky!
41'
Moretti is punished with the yellow after a cheap foul on Suso.
40'
E. Moretti gets yellow.
GREAT SAVE FROM JOE HART! The Manchester City loanee, who has not had a thing to do so far, does well when called into action for the first time and tips a lovely strike from Suso over the crossbar for the corner-kick. That attempt was definitely goal-bound from the Spaniard!
38'
PENALTY SHOUT FOR MILAN! A speculative cross is swung to the back post inside the Torino box and Bonaventura takes possession in before going down under the high challenge from Zappacosta. The Milan star is actually kicked right on the top of the shin, but the referee fails to point to the spot!
36'
Montella's men are enjoying a nice period of sustained possession at the moment but it is all coming in areas which don't pose any threat to Torino. The biggest problem going forward for Milan is that there is no bridge between the midfield and attack, which is leaving Bacca pretty isolated up top.
34'
Milan really need to sort themselves out here and are very lucky not to be three goals down before even the half-time whistle. Donnarumma is the only player who hasn't really put a foot wrong so far, and thanks to him and the penalty save the scoreline remains at 2-0. Here come Torino again, though...
32'
Penalty saved by G. Donnarumma!
MISSED PENALTY FROM TORINO! Ljajic attempts to catch out the goalkeeper by passing the ball straight down the middle, but Donnarumma remains tall to make the easy save! What a terrible, terrible spotkick.
Donnarumma keeps Milan in with a shout with the saved penalty!
30'
PENALTY TO TORINO! After some neat work from Falque down the left-hand side, Abate is forced into making the tackle, but does so clumsily and ends up hacking away at the legs of the former Roma winger. Definite pen!
28'
Milan have been pretty awful so far and there are many factors which will have Montella worried. They are defending atrociously, but they have also been equally as ineffective at the other end of the park as Hart hasn't had a save to make between the sticks! Are Bacca, Suso, and Bonaventura even playing?!
26'
M. Benassi has scored a goal for Torino! Assist by Iago Falqué.
Again, the assist was actually an attempted shot, but Falque and Torino won't care!
GOOOOAAAAALLL FOR TORINO! The second comes quickly! After numerous failed clearances from Milan following a cross into the box, the ball loosely falls to the feet of Benassi, who cleverly flicks the ball beyond the despairing defender from 10 yards out! Two-nil.
25'
M. Locatelli gets yellow.
Yellow for Locatelli after a foul on Belotti.
23'
You can see why so many of Europe's top clubs are interested in making a bid for Belotti. Not only does the Italian hold a predatory instinct in front of goal, which we just saw moments ago, but he also loves a physical battle and is really taking it to Paletta and Romagnoli at the back for Milan.
21'
A. Belotti has scored a goal for Torino! Assist by A. Ljajić.
It was meant as a shot, but Ljajic gets the assist anyway!
GOOOOOAAAAAALLLL FOR TORINO! The hosts take the lead! Falque leaves the defender for dead with a nutmeg down the right wing and moves inside to lay the ball into the path of Ljajic. The former Roma man pulls the trigger with a poorly-connected strike, but Belotti is positioned to poke home from seven yards! One-nil.
19'
Apart from that Belotti strike early on, neither goalkeeper has been regularly tested between the sticks so far. Hart in particular has been nowhere near as busy as he would have expected, especially with the way Torino usually ship goals!
17'
Milan are just starting to feel their way into proceedings a little more now with Romagnoli and Paletta moving the backline all the way up to halfway. Even with the possession they are enjoying, the visitors need to be wary of Belotti who could easily break through on goal on the counter.
15'
Bacca collects the ball to feet on the edge of the box and attempts to dink the ball past Moretti, only for it to bounce off the arm of the Torino defender. Bacca is well within his rights to complain to the referee, but at that distance the centre-back couldn't really have moved out of the way.
13'
There is an interesting battle developing with Paletta and Belotti inside the Milan half, and the defender is starting to be quite proactive in his tackling to try and not allow the talented striker any space. On this occasion, he just gives him a slap to the back to alert him of his presence.
11'
An odd situation ensues just in front of the dugout as Bacca battles away with Rossettini to try and win the ball before sending the Torino defender flying with a shoulder barge. Rossettini actually beats the ball away with his hand while falling to the floor, prompting the Colombian to ask for the yellow, but the referee doesn't do anything and waves play on.
9'
Paletta sees the ball to feet a couple of times at the back within the space of a few seconds, but both times the big defender is forced to play square due to the high pressing of Belotti. It looks like the Milan man has been targeted for some high-tempo pressure from the Torino frontline.
7'
Torino are bossing things at the moment as the Milan trio in midfield have been unable to stamp their authority on proceedings. Valdifiori is the man running things in those central areas, but the hosts need to capitalise on this small period of dominance.
5'
SAAAAVE FROM DONNARUMMA! Belotti breaks the offside trap superbly and latches on to a threaded ball down the channel before running through one-on-one. He lashes a strike at goal from around 12 yards out just to the right, but the Milan stopper is equal to it and makes the solid stop. Great play from Torino!
3'
Almost a horror moment for Milan in the early stages as Paletta goes to clear the ball away from the edge of the box, only for it to cannon off the shin of Belotti before ominously heading towards goal. Luckily for the visitors, their blushes are spared as the ball goes behind for a goal-kick.
1'
We are under way in Turin!
TEAM NEWS...
Torino and Milan actually faced each other as recently as four days ago. On that occasion in the Italian Cup at San Siro, Montella's charges ran out very narrow 2-1 victors thanks to strikes from Giacomo Bonaventura and Juraj Kucka after Belotti had given the visitors the lead in the first half.
Torino are in ninth place at the moment, but have certainly played some exciting stuff this season, scoring plenty of goals. Mihajlovic is in charge of the side from Turin now, and will be hoping the likes of star striker, Andrea Belotti, can inspire a positive result over the team he was at the helm of, unsuccessfully, last season.
Good evening football fans! Welcome to LIVE coverage of the Italian Serie A encounter between Torino and Milan from the Stadio Olimpico di Torino.
Half-time at the Stadio Olimpico. Torino are on course to claim the home win as they go into the break with a healthy 2-0 lead over Milan, who have been desperately poor both at the back and in attack. Still plenty of time to recover, though, and the visitors can't really play as badly as they did in the opening 45. Second period to come.
Under the tutelage of Vincenzo Montella, Milan appear to be generating the feel-good factor back to the San Siro somewhat after the underwhelming tenures of Sinisa Mihajlovic, Filippo Inzaghi, and Clarence Seedorf. However, after a very positive start to the campaign they have started to slip down the table and are currently down in sixth. They remain five points clear of the Champions League qualification positions, but do have two games in hand over their rivals.
Full-time at the Stadio Olimpico. Torino fail to claim all three points against the 10 men of Milan despite going into the break with a two-goal lead only to be pegged back by the Rossoneri. We finish at 2-2 with Belotti, Benassi, Bertolacci, and Bacca getting on the scoresheet for their respective sides. Thanks for joining us!
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