[Sport] Sampdoria 1 - 2 AC Milan

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AC Milan moved five points clear at the top of Serie A with victory over Sampdoria as they maintained their unbeaten run in the league this season.

Franck Kessie scored from the spot in the first half after Sampdoria's Jakub Jankto was judged to have handballed Theo Hernandez's header.

Substitute Samu Castillejo made it 2-0 to Milan with his first touch in the 77th minute.

Sampdoria's Albin Ekdal got one back for the hosts from a corner late on.

Milan's eighth victory of the season means they extended their run of matches unbeaten to 10 - their longest run from the beginning of a Serie A campaign since 2003-04 under Carlo Ancelotti.

Inter Milan are second behind Stefano Pioli's side - who have not won Serie A since 2010-11 - with Napoli and Juventus a point further back.
Milan were made to work hard in a 2-1 win away to Sampdoria. Goals from Franck Kessie and Samu Castillejo saw the Rossoneri consolidate their five-point lead at the top of the Serie A standings.

Pioli had to rotate things a bit with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Simon Kjaer, Ismael Bennacer, Rafael Leao, and Mateo Musacchio all out injured.

Sampdoria came close to opening the scoring after just eight minutes. Donnarumma made an acrobatic save from a Lorenzo Tonelli header to tip the ball over the bar from point-blank range.

Rebic thought he opened the scoring for Milan and grabbed his first goal of the season in the 38th minutes but his goal-bound shot was cleared off the line.

Kessie broke the deadlock on the stroke of half time with a penalty to give his side the lead.

Castillejo doubled Milan’s lead in the 77th minute after connecting to a cross from Hauge to make it 2-0 from 12 yards.

Albin Ekdal grabbed one for Sampdoria six minutes later via a corner kick but it only proved to be a consolation goal. He could have grabbed an equalizer late on but saw his effort saved by a resolute Donnarumma.

The result leaves Milan unbeaten and with another impressive win despite missing a number of key players.