Serie A: Juventus endure frustrating draw, Ac Milan come up top in Milan Derby

Crotone’s Nigerian striker Simy Nwankwo celebrated scoring against champions Juventus in Serie A on Saturday by displaying a shirt with the inscription: #EndPoliceBrutalityInNigeria just as Victor Osimhen did earlier when he scored for Napoli.

Crotone striker Nwankwo also pulled out a shirt reading #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeria after scoring against Juventus ✊pic.twitter.com/r8kiyfnGps

— Goal (@goal) October 18, 2020

𝙀𝙉𝘿 𝙋𝙊𝙇𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝘽𝙍𝙐𝙏𝘼𝙇𝙄𝙏𝙔 𝙄𝙉 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙄𝘼

Crotone's Simeon Tochukwu Nwankwo has a message for the world after scoring against Juventus.#EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutality | @DAZN_CA pic.twitter.com/r8kiyf65xU

— Goal (@goal) October 17, 2020

Crotone took the lead with a Simy penalty in the 12th minute, before Alvaro Morata levelled from Chiesa’s assist nine minutes later.

21' | ♈️ | GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!! @ALVAROMORATA EQUALISES FROM @FEDERICOCHIESA'S CROSS!!!!! ⚽️⚪️⚫️#CrotoneJuve [1-1] #ForzaJuve @officialpes pic.twitter.com/h1P57B2CDC

— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) October 17, 2020

Juventus, missing Cristiano Ronaldo after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, thought they had scored a winner when Morata turned the ball in from close range in the 77th minute, but a long VAR review showed his heel was offside.

76' | ❌ | @AlvaroMorata has the ball in the net once more but VAR cancels it out due to an offside. #CrotoneJuve [1-1] #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/YxrONL5MgM

— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) October 17, 2020

Juve, chasing a 10th straight title, have eight points from four games while Crotone picked up their first point.

Inter Milan 1 – 2 Ac Milan 

AC Milan’s striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who recently recovered from a COVID-19 infection, scored an early brace to secure a 2-1 win over neighbours Inter in the Serie A derby on Saturday.

The Swedish striker put Milan in front after 13 minutes, tapping the ball in from the rebound after his penalty was saved by Samir Handanovic.

FT: Inter 1-2 AC Milan

AC Milan win the derby and continue their faultless start to the Serie A season to go to the top of the table

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, on his return to the team, is the match winner#InterMilan pic.twitter.com/oUykrbKa3u

— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) October 17, 2020

🔵⚫️ Inter 0-1 AC Milan 🔴⚫️

Zlatan Ibrahimovic opens the scoring 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Ye4PN1GnFb

— Goal (@goal) October 17, 2020

He then struck again three minutes later after latching on a Rafael Leao’s cross.

AC Milan beat Inter 2-1 to win the Derby della Madonnina thanks to the seemingly ageless #Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Milan top after 4 games following some shrewd recruitment and an excellent spell of form under Stefano Pioli.#MilanDerby #ACMilan #InterMilanhttps://t.co/Ab6GY2Gjzy

— Engrossed in Football (@eifmagazine) October 17, 2020

In a breathless first half, Romelu Lukaku pulled one back for inter in the 29th minute, the first Serie A goal Milan have conceded this season.

🙌 | 29' – BACK IN IT!#Perisic squares it for @RomeluLukaku9, who taps the ball home!

LET'S GO! 💪💪💪#InterMilan 1⃣-2⃣ #DerbyMilano #FORZAINTER ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/mdFh55kovd

— Inter (@Inter_en) October 17, 2020

Inter were awarded a penalty in the 75th minute but it was revoked for offside in the build-up.

📺 | 76' – VAR

The referee awards a penalty to Inter following a coming together between Donnarumma and @RomeluLukaku9 in the area. The decision is then reversed due to an offside in the build-up….#InterMilan 1⃣-2⃣ #DerbyMilano #FORZAINTER ⚫️🔵

— Inter (@Inter_en) October 17, 2020

Milan has won all four games so far and lead the standings with 12 points, while Inter has seven after their first defeat of the season.