Chievo's captain Hetemaj gets a deserved yellow card for cynically stopping Biglia from breaking through the middle. That will be that.
FULL TIME: CHIEVO 1-2 AC MILAN
90' +3
Kessie wisely wastes a few seconds near Chievo's corner flag. Chievo are not scoring another goal this game.
90' +1
There will be five added minutes at the end of this game. Calhanoglu has a shot blocked now as the ball rolls to him when Piatek is muscled out!
88'
M. Pucciarelli enters the game and replaces M. Bani.
De Rossi makes his last throw of the dice. Bani off. Pucciarelli on.
87'
This game is slowly fizzling out. Castillejo is brought down by Barba. Milan free-kick.
86'
It's taken short. Heternaj has his cross back in blocked by Laxalt.
85'
Chievo are huffing and puffing without achieving much. Depaoli wins a corner down Chievo's right.
84'
F. Borini enters the game and replaces Suso.
Milan make a change - Suso's day is done. He'll be replaced by Borini.
83'
Heternaj has an attempted cross shepherded out for a goal-kick. Donnarumma playfully pats his opponent's backside as he walks away.
81'
Chievo's counter-attack is thwarted as Bani fouls Kessie by the halfway line. A goal from them doesn't look forthcoming.
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80'
Milan head away the corner. Leris retrieves the ball way out from goal and blazes over.
79'
Giaccherini finds Stepinski down the left - his cross is blocked. Chievo win a corner after the ball is knocked out by Calabria.
77'
F. Đorđević enters the game and replaces R. Meggiorini.
S. Kiyine enters the game and replaces A. Dioussé.
Chievo decide on a change - Diousse is replaced by the Belgian-born Moroccan youth midfielder Kiyine.
Chievo make a second sub - Meggiorini is replaced by the Serbian striker Dordevic.
76'
Chievo are still just about in this but haven't threatened for a while. Stepinski has a shot blocked after picking the ball up from Leris.
73'
Now Suso has hit the deck after a push by Leris. Milan are asserting themselves on their inferior opponents now.
72'
Milan get a free-kick next after Piatek is bundled over by Diousse. Suso's shot is blocked.
71'
S. Sorrentino gets yellow.
Sorrentino is next to see a yellow card, apparently for a touch of shoving after Milan win a corner off Depaoli. Nothing comes of the corner.
69'
Chievo win a free-kick as Giaccherini is bundled over. Seconds earlier, Suso got free down the right for Milan but Piatek's shot deflected kindly into the arms of Sorrentino.
67'
Depaoli lumps a ball forward for Meggiorini to challenge, but Milan deal with it comfortably. Chievo need to show more guile than that.
65'
Milan are looking for a third to kill this game off. Chievo are battling though, and neither side can get a foothold in midfield right now.
64'
D. Calabria enters the game and replaces A. Conti.
There it is - Calabria replaces Conti at right-back for Milan.
63'
Milan are preparing another change. Meanwhile, Stepinski fouls Conti while challenging for the ball.
61'
Giaccherini looks to get his team back into this straight away as he drives at the Milan box from wide left but can't find a teammate.
59'
E. Giaccherini gets yellow.
Giaccherini is booked for dissent - Piatek tried an overhead kick just after his first shot was saved and caught a Chievo defender. Chievo think they should have had a free-kick for dangerous play. It's debatable.
57'
K. Piątek has scored a goal for AC Milan! Assist by Samu Castillejo.
GOAL! Sorrentino keeps Milan out but not for long! Milan counter as Chievo over-commit men forward. First Piatek has a close range shot blocked by the keeper, but the Pole is alert as Castillejo heads the ball back into danger and hooks the ball into the net. 2-1 Milan!
Castillejo did really well to keep the pressure on Chievo there and Milan got their reward. They should win this now.
55'
Chievo win another free-kick in their own half - this time it's Biglia on Meggiorini. The home side are growing into this game.
54'
H. Çalhanoğlu enters the game and replaces Lucas Paquetá.
Milan aren't taking this stalemate lightly. Paqueta is hauled off and replaced by Calhanoglu.
52'
A. Conti gets yellow.
Conti is booked for bringing down Diousse as the Senegalese midfielder powers down the left wing.
51'
Meggiorini has a shot blocked in the aftermath of that corner. Chievo look motivated here.
49'
Conti carelessly loses possession for Milan and Chievo counter! The string is taken out of it as Milan rush back but Chievo still win a corner from Leris' blocked shot.
48'
Milan make a quick change of pace and Piatek bears down on Chievo's box but trips over the challenging Andreolli. No foul.
47'
Milan start the half by keeping possession at the back. Understandably Chievo are content with this state of affairs.
46'
Milan get the second half underway. Will they get their usual win?
45' +1
HALF TIME: CHIEVO 1-1 AC MILAN
45'
There will be one minute of added time.
43'
Chievo look buoyed by that goal. They win their first corner of the game down their right. They can't make anything of it as Depaoli shoots wide but, still, it's progress.
41'
P. Hetemaj has scored a goal for Chievo! Assist by M. Léris.
The finish was good, but that was all about Leris' cross. All Hetemaj had to do was turn his head into it.
GOAL! Chievo score for the first time in five games! Leris curls in a perfect ball from the right and Hetemaj twists a header which squirms past Donnarumma! 1-1!
37'
Giaccherini can't make the most of a Chievo counter-attack and Suso's ball bounces straight through to Sorrentino. Milan are labouring a little but they're still in front.
36'
Gattuso has been sent to the stands! His complaints about Diousse's high challenge have led him to be dismissed from Milan's bench. What impact will that have on the game?
35'
Paqueta stays down for a while after Diousse catches the Brazilian on the shin while winning the ball. Play is delayed for some time as the two sides bicker - there wasn't much in it, in truth.
33'
That was a beautiful free-kick by Biglia. Milan probably just about deserve their lead.
31'
L. Biglia has scored a goal for AC Milan!
GOAL! A perfect free-kick by Biglia! The Argentine steps up and curls the ball right into the top left corner of Sorrentino's goal. The keeper had no chance. 1-0 Milan.
29'
Milan pop the ball around nicely without creating much - that is, until Paquetais brought down right in the D by Leris just as the Milan man is about to pull the trigger. Milan free-kick in a dangerous position...
27'
Laxalt comes forward on the overlap but Bani intercepts and lofts the ball towards Stepinski - the Pole can't keep hold of it. There's just no out-ball for Chievo at the moment.
25'
Milan are building pressure now. Chievo look to release Meggiorini who races behind Musacchio but the striker is offside.
21'
Donnarumma gratefully catches a Chievo ball into his area. Suddenly Milan are racing forward through Castillejo - until he blasts a shot high and wide.
20'
Castillejo wins a free-kick for Milan 50 yards out in a centre-left position. Suso tries a through-ball but Romagnoli heads straight into Sorrentino's arms. The Milan man's offside anyway.
18'
Giaccherini briefly stays down after coming off the worse from a sliding challenge on Piatek. The former Juventus and Napoli man looks fine to continue.
16'
Chievo work the ball forward without achieving much of note. It's easy to see why they've been so toothless this season.
12'
Chievo slowly work the ball forward. Giaccherini wins a free-kick for his team near the halfway line.
10'
A great cross-field ball finds Castillejo who wins a throw down Milan's left. Milan circulate the ball again but Suso's ambitious shot from the right floats out of play.
8'
Milan come on the attack again. Paqueta's initial through-ball is blocked but the ball is switched towards Castillejo in the area from the right. He can only knock the ball tamely to Sorrentino.
6'
Milan win the first corner of the game after Depaoli is forced to knock the ball out of play. Kessie gets a shot away from outside the box but it bounces wide.
5'
Stepinski fouls Paqueta in Milan's half. Meggiorini gets a shot outside the area shortly after for Chievo but it's high and wide.
3'
Milan get the first free-kick of the game as Barba fouls Suso. Chievo then embark upon a spell of keep-ball without really threatening Milan at all.
1'
The referee Luca Pairetto gets this match underway!
Hello and welcome to our live text commentary of this Serie A match between Chievo and AC Milan at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi.
Gennaro Gattuso's Milan are looking good for a top three finish in Serie A after starting 2019 well. Milan are unbeaten in nine matches in all competitions and have won four games in a row in the league, a run which has helped them leapfrog Inter into third in the table.
Their opponents today are rock-bottom Chievo who look doomed to relegation after spending the last 11 years in the top flight. Chievo are 12 points from safety, have a poor record against Milan and haven't even scored in the last four games. Hey, miracles do happen.
CHIEVO SUBS: Manuel Pucciarelli, Sergej Grubac, Luca Rossettini, Emanuel Vignato, Filip Djordjevic, Sofian Kiyine, Lucas Piazon, Elia Caprile, Nicolas Frey, Pawel Jaroszynski, Mauro Burruchaga, Bostjan Cesar.
MILAN (4-3-3): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Andrea Conti, Mateo Musacchio, Alessio Romagnoli, Diego Laxalt; Lucas Biglia, Franck Kessie, Lucas Paqueta; Samu Castillejo, Krzysztof Piatek, Suso.
MILAN SUBS: Mattia Caldara, Patrick Cutrone, Hakan Calhanoglu, Davide Calabria, Ivan Strinic, Fabio Borini, Antonio Donnarumma, Andrea Bertolacci, Riccardo Montolivo, Ignazio Abate, Jose Reina, Tiemoue Bakayoko
The two sides - Chievo in their away colours of white and blue, Milan wearing their famous rossoneri - enter the pitch.
Milan's victory puts the pressure on Inter ahead of their game against SPAL tomorrow. If Inter win, it's all set up for a tasty Milan derby at San Siro next week. Let's see what happens! That's all for now. Goodbye!
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