Lazio 4-0 AC Milan: Maurizio Sarri’s side cruise to victory after running riot against visitors

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Lazio 4-0 AC Milan: Stefano Pioli’s side take a big dent in their Serie A title hopes as a heavy defeat leaves them 12 points behind leaders Napoli…with the hosts just one point behind them in third place after Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Felipe Anderson scored

  • Lazio turned in a dominant performance to earn a 4-0 victory over AC Milan on Tuesday.
  • Goals from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Luis Alberto helped secure victory
  • Maurizio Sarri’s men are already third in the League, one point behind the visitors

Lazio humbled AC Milan with a superb 4-0 home win in Serie A on Tuesday, extending the champions’ winless run to five games in all competitions.

Midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic put Lazio ahead after four minutes with a low shot to the bottom left corner after Mattia Zaccagni set him up with a cross into the middle of the box.

Zaccagni then doubled his lead in the 38th minute after midfielder Adam Marusic hit the post from the edge of the six-yard box, for the Italian to follow up with a touch-in from close range.

Mattia Zaccagni celebrates after scoring Lazio’s second goal of the night against AC Milan.

The midfielder applied a calm shot to help reassert Lazio’s dominance in the first half.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic had given the hosts the lead before the first half of the tie.

The image of the Serbian midfielder placing his effort in the bottom corner for the first goal.

Former West Ham striker Felipe Anderson (right) managed to get on the scoreboard late in the game.

Lazio made it 3-0 from the penalty spot through winger Luis Alberto, after receiving a penalty for a foul by Pierre Kalulu on Spaniard Pedro.

Midfielder Felipe Anderson wrapped up Lazio’s goal on 75 minutes, calmly converting Luis Alberto’s precise cross from the edge of the box.

Lazio moved up to third place with 37 points from 19 games, one point behind Milan and 13 behind leaders Napoli. Now they are tied with Inter Milan, fourth place, and with AS Roma, fifth.

Lazio rises to third place in the table and is only one point behind visiting AC Milan

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