Ishmael Bennacer Scores As Frank Anguissa Sent Off In Champions League Quarter–Final First Leg
Ismael Bennacer gave AC Milan a 1-0 home win over runaway Serie A leaders Napoli in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final as the visitors had Frank Anguissa sent off in the second half.
Bennacer scored a first-half winner as he hammered past Alex Meret to put Milan on course for a first Champions League semi-final since 2007, when they won the competition.
Napoli, who are 22 points ahead of Milan in Serie A but were without injured star striker Victor Osimhen for the first leg, had spells of dominance at the San Siro as they saw an effort cleared off the line in the first minute and hit the bar in the second half.
But Anguissa picked up two yellow cards in the space of three minutes and 45 seconds to see red in the 74th minute to halt their momentum, although Giovanni Di Lorenzo saw an effort well saved by Mike Maignan late on.
Milan, who only had two shots on target, will take a narrow lead to Naples for the return leg on Tuesday with Luciano Spalletti’s side without both Anguissa and Min-Jae Kim for the game after the defender picked up a second-half booking.
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