Spezia Keeps AC Milan in 2nd Position After 96th Minute Comeback Goal (Video Highlights)
Spezia’s Emmanuel Gyasi scored a stunning 96th-minute winner as relegation battling Spezia came from behind to beat AC Milan 2-1 in a controversial match at San Siro on Monday, putting a dent in the home side’s Serie A title hopes.
Milan winger Rafael Leao put his side in front at the end of the first half, but the visitors struck back through substitute Kevin Agudelo.
Junior Messias thought he had won it for the hosts when he curled home in stoppage time, but the referee’s whistle had already sounded for an earlier foul on Milan’s Ante Rebic, and Spezia then hit on the break to win it at the death.
The decision left Milan furious as referee Marco Serra left hardly any time for advantage to be played, with around two seconds passing between the foul on Rebic and Messias’ shot.
“I tried to calm down the players but couldn’t,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli told DAZN. “We know we have suffered an injustice. It’s a shame, the responsibility is ours for the goal we conceded but that must be shared with the referee.”