AC Milan join Torino at Serie A summit by thumping Lecce / Photo: Gabriel BOUYS - AFP
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AC Milan join Torino at Serie A summit by thumping Lecce
AC Milan joined Torino at the top of Serie A after Friday's convincing 3-0 win over lowly Lecce built on their derby victory over Inter Milan last weekend.
Goals in five first-half minutes from Alvaro Morata, Theo Hernandez and Christian Pulisic sent Milan on their to way to a third straight league win and moved them level on 11 points with Torino.
Milan also have a superior goal difference to Torino, which would have put the seven-time European champions top if they hadn't played a game more.
Paulo Fonseca's team could have won by more as both Tammy Abraham and Ruben Loftus-Cheek struck the woodwork either side of half-time.
The only sour note from the night was teenage defender Davide Bartesaghi being sent off with 10 minutes remaining, and five minutes after replacing Hernandez, for a rash challenge on Lameck Banda.
Milan now travel to Germany to take on Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday with their tails up and key attacking players in fine form.
Pulisic's tap-in two minutes from the break was his fourth goal in as many matches for Milan while Hernandez was back to his rampaging best, swinging in the cross for Morata's opener and lashing home the hosts' brilliant second.
Tuesday's clash in Germany will be key for Fonseca after his team were given a footballing lesson on their own patch by Liverpool in their opening Champions League fixture earlier this month.
Champions Inter will move level with Milan and Torino if they win at Udinese in Saturday's early match, a chance to bounce back from derby defeat ahead of the visit of Red Star Belgrade to the San Siro on Tuesday.
A thrashing at the hands of Milan completed a horrendous week for Lecce who sit one point and a place above the relegation zone.
Luca Gotti's team threw away a two-goal in lead against Parma last weekend by conceding a brace of stoppage-time strikes and followed that up by being dumped out of the Italian Cup by second-tier Sassuolo.
O.Gutierrez--AT
