Sulley Muntari and Keisuke Honda helped AC Milan to a 2-0 victory over Chievo at San Siro as the hosts ended their winless Serie A run.<\/p>\n
Having made a flying start to their\u00a0campaign, Milan’s loss to champions Juventus preceded two surprise draws on the road against Empoli and Cesena.<\/p>\n
However, Filippo Inzaghi’s side got back to winning ways on Saturday with a hard-fought victory over Chievo courtesy of Muntari’s second-half volley and a well-struck Honda free-kick.<\/p>\n
After a first half of few chances, it took Milan just 10\u00a0minutes of the second period\u00a0to move ahead – with Muntari scoring his second goal of the campaign.<\/p>\n
The Ghana international struck a\u00a0volleyed effort from distance into the ground, which looped up and over helpless Chievo goalkeeper\u00a0Francesco Bardi to end the resistance of the visiting defence.<\/p>\n
Eugenio Corini, whose side are without a win since beating Napoli in mid-September, saw any hopes of a draw ended when Japan international Honda fired home 12 minutes from time.<\/p>\n
Honda’s fourth goal from just six games extended Milan’s unbeaten run against the Verona\u00a0club to 16 contests, while the defence held on for a first clean sheet under former striker Inzaghi.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Menez\u00a0started despite fears over a knee injury and was the hosts main attacking outlet, firing wide from the edge of the area early on before Maxi Lopez saw appeals for a penalty waved away when he tangled with Alex in the hosts’ area.<\/p>\n
Fernando Torres was next to go close, with the Chelsea loanee’s effort diverted marginally off target by team-mate Giacomo Bonaventura after 17 minutes.<\/p>\n
However, in a game littered with fouls early on, chances were few and far between in a scrappy affair.<\/p>\n
Milan had a penalty shout turned down when Menez’s cross kicked up off Isaac Cofie’s boot and appeared to hit the Ghanaian on the hand.<\/p>\n
The hosts’ best chances came following a quick corner that saw Menez thwarted by Bardi before Torres blazed wide following a goalmouth scramble.<\/p>\n
And Menez continued to prove Milan’s source of inspiration after the interval, whipping in a dangerous delivery that Honda failed\u00a0to connect with.<\/p>\n
However, the hosts’ pressure paid off 10\u00a0minutes after the break when\u00a0Muntari\u00a0<\/strong>hit\u00a0a volley from distance and saw\u00a0his strike into the ground loop\u00a0over Bardi and in.<\/p>\n Honda again wasted\u00a0a golden opportunity soon after when he failed to connect with Ignazio Abate’s cushioned delivery before Muntari almost undid\u00a0his good work\u00a0as he lost possession\u00a0cheaply to Dejan Lazarevic.<\/p>\n The substitute misplaced the final ball,\u00a0letting Milan off the hook when Chievo had been three on one.<\/p>\n With Chievo having wasted their best chance to leave San Siro with a point,\u00a0Honda\u00a0<\/strong>put the game beyond them with a dipping free-kick that Bardi failed to keep out.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Goal.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sulley Muntari and Keisuke Honda helped AC Milan to a 2-0 victory over Chievo at San Siro as the hosts ended their winless Serie A run. Having made a flying start to their\u00a0campaign, Milan’s loss to champions Juventus preceded two surprise draws on the road against Empoli and Cesena. However, Filippo Inzaghi’s side got back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":53689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\n