That’s that, and Milan secures a second-season victory in front of a lively home crowd.
The Rossoneri’s dominance continued throughout the second half.
Giroud’s superb volley sealed the victory following more skilful play from Leao.
Bologna showed glimpses of quality, but nothing compared to the champions, who showed that they’d be just as tough to beat to the top of Serie A this season.
Starting lineup:
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Mike Maignan;
Davide Calabria, Pierre Kalulu, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez;
Sandro Tonali, Ismael Bennacer; Junior Messias, Charles De Ketelaere, Rafael Leao;
Olivier Giroud.
MILAN SUBS: Fode Ballo-Toure, Yacine Adli, Brahim Diaz, Ante Rebic, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Simon Kjaer, Alessandro Florenzi, Divock Origi, Tommaso Pobega, Matteo Gabbia, Alexis Saelemaekers.
BOLOGNA (3-4-2-1): Lukasz Skorupski;
Adama Soumaoro, Gary Medel, Jhon Lucumi;
Denso Kasius, Jerdy Schouten, Nicolas Dominguez, Andrea Cambiaso;
Emanuel Vignato, Musa Barrow; Marko Arnautovic.
BOLOGNA SUBS: Nicola Sansone, Kevin Bonifazi, Antonio Raimondo, Lewis Ferguson, Michel Aebischer, Roberto Soriano, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Lorenzo Di Silvestri, Wisdom Amey, Kacper Urbanski, Ibrahima Mbaye.
Goals:
GOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!! The Rossoneri hit the front!!!! De Ketelaere picks Schouten’s pocket in midfield and drives forward with the ball. He finds Leao to his left, who fires a low finish into the near corner, wrongfooting Skorupski, and making it 1-0 to the home side!
GOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! It’s two!!!! Cambiaso’s switch ball across his backline is cut out by Leao, who dinks it over the top for Giroud to send goalwards with an elegant over-the-shoulder volley!!! 2-0 to Milan, and it’s a moment of brilliance from the Frenchman that scores it!
So, what’s next?
That well-deserved victory sends Milan to the top of the Serie A table, albeit having played just three games.
Meanwhile, Bologna will have to wait another week for their first victory but showed signs that those three points aren’t too far away; a champion side just beat them in this game.
