MILAN: AC Milan earned a comfortable 3-0 win at home against Lecce in Serie A today after the visitors were reduced to 10 men minutes before the break.
Christian Pulisic gave Milan an early lead with a curling effort from the edge of the box and Olivier Giroud doubled their advantage from point-blank range following a corner in the 20th minute.
Lecce were left with 10 men just before the break when forward Nikola Krstovic saw a straight red for taking down Samuel Chukwueze before Rafael Leao made it 3-0 for the hosts after a solo run before the hour mark.
Milan are second in the standings on 68 points, nine points above third-placed Juventus who host Fiorentina tomorrow and 11 behind Inter Milan, who travel to 14th-placed Udinese on Monday.
Lecce remained 13th with 29 points.