MILAN — AC Milan isn´t ready to yield to city rival Inter Milan in the Serie A title race.
Pervis Estupinan scored the winner as Milan beat Inter 1-0 in the Derby della Madonnina.
The Rossoneri cut their city rival´s lead to seven points with 10 rounds of the season remaining, setting off joyous celebrations in the San Siro while Inter´s players questioned the referee for ruling out what would have been a very late equaliser.
Inter had the ball in the net in stoppage time after a quickly taken corner, but it was too quick for the referee, who hadn´t given the go-ahead for it to be taken and blew his whistle before the ball crossed the line, AP reported.
Youssouf Fofana played Estupinan through on the left and the Ecuador left back let fly with a powerful shot to the back of the net for what proved to be the winner in the 35th minute, just after Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed a great chance for Inter at the other end.
Mkhitaryan was one of three Inter players against two Milan defenders, but he was unable to beat Mike Maignan in the Milan goal.
Inter defender Alessandro Bastoni earned the game´s first yellow card for a clear foul on Adrien Rabiot. Both players needed treatment and Bastoni was to rue the challenge as he was unable to continue.
The tireless Luka Modri’c was booked for Milan late on.
Inter was without Hakan Çalhanoglu and Lautaro Martínez, who watched from the substitutes’ bench.
Inter stayed on 67 points and second-place Milan moved to 60.
Portuguese forward Vitinha scored for Daniele De Rossi’s Genoa in a 2-1 upset win over Roma, dealing the visitors another blow in their quest for Champions League qualification.
