Two added time goals from Tijjani Reijnders and Samuel Chukwueze earned Milan an unlikely 3-2 win at home to struggling Parma in a dramatic game at the San Siro on Sunday.
The win moves Milan to sixth in the standings on 34 points, while Parma are just above the relegation zone in 17th with 20 points. Parma took the lead in the 24th minute through Matteo Cancellieri before Milan equalised from the penalty spot, with Christian Pulisic converting seven minutes before the break.
Enrico Del Prato put Parma back in front with just 10 minutes remaining but Reijnders and Chukwueze struck late to earn the home side all three points.
Parma made the breakthrough with the first real chance. Emanuele Valeri played a ball across the pitch from the left and a slip from Theo Hernandez allowed Cancellieri to gain possession and cut inside before curling a shot low into the far corner from outside the area. Milan needed to rely on a penalty to get back on level terms. Parma keeper Zion Suzuki pushed Strahinja Pavlovic in the back at a corner kick and while Suzuki went the right way, Pulisic drilled the spot kick low into the corner.
A poor pass out from the back by Ismael Bennacer gave Parma possession and, after Maignan saved the initial shot from Drissa Camara, Del Prato poked home the rebound and Parma looked set to stun the frustrated San Siro crowd. Pavlovic had a goal disallowed two minutes from time but Milan somehow found a way to not only salvage a draw but to steal victory.
Reijnders beat the offside trap from a Yunus Musah pass and coolly slipped his shot past Suzuki and when, three minutes later, Pavlovic’s header bounced off Chukwueze’s thigh in front of goal, Suzuki was unable to keep the ball out of the net.
In La Liga, Randy Nteka came off the bench to score two goals in three minutes to give Rayo Vallecano a last-gasp 2-1 win over Girona.
The game came alive when former Tottenham attacking midfielder Bryan Gil’s header put visitors Girona ahead in the 58th minute. Iván Martín lifted a cross from the right wing that went untouched through the crowded box before finding Gil lurking behind the defence. Gil nodded in a close-range header that went under the Rayo goalkeeper Augusto Batalla.
Rayo finally scored the equaliser following a spell of pressure in the 80th minute when substitute Nteka fired home a rebound. After he missed an absolute sitter from close range, Nteka redeemed himself three minutes later when he struck a first-touch effort from inside the box that gave the home side the win.
