SPAL 0 AC Milan 4: Patrick Cutrone scores twice as Gennaro Gattuso’s side earn crucial three points away from home
Lucas Biglia and Fabio Borini were also on target as Milan try to claw their way back into the Champions League spots
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PATRICK CUTRONE was AC Milan's star on Saturday, as he scored twice to gift Gennaro Gattuso's side a crucial three points.
Lucas Biglia and Fabio Borini was also on target for the visitors as Milan desperately try to claw their way back into the Champions League spots.
Cutrone got the visitors off to the perfect start as he rifled the ball low inside the right post in just the second minute.
SPAL nearly stunned Milan late in the first half as Federico Viviani rattled the post with a ferocious drive from outside the box.
But it was that man Cutrone again who essentially put the game to bed as he slotted home Milan's second in the 65th minute.
Not long after, Biglia eliminated all doubt as he scored the Gennaro Gattuso's side's third of the day to all-but guarantee Milan a crucial three points.
Substitute Fabio Borini provided the cherry on top as his 90th-minute goal rubbed salt into the wound for relegation-embattled SPAL.
Despite the comfortable win, the big-spending side still sit seventh in Serie A, 24 points behind league-leading Juventus after 24 games.
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Meanwhile, SPAL remain in the relegation zone, with just 17 points from their 18 games, three points adrift of Crotone one place above them, at the time of writing.
AC Milan's next test will be at home to Sampdoria on February 18, while SPAL face a daunting trip to Napoli on the same day.
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