AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea: Blues win after Fikayo Tomori sent off

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Chelsea enjoyed a comfy triumph astatine AC Milan aft erstwhile Blues defender Fikayo Tomori received an aboriginal reddish card.

Tomori was sent disconnected for pulling backmost Mason Mount successful the area, with Jorginho converting the penalty.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doubled the pb with a assured onslaught against his erstwhile club.

But Chelsea and England suffered a stroke successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile right-back Reece James limped off.

The triumph continues Graham Potter's unbeaten commencement arsenic Chelsea manager, with 4 wins successful his archetypal 5 games.

It moves Chelsea apical of Group E with 7 points from 4 matches, but it remains highly choky with Red Bull Salzburg connected six points and some Milan and Dinamo Zagreb connected four.

Bad nighttime for Tomori and James

Tomori has not enjoyed his reunion with his boyhood nine implicit the past mates of games - aft Milan were beaten comprehensively astatine Stamford Bridge past week, the Chelsea younker merchandise lasted conscionable 18 minutes connected Tuesday.

What looked similar being a choky crippled was blown unfastened erstwhile Tomori enactment his limb connected the enarthrosis of England team-mate Mount, putting the midfielder disconnected equilibrium capable to nonstop him tumbling to the floor.

Referee Daniel Siebert, who was cardinal to the play passim to the ire of the location support, deemed it capable interaction to beryllium a punishment and that Tomori had not attempted to play the ball, frankincense overriding the treble jeopardy regularisation and causing him to amusement the reddish card.

The determination was debated agelong and hard by Tomori and Milan's players, but yet helium had to permission the tract and aft a lengthy hold Jorginho calmly slotted the punishment away.

Mount was fantabulous for the archetypal 45 minutes earlier being substituted for Conor Gallagher astatine half-time, having picked up a booking for arguing with Olivier Giroud successful the aftermath of the penalty.

Potter decided to region Mount from the firing enactment of some the irate location fans and the card-happy Siebert - but not earlier the England midfielder caused Milan endless problems and showed wherefore helium is truthful admired by his managers for nine and country.

While his signifier is simply a boost for Gareth Southgate, the show of James hobbling disconnected minutes aft jarring his genu successful the turf portion making a situation is worrying, with the World Cup little than six weeks away.

Having been truthful good stocked astatine right-back previously, Southgate is present sweating connected the fittingness of James arsenic good arsenic Kyle Walker and Trent Alexander-Arnold, who person each suffered injuries successful caller weeks.

Four successful a enactment for Potter

Only 2 players person started each 5 of Potter's games successful complaint of Chelsea truthful acold - goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and Mount.

The second was cardinal to the 2nd extremity too. He was played the shot connected the borderline of the Milan country by Jorginho, and cleverly laid it disconnected archetypal time. Both Raheem Sterling and Aubameyang were moving on, and the erstwhile smartly moved retired of the mode for the second to works the shot beyond Ciprian Tatarusanu astatine his adjacent post.

From past connected it was reasonably straightforward for Chelsea to gain lone their 2nd competitory triumph connected Italian ungraded from 15 attempts, the past being a 4-0 triumph for Claudio Ranieri's broadside astatine Roberto Mancini's Lazio successful November 2003.

They came the person of the 2 sides to scoring successful the 2nd half, with Gallagher hitting the side-netting aft rounding Tatarusanu.

It is simply a 4th successive triumph for Potter, with Chelsea continuing an awesome turnaround by rising to the apical of Group E aft 4 games, having been bottommost aft matchday two.

Line-ups

AC Milan

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Tatarusanu
20Kalulu
46GabbiaBooked astatine 32mins
23TomoriBooked astatine 18mins
19HernándezSubstituted forBallo-Touréat 80'minutesBooked astatine 90mins
4BennacerSubstituted forPobegaat 62'minutesBooked astatine 66mins
8TonaliBooked astatine 89mins
10DíazSubstituted forDestat 37'minutes
33KrunicBooked astatine 35mins
17da Conceição LeãoSubstituted forOrigiat 80'minutes
9GiroudBooked astatine 20minsSubstituted forRebicat 62'minutes

Substitutes

5Ballo-Touré
12Rebic
21Dest
27Origi
30Messias
32Pobega
83Mirante
93Coubis
96Jungdal

Chelsea

Formation 3-4-2-1

1Arrizabalaga
14Chalobah
6Thiago Silva
26Koulibaly
24JamesSubstituted forAzpilicuetaat 62'minutes
8Kovacic
5Jorginho
21ChilwellSubstituted forCucurellaat 89'minutes
19MountBooked astatine 20minsSubstituted forGallagherat 45'minutesBooked astatine 86mins
17SterlingBooked astatine 29minsSubstituted forLoftus-Cheekat 62'minutes
9AubameyangSubstituted forHavertzat 79'minutes

Substitutes

10Pulisic
12Loftus-Cheek
13Bettinelli
16Mendy
18Broja
20Zakaria
23Gallagher
28Azpilicueta
29Havertz
30Chukwuemeka
32Cucurella

Live Text

Match ends, AC Milan 0, Chelsea 2.
Second Half ends, AC Milan 0, Chelsea 2.
Offside, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek tries a done ball, but Kai Havertz is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
Foul by Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea).
Divock Origi (AC Milan) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Ante Rebic (AC Milan) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Tommaso Pobega.
Attempt saved. Divock Origi (AC Milan) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
Fodé Ballo-Touré (AC Milan) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Fodé Ballo-Touré (AC Milan).
Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Cucurella replaces Ben Chilwell.
Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Sandro Tonali (AC Milan).
Attempt missed. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the right. Assisted by Jorginho.
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) is shown the yellowish card.
Hand shot by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea).
Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.