AC Milan made its best start to a Serie A season since 1954-55 after edging past Torino 1-0 Tuesday.

The Rossoneri opened their Serie A campaign with eight wins and one draw before Tuesday’s game and entered the San Siro having won five games in a row.

Olivier Giroud scored the only goal of the match in the 14th minute to help Milan move 3 points clear of second-place Napoli, which hosts Bologna today.

The Rossoneri were still dealing with an injury crisis, but defender Theo Hernandez was fit for a place on the bench after recovering from the coronavirus.

Milan was the only team in the top six in Serie A to win over the weekend but only narrowly avoided embarrassment as two late goals helped it beat nine-man Bologna 4-2.

It seemed as if matters had improved when Milan took the lead after Rade Krunic nodded on a corner for Giroud to tap in from a couple of meters. It was the 35-year-old’s fourth goal in his six league matches for Milan.

However, the Rossoneri barely had another sight of a goal in a mediocre match. Torino went closer, with one of its best chances coming in the 76th as Antonio Sanabria ran onto a through ball but Milan goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu managed to parry his effort and Fikayo Tomori cleared the loose ball off the line.

(SD-Agencies)