Chukwueze emerges hero as AC Milan edge Parma in five-goal thriller

Samuel Chukwueze, who has found game time hard to come by this season, was AC Milan’s hero yesterday when they came from behind to beat Parma 3-2 at the San Siro.

The phrase “miraculous comeback” is often overused in football, but the over 65,000 fans leaving the stadium yesterday must have wondered what they had seen. Parma led twice through Cancellieri and Del Prato, but they were not braced well enough for the late wave of Milan pressure.

In the second minute of six added on at the end of the game, the Rossoneri equalised and this time it counted, after an earlier goal from Strahinja Pavlovic had been ruled out for offside.

Reijnders made a darting run in behind that was found by a perfectly weighted through ball from Musah, and the Dutchman kept his composure when through on goal, slotting it past Suzuki at the near post.

Then, something even more miraculous happened as the Rossoneri got themselves a dramatic later winner in the fifth minute of added time.

A cross from the left was met by the head of Pavlovic and the ball dropped in behind to Chukwueze who bundled it past Suzuki into the back of the net. A lengthy check for offside rendered the goal fair, and San Siro exploded.

Chukwueze, who missed six games through injury, replaced Youssouf Fofana in the 57th minute, with Milan pushing for all three points. The strike was Chukwueze’s fourth goal of the season, to go along with one assist in 23 appearances across all competitions.