The 2-0 victory allows the ‘rossoneri’ to overtake Napoli, who must beat Atalanta to regain the lead.
AC Milan stormed the momentary leadership in the Italian Serie A this Saturday, by defeating Salernitana 2-0 at San Siro, and increased the pressure on Napoli, who will have to beat Atalanta to regain first place, and Inter, third, who visit Roma.
Three days after the momentous match with Liverpool, in which AC Milan, Atlético Madrid’s European rival, play their way to the knockout stages of the Champions League, Stefano Pioli’s men won without ruffling the bottom.
Nor was it necessary to pull from the Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was on the bench for ninety minutes, as the goals from Ivorian Frank Kessie and Belgian Alexis Saelemaekers in the first twenty minutes were enough to keep the three points on track.
Milan had a huge number of options to extend distances, the clearest for the Spanish Brahim Díaz, but he forgave them against a Salernitana in which the French Frank Ribery could hardly appear.
The only negative news were the injuries of Pietro Pellegri, a striker who started as a starter, and the Algerian Ismael Bennacer, who ended up touched.
The Milanese, who dedicated their goals to the Danish Simon Kjaer after the crusader injury that ended his season, took a two-point advantage over Napoli, which in full emergency due to a long series of injuries will receive an Atalanta in great state of form.
Also Inter, third to four points, will only have victory as an option on their visit to Rome at the Olympic Stadium, scheduled for this Saturday. (D)
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