Milan are camped inside their own half at the moment as the Torino pressure builds, however, the hosts have defended well throughout and it looks like it will take something special to beat them today.
90' +2
Another late yellow card is shown here, this time it is to Segre.
90' +1
J. Segre gets yellow.
90'
There will be a minimum of six minutes added time played at the end of the second half.
88'
The hosts are starting to take their time with any set pieces now, just slowing the pace and clock down as much as they can in order to see the game out.
86'
Torino make a change, with Belotti heading off and he has been replaced by Bonazzoli.
85'
D. Calabria gets yellow.
F. Bonazzoli enters the game and replaces A. Belotti.
D. Maldini enters the game and replaces J. Hauge.
Z. Ibrahimović enters the game and replaces Rafael Leão.
Calabria is shown a late yellow card.
Hauge is the other player to be taken off and he has been replaced by Maldini.
Milan make their final changes of the game, the first sees the return of Ibrahimovic as he replaces Leao.
83'
The visitors need to get a goal now if they are to get anything out of this game, as there isn't long left to play.
79'
Rafael Leão gets yellow.
Leao is booked for diving, after he raced forward on the counter and seemed to anticipate contact from a Torino player, which didn't come.
Into the wall! Verdi steps up to take a free-kick, but the Milan wall do a very good job and block the effort, sending it out wide for a corner.
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78'
Free-kick to Torino around 20 yards out and in a good shooting position after Belotti is fouled by Kjaer. A similar position to where Rodriguez hit the crossbar from the first half.
76'
J. Segre enters the game and replaces T. Rincón.
Another change by the visitors now, with Rincon the man coming off the pitch and he has been replaced by Segre.
Wild effort! Castillejo finds space on the edge of the box as a corner is delivered towards him, but he takes the shot first-time on the volley and gets it all wrong, with the strike flying well wide.
74'
Ibrahimovic is getting warmed up on the sidelines, he is back in the Milan squad for the first time since November. Will we see a cameo from him today?
72'
Decent chance! Belotti manages to get in front of his marker as a corner is whipped into the box, he heads it down, but it is straight at Donnarumma, who comfortably gathers.
70'
There is still plenty of time for Torino to get back into this game, with 20 minutes remaining on the clock. However, they just seem to be short of ideas up top at the moment.
66'
Kjaer does well to read a set piece delivery from the left wing, as he flicks it over his own crossbar and out for a corner, as it was heading straight towards Donnarumma.
65'
Diogo Dalot gets yellow.
Dalot is booked after he rugby tackles Murru to the ground in order to stop him from breaking into the penalty area.
64'
S. Zaza enters the game and replaces A. Izzo.
N. Murru enters the game and replaces R. Rodríguez.
The other Torino substitution sees Rodriguez leave the pitch and he has been replaced by Murru.
The visitors make a double change now, the first of which sees Izzo come off and he has been replaced by Zaza.
63'
Milan look very content with their 2-0 lead now, they haven’t really pushed forward in search of a third goal in this second half, just playing the ball at a slow pace to control it when they get in possession.
61'
Almost! Singo does brilliantly down the right wing, he manages to get all the way to the six-yard box and then tries to beat Donnarumma from a very tight angle. However, Romagnoli gets across and makes a great block to deny him the opportunity.
60'
H. Çalhanoğlu enters the game and replaces Brahim Díaz.
Another Milan change now, with Diaz the man coming off the pitch and he has been replaced by Calhanoglu.
58'
Torino are keeping the ball well at the moment, but much of it is in the middle of the pitch as Milan are pressing them high and not allowing them much time and space to get near the final third.
54'
Diogo Dalot enters the game and replaces S. Tonali.
Here is the enforced Milan substitution, with Tonali leaving the pitch on a stretcher and he has been replaced by Dalot.
48'
Blocked! Rincon fires a powerful strike towards goal from long range, but Diaz is well placed to make the block and clear the danger.
46'
K. Linetty enters the game and replaces A. Gojak.
Torino have made a substitution ahead of the second half, with Gojak the man coming off and he has been replaced by Linetty.
The second half is under way!
45' +3
HALF-TIME: MILAN 2-0 TORINO
45' +2
S. Tonali gets yellow.
Tonali is booked after he tugs at the shirt of Gojak and brings him down inside the Milan half as he looked to break forward on the counter.
45'
There will be a minimum of three minutes added time played at the end of the first half.
44'
There isn’t much time left on the clock before the end of the first half now, can Torino pull a goal back before the half-time whistle?
41'
A. Romagnoli gets yellow.
Romagnoli is booked after he catches Lyanco late around 25 yards out and it hands Torino a free-kick in a good shooting position.
38'
Brahim Díaz gets yellow.
Diaz is the first Milan player to be booked after he trips up Belotti as he tried to break away into the final third.
36'
Penalty goal scored by F. Kessié for AC Milan!
GOAL! Milan double their lead, it's 2-0! Kessie steps up to take the penalty and he coolly converts, sending Sirigu the wrong way as he slots the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.
30'
We’re at the half an hour mark now at San Siro and it is Milan who lead 1-0, thanks to the 25th strike from Leao.
28'
Torino may now need to push forward a little more to try and test Donnarumma as they have defended for much of the opening period. Milan look keen to go on and double their lead as quickly as they can.
27'
T. Rincón gets yellow.
26'
The first yellow card of the game is shown to Rincon after he barged into Hernandez and the left-back has to receive some medical treatment following the challenge.
25'
Rafael Leão has scored a goal for AC Milan! Assist by Brahim Díaz.
GOAL! Milan take the lead, it’s 1-0! Hernandez cuts in from the left wing and races past a couple of Torino defenders, before quickly laying it off to Diaz, who then flicks it through to Leao who gets in behind and slots it comfortably past Sirigu and into the back of the net.
Hernandez has to take a lot of the credit for that goal as well as Diaz, as it was the left-backs run that created the space and Diaz then showed great vision to spot Leao in space in between the Torino centre-backs.
23'
Just prior to the Torino free-kick a moment ago, the referee went over to the touchline and showed the Milan manager Stefano Pioli a yellow card for arguing the set piece decision.
22'
This is better from Torino, they manage to win a free-kick deep inside the Milan half after Calabria fouls Lukic down the right-wing. A chance for them to get players into the box and create something in front of goal.
18'
Almost! Diaz plays a lovely one-two with Kessie down the right wing and he drills a low cross into the six-yard box from the byline, looking for Hauge, who didn’t read it as quickly as he could have done, as he would have had a tap-in from just a couple of yards out. Instead Izzo gets back and manages to flick it out for a corner.
17'
Decent effort! Hernandez doesn’t have much else on in front of him, so he opts to drill an effort towards goal from long range. However, it doesn’t trouble Sirigu as it flies wide of the Torino goal.
15'
It’s all Milan at the moment, they are keeping the ball well and are forcing their opponents to get everyone back behind the ball and defend. Torino are yet to get into the final third and test Donnarumma.
13'
Tonali steps up to take a free-kick, drilling it low and hard towards the bottom right-hand corner of the net. However, Izzo reads it well and sticks out a leg to divert it away from danger and behind for a corner.
12'
Free-kick to Milan in a very good position after Hernandez races forward and is tripped up by Izzo just on the edge of the penalty area. This is an excellent shooting opportunity, can Milan open the scoring here?
10'
Castillejo does well down the right wing and manages to win a corner, after his attempted cross into the box is blocked by Rodriguez. Milan take the corner short, but the ball into the penalty area is well cleared by the visitors.
6'
Decent ball over the top of the Torino defence which Leao sprints forward to try and get on the end of, catching the visitors out at the back. However, there is slightly too much on the pass and Sirigu comes out to gather.
4'
The game is quite scrappy in these opening few minutes, with both teams battling for possession of the ball in the middle of the park.
1'
We're under way!
Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Serie A clash between Milan and Torino.
Milan remain top of Serie A, just one point ahead of Inter despite suffering a 3-1 midweek defeat against the defending Champions Juventus, which was their first defeat of the season.
Torino have started 2021 well, first beating Parma and then a 1-1 draw with Verona, which had seen them move out of the relegation zone in goal difference. However, Genoa’s victory today has seen the slip back into 18th position.
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Alessio Romagnoli, Theo Hernandez; Sandro Tonali, Franck Kessie; Samu Castillejo, Brahim Diaz, Jens Hauge; Rafael Leao.
MILAN SUBS: Daniel Maldini, Hakan Calhanoglu, Andrea Conti, Marco Frigerio, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Mateo Musacchio, Lorenzo Colombo, Leo Duarte, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Diogo Dalot, Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa, Antonio Donnarumma.
TORINO (3-5-2): Salvatore Sirigu; Armando Izzo, Lyanco, Bremer; Wilfried Stephane Singo, Sasa Lukic, Tomas Rincon, Simone Verdi, Ricardo Rodriguez; Simone Verdi, Andrea Belotti, Amer Gojak.
TORINO SUBS: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Cristian Ansaldi, Antonio Rosati, Simone Zaza, Nicolas Nkoulou, Mergim Vojvoda, Alessandro Buongiorno, Karol Linetty, Daniele Baselli, Nicola Murru, Jacopo Segre, Federico Bonazzoli.
The teams are out on the pitch now and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all the match action!
Donnarumma is yet to have a save to make in the Milan goal, so Torino need to change this if they are going to get back in the game. Belotti and Verdi have done more defending then they have attacking so far.
That's all from us today folks, we hope you enjoyed the game!
Torino drop down to 19th after this defeat, two points from safety. The two sides will face each other again in just a few days time, this time in the Coppa Italia.
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