Lazio humbled AC Milan with a superb 4-0 home victory in Serie A on Tuesday. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Mattia Zaccagni, Luis Alberto, and Felipe Anderson were all on target to send Maurizio Sarri's side into third place, one point behind Milan and 13 off the leaders Napoli.
Pedro displayed an amazing performance, as the Spaniard formed again on the starting eleven and was one of the key players in the build-up of the second goal and forced the penalty of the third.
Milinkovic-Savic fired Lazio in front after four minutes with a low shot into the bottom-left corner after Zaccagni set him up with a cross into the middle of the box.
Anderson could have added a second in the 36th minute but the pass he received from Pedro just in front goal was slightly too powerful for the Brazilian to convert.
However, two minutes later Pedro tried again to build a goal chance and he did so as he served a great pass to Marusic on the right lane. The midfielder hit the post from the edge of the six-yard box for Zaccagni to follow up with a tap-in from close range.
Milan had a chance to pull one back four minutes into the second half, but midfielder Ismael Bennacer sent his powerful free-kick inches wide of the right post.
But Lazio was still hungry for more and made it 3-0 from the spot through Luis Alberto after they were awarded a penalty for a foul by Pierre Kalulu on Spaniard Pedro.
Anderson wrapped up the scoring for Lazio in the 75th minute calmly converting Luis Alberto's precise cross from the edge of the box for a well-deserved reward for his hard efforts in the game.
- Match stats:
SS Lazio (4-3-3): Provedel; Marusic (79' Lazzari), Casale, Romagnoli, Hysaj; Milinkovic (83' Basic), Cataldi (86' Marcos Antonio), Luis Alberto; Pedro (78' Romero), Felipe Anderson, Zaccagni.
AC Milan (4-2-3-1): Tatarusanu; Calabria, Kalulu, Tomori (24' Kjaer), Dest; Bennacer, Tonali; Messias (58' Saelemaekers) , Diaz (58' De Ketelaere), Leao (79' Leao); Giroud (59' Origi).
Bookings: Marco Di Bello booked Bennacer (26'), Milinkovic (33'), Kjaer (53').
Goals: Marcatori: 5' Milinkovic, 38' Zaccagni, 67' Luis Alberto, 75' Felipe Anderson.
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