AC Milan 4-1 Torino: Olivier Giroud penalty double maintains Serie A winning start
Olivier Giroud scored two penalties as AC Milan maintained their winning start in Serie A with a 4-1 victory over Torino at San Siro.
Christian Pulisic tapped in from close range to open the scoring for Milan before Perr Schuurs equalised.
Veteran France striker Giroud converted from the spot either side of half-time while Theo Hernandez also got on the scoresheet with a deft angled chip.
Jose Mourinho's Roma remain winless after a 2-1 defeat by Hellas Verona.
Giroud has picked up where he left off last season and has scored in five straight Serie A matches for Milan.
Since his Serie A debut in August 2021, the 36-year-old has also scored the most goals (27) in the Italian top flight of any Milan player.
Meanwhile Roma, who drew their opening game of the season with Salernitana 2-2, were left frustrated after the loss in Verona.
Ondrej Duda punished Rui Patricio from close range to give Hellas the lead before Cyril Ngonge broke clear in first-half injury time and calmly finished.
Houssem Aouar pulled one back for Roma with a header after the break but Hellas, reduced to 10 men after Isak Hien's red card with six minutes left, held on.
Line-ups
AC Milan
Formation 4-3-3
16Maignan
2Calabria28Thiaw23Tomori19Hernández
8Loftus-Cheek33Krunic14Reijnders
11Pulisic9Giroud10Rafael Leão
- 16Maignan
- 2Calabria
- 28ThiawBooked at 70minsSubstituted forKjærat 79'minutes
- 23Tomori
- 19HernándezBooked at 39minsSubstituted forFlorenziat 87'minutes
- 8Loftus-CheekSubstituted forMusahat 66'minutes
- 33Krunic
- 14Reijnders
- 11Pulisic
- 9GiroudSubstituted forChukwuezeat 66'minutes
- 10Rafael LeãoSubstituted forOkaforat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Adli
- 17Okafor
- 18Romero
- 20Kalulu
- 21Chukwueze
- 24Kjær
- 29Colombo
- 31Pellegrino
- 32Pobega
- 42Florenzi
- 57Sportiello
- 80Musah
- 83Mirante
Torino
Formation 3-4-2-1
32V Milinkovic-Savic
3Schuurs4Buongiorno13Rodríguez
19Bellanova28Ricci8Ilic27Vojvoda
16Vlasic10Radonjic
9Sanabria
- 32V Milinkovic-SavicBooked at 56mins
- 3Schuurs
- 4Buongiorno
- 13Rodríguez
- 19BellanovaSubstituted forLazaroat 59'minutes
- 28Ricci
- 8IlicBooked at 11minsSubstituted forLinettyat 45'minutesBooked at 89mins
- 27Vojvoda
- 16Vlasic
- 10RadonjicSubstituted forKaramohat 59'minutes
- 9SanabriaSubstituted forPellegriat 22'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Gemello
- 2Bayeye
- 6Zima
- 7Karamoh
- 11Pellegri
- 14Ilkhan
- 20Lazaro
- 61Tameze
- 66Gineitis
- 71Popa
- 77Linetty
- 94N'Guessan
Referee:Maurizio Mariani
Attendance:23,147
Match Stats
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Match ends, AC Milan 4, Torino 1.
Second Half ends, AC Milan 4, Torino 1.
Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Samuele Ricci (Torino).
Foul by Rade Krunic (AC Milan).
Nikola Vlasic (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Nikola Vlasic (Torino) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
Attempt saved. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Yunus Musah.
Karol Linetty (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Karol Linetty (Torino).
Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ricardo Rodríguez (Torino).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Theo Hernández.
Delay in match because of an injury Mike Maignan (AC Milan).
Offside, Torino. Nikola Vlasic tries a through ball, but Yann Karamoh is caught offside.
Substitution, AC Milan. Simon Kjær replaces Malick Thiaw.
Attempt missed. Ricardo Rodríguez (Torino) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alessandro Buongiorno.
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