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Serie A 2023-24: AC Milan Beat Lazio 1-0, Luca Pellegrini And Two Others See Red Cards

Swiss striker Noah Okafor scored with two minutes remaining to hand AC Milan the win in the Serie A 2023-24 clash. Luca Pellegrini, Adam Marusic and Matteo Guendouzi were sent off and four other Lazio players, plus coach Maurizio Sarri were booked in the Italian league game

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Referee Marco di Bello shows the red card to Lazio's Matteo Guendouzi, background right, and the yellow card to AC Milan's Christian Pulisic during their Serie A 2023-24 football match at Rome's Olympic stadium on March 2. Photo: AP/Gregorio Borgia
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Three Lazio players were sent off as they lost to AC Milan 1-0 at home in Serie A on Friday. (More Football News)

Luca Pellegrini, Adam Marusic and Matteo Guendouzi all saw red cards.

Another four Lazio players were booked, while five AC Milan players were shown a yellow card on a bad-tempered evening.

Pellegrini was sent off after 57 minutes when the score was 0-0.

Noah Okafor scored with two minutes remaining and a red mist descended on the Lazio players.

Marusic and Guendouzi were sent off in the dying minutes and players from both sides squared up to each other at the final whistle.

The confrontations followed a mini brawl after Pellegrini's sending off. Earlier, Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri was booked for arguing with the officials.

Lazio were angered at not being awarded a first-half penalty, while Milan had a goal disallowed for offside with a quarter of an hour remaining.

The result took third-placed Milan to within a point of Juventus. Juventus play Napoli on Sunday.

Lazio remained in ninth place.