Serie A | Milan 3-0 Empoli: Reijnders double delight

Pulisic fired over the bar after robbing Mattia Viti, when he had better options to set up, but they doubled their advantage on the stroke of half-time.

Pulisic nodded down a cross from the right, Reijnders let it bounce and wrapped his right foot around it on the half-volley to smash into the far bottom corner from 14 yards.

Maleh threatened to get Empoli back into it after the restart, hitting a scorcher from outside the area that rattled the crossbar beyond Mike Maignan’s glove.

However, Reijnders completed his brace with a wonderful solo effort, starting the run from midfield and making the most of Rafael Leao’s run to draw away a defender, drilling the finish through Ardian Ismajli’s legs into the near bottom corner.

Francesco Camarda threatened to score an extraordinary goal with his overhead kick turning Emerson Royal’s cross not far wide of the top corner from 12 yards.

Tammy Abraham also came sliding in at the back post, prodding the Samuel Chukwueze cross wide from point-blank range.

Milan 3-0 Empoli

Morata 19 (M), Reijnders 44, 69 (M)

30-11-2024 17:00 MatchDay 14 San Siro Stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)

Milan

Empoli Live 3 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Álvaro Morata		19'
Matteo Gabbia		25'
		36'		Lorenzo Colombo
Tijjani Reijnders (Assist: Christian Pulisic)		44'

2nd half

Yunus Musah		57'
		67'

Liam Henderson Tijjani Reijnders

69'     Milan Empoli

Starting lineups

16

Mike Maignan Goalkeeper 22

Emerson Royal Defender 28 Malick Thiaw Defender 46

Matteo Gabbia Defender 75' 19

Theo Hernández Defender 14

Tijjani Reijnders Midfielder 29

Youssouf Fofana Midfielder 75' 80

Yunus Musah Midfielder 75' 7

Álvaro Morata Attacker 90' 11

Christian Pulisic Attacker 10

Rafael Leão Attacker 84' 23

Devis Vásquez Goalkeeper 34

Ardian Ismajli Defender 3

Giuseppe Pezzella Defender 46' 21 Mattia Viti Defender 2 Saba Goglichidze Defender 71' 8

Tino Anjorin Midfielder 66' 6

Liam Henderson Midfielder 93 Youssef Maleh Midfielder 11 Emmanuel Gyasi Attacker 29 Lorenzo Colombo Attacker 46' 9

Pietro Pellegri Attacker

76'

Substitutes

2

Davide Calabria Defender 23

Fikayo Tomori Defender 57

Marco Sportiello Goalkeeper 42 Filippo Terracciano Midfielder 96 Lorenzo Torriani Goalkeeper 8

Ruben Loftus-Cheek Midfielder 75' 31

Strahinja Pavlovic Defender 75' 21

Samuel Chukwueze Attacker 75' 73 Francesco Camarda Attacker 84' 90

Tammy Abraham Attacker 90' 1

Samuele Perisan Goalkeeper 16

Luca Belardinelli Midfielder 7

Junior Sambia Defender 12 Jacopo Seghetti Goalkeeper 36 Jacopo Bacci Midfielder 31 Lorenzo Tosto Defender 90 Ismael Konate Attacker 13 Liberato Cacace Defender 46' 17 Ola Solbakken Attacker 46' 99 Sebastiano Esposito Attacker 66' 35 Luca Marianucci Defender 71' 19

Emmanuel Ekong Attacker

76'