D. Cataldi enters the game and replaces Lucas Leiva.
J. Akpa Akpro enters the game and replaces Luis Alberto.
V. Muriqi enters the game and replaces C. Immobile.
Immobile is the final player to go off in the closing stages of the game, with Muriqi taking his place up front.
Leiva also comes off, with Cataldi replacing him in a second midfield alteration for Lazio.
With the game wrapped up, Inzaghi makes a triple-change now. Luis Alberto is the first to depart the field, with Akpa Akpro taking his place in midfield.
87'
C. Immobile has scored a goal for Lazio! Assist by M. Lazzari.
GOAL!!! IT'S 3-0 TO LAZIO NOW!!! That surely wraps things up for Lazio! Lazzari races down the right and squares it to Immobile on the edge of the box. The striker takes a couple of touches to get into the area before arrowing an unstoppable effort across goal and in off the base of the left-hand post!
Lazzari's drive and energy had the Milan defence backpedalling, and Immobile dispatched the chance created for him with confidence and precision.
76'
Andreas Pereira enters the game and replaces J. Correa.
Correa is going to be denied the chance to complete his hat-trick now as Inzaghi decides to bring him off, with Pereira taking his place.
74'
Pioli's final change sees Kjaer replaced by Romagnoli at centre-back in a like-for-like change.
73'
A. Romagnoli enters the game and replaces S. Kjær.
70'
S. Tonali enters the game and replaces I. Bennacer.
The second alteration sees Bennacer replaced by Tonali in the double pivot alongside Kessie.
69'
Diogo Dalot enters the game and replaces D. Calabria.
Pioli makes another double-change as the second half draws on. Calabria is the first to come off, with Dalot replacing him at right-back.
68'
M. Fares enters the game and replaces S. Lulić.
Inzaghi makes his first change of the evening, bringing Fares on to replace Lulic at left wing-back.
63'
Rafael Leão enters the game and replaces M. Mandžukić.
Brahim Díaz enters the game and replaces A. Saelemaekers.
The second sees Saelemaekers, who has been quiet since the restart, come off for Real Madrid loanee Diaz.
Pioli makes a double-substitution as he searches for a way to get Milan back into the game. The first is a like-for-like change up front, as Leao comes on to replace Mandzukic.
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61'
Immobile attempts to exploit Milan's high line with an early ball over the top for Correa, but he gets way too much power on it and fires it into the path of Donnarumma instead.
59'
Milan have a real task on their hands now. Lazio look very sharp and threatening from counter-attacking situations but, with a two-goal deficit to make up for, the visitors have to push forward and attack.
57'
S. Milinković-Savić gets yellow.
Milinkovic-Savic blocks Donnarumma off as he tries to start a counter-attack after claiming a corner and the Lazio midfielder is booked as a result.
51'
J. Correa has scored a goal for Lazio! Assist by Luis Alberto.
GOAL!!! LAZIO DOUBLE THEIR LEAD!!! Calhanoglu goes down at the edge of the Lazio box but the referee waves play on and Luis Alberto carries it into the middle before sending it forward to Correa. The forward takes Tomori on and beats him down the right side of the box before thumping a ferocious effort into the roof of the net from a tight angle! It's 2-0 to Lazio!
Luis Alberto played to the whistle and showed vision and composure as he picked Correa out in an advanced area, with the forward finding the net superbly.
48'
The opening stages of the second half have been much cagier than the first, with a couple of fouls preventing the game from flowing.
46'
We're back underway for the second half!
45' +1
HALF-TIME: LAZIO 1-0 MILAN
41'
Milan have been much better over the last 10 minutes or so and that is, in large part, down to the performance of Saelemaekers, who seems to have adopted a freer role and is drifting in from the right to cause problems with his direct running and neat passing.
37'
A few sloppy touches from both sides see possession turned over cheaply and there's some frustrated gesticulating. The last minute or so has been a little scrappy.
33'
Milinkovic-Savic attempts another incisive throughball, this time aimed at Immobile, but the striker had gone too early and the flag goes up for offside.
28'
Milinkovic-Savic saunters through midfield and tries to slide the ball in behind for the run of Lazzari, but it's a fraction overhit and Donnarumma is out to claim it.
26'
Leiva catches Hernandez as the left-back gallops down the flank and Calhanoglu is furious with the referee for not booking the Lazio midfielder. Hernandez stays down for a moment or two, but eventually gets to his feet and seems to be fine.
22'
Lazio are playing some lovely stuff, exchanging quick, sharp passes with incisive off-the-ball movement and they look like carving Milan open every time they go forward.
20'
Calhanoglu fires the free-kick off the wall and behind for a corner, and the resulting delivery is flicked on to Mandzukic at the far post, but he's deemed to have handled the ball and the whistle goes for a Lazio free-kick.
19'
F. Acerbi gets yellow.
Milan work a slick move and Hernandez bursts through the centre, getting forward from left-back, but Acerbi scythes him down and picks up a yellow card.
16'
Milan appear to have finally stemmed the tide of Lazio attacks and are enjoying a brief spell of possession of their own now.
14'
Immobile gets down the left and this time has a go of his own, lashing left-footed across goal from inside the box, but it comes back out off a defender.
10'
Pioli is shaking his head on the sidelines. He can't believe how poor his team have been so far. Outside of the chance they were gifted in the first minute, they've been completely dominated.
8'
Milan are really struggling to get into the game. Lazio attack once again, with Immobile causing all sorts of problems with his link play, but Luis Alberto's effort from the left side of the area is blocked away!
6'
Lazio are threatening with every attack at the moment. Immobile is the focal point again as Milinkovic-Savic surges forward from midfield and goes for goal from just inside the box, but he gets under it and sends his effort over the bar.
2'
J. Correa has scored a goal for Lazio! Assist by C. Immobile.
GOAL!!! LAZIO ARE IN FRONT ALREADY!!! Bennacer's loose touch is pounced on by Correa, who plays a sharp give-and-go with Immobile and finds himself in behind the Milan defence and one-on-one with Donnarumma. The Lazio forward takes the ball around the goalkeeper and taps into an empty net! It's 1-0 to Lazio!
Immobile's one-touch pass in behind for Correa carved the Milan defence apart - the visitors were all over the place and paid the price for their disorganisation.
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We're underway in Rome!
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Serie A clash between Lazio and Milan at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Lazio and Milan are both involved in a fierce battle for Champions League qualification next season, with just two points separating the four clubs behind league leaders Inter. Lazio are eight points off the pace in sixth, but have two games in hand on all the teams above them apart from tonight's opponents Milan, who would move clear of the pack and into second with a victory.
Lazio XI (3-5-2): Pepe Reina; Adam Marusic, Francesco Acerbi, Stefan Radu; Manuel Lazzari, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Lucas Leiva, Luis Alberto, Senad Lulic; Joaquin Correa, Ciro Immobile.
Lazio substitutes: Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Marco Parolo, Andreas Pereira, Wesley Hoedt, Danilo Cataldi, Thomas Strakosha, Vedat Muriqi, Patric, Mateo Musacchio, Mohamed Fares, Marco Alia.
Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Ismael Bennacer, Franck Kessie; Alexis Saelemaekers, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ante Rebic; Mario Mandzukic.
Milan substitutes: Diogo Dalot, Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa, Rafael Leao, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Brahim Diaz, Rade Krunic, Sandro Tonali, Samu Castillejo, Soualiho Meite, Jens Hauge, Alessio Romagnoli, Matteo Gabbia.
Inzaghi will be delighted with his team's performance, but he will know that they should have more to show for it. Despite a very strong opening half-hour, they did not punish Milan and will rue the VAR call that robbed them of a two-goal cushion. Pioli, meanwhile, will be grateful that, despite his team's poor start, they are not out of it yet and Saelemaekers in particular was pulling the strings in attack in the 15 minutes before half-time.
Lazio host Genoa next, while Milan are visited by Benevento.
Thank you for joining our coverage, we hope you enjoyed the game. Until next time, goodbye!
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