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Sandro Tonali marked his 22nd birthday by scoring twice as Milan moved one step closer to the Serie A title with a 3-1 triumph in Greece Verona on Sunday.
Inter jumped Stefano Pioli’s side at the summit with victory over Empoli on Friday, and Milan’s response to Bentegodi started badly when Marco Faraoni headed Verona ahead.
Tonali, however, hit both sides of the break – with the excellent Rafael Leao assisting both – to turn the match around.
Alessandro Florenzi’s late third made sure that Rossoneri remained on course against their first Scudetto since 2010-11, two points back ahead of Inter with two games left.
Lorenzo Montipo had produced a fantastic save to deny a header from Rade Krunic in the opening stages before Tonali saw a low finish ruled out for offside after a VAR check.
David Calabria’s volley was beaten away by Montipo, while Gianluca Caprari and Giovanni Simeone each darted narrowly wide at the other end in a hectic first half.
Verona broke the deadlock when Darko Lazovic made the unmarked Pharaoh nod home, but Tonali equalized 10 minutes later and pushed in after an insane left-wing run by Leao.
Leao repeated the trick after the break and drove forward on the counter-attack before drilling across the goal for incoming Tonali to push in and push Milan ahead.
Adrien Tameze fired a presentable opportunity wildly over as Verona searched for an answer, but Milan instead sealed the victory when substitute Florenzi – on the pitch just 119 seconds – came into the bottom left corner with four minutes left.
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