MILAN: Inter Milan came from a goal down to salvage a 1-1 derby draw against AC Milan with Stefan de Vrij snatching an added-time equaliser at the San Siro on Sunday, as it missed the chance to go provisionally top of the Serie A standings.
The draw keeps Inter second on 51 points while Milan remain eighth in the standings on 35 points.
Milan looked set to claim a hat-trick of wins over its rivals this season, with Tijjani Reijnders putting the side ahead on the stroke of half-time, but after hitting the upright three times, Inter found the late goal to snatch a hard-earned point.
There was a cagey, patient opening to the game, with both sides guilty of sloppiness in their build-up play, all too easily losing possession.
Inter twice had the ball in the net in the first half, but both Federico Dimarco and Lautaro Martinez had their goals chalked off for offside.
Apart from those false alarms there was little in the way of real chances until Inter keeper Yann Sommer palmed away a ferocious strike from Reijnders, but just before the break Milan gained the upper hand.
Sommer saved again, this time from Rafael Leao, but the keeper couldn’t hold onto the shot and when the ball fell just outside the six-yard box, Reijnders pounced to blast his shot into the roof of the net.
It was a more frantic start to the second half, with Milan keeper Mike Maignan saving with his legs from Martinez in the opening minute as Inter chased the equaliser from the off.
Inter had another goal disallowed, this time for a foul by Denzel Dumfries on Theo Hernandez and then Yann Bisseck thumped a header off the upright, as the away side continued to pile on the pressure. Agencies
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