Milan beats Lecce to make it three straight wins
Three goals in five first-half minutes were enough to see AC Milan earn a third consecutive Serie A win as it swept aside Lecce 3-0 at San Siro.
An open start to proceedings saw Mike Maignan called into action to deny the visitors from taking the lead, with the France goalkeeper turning Nikola Krstovic's effort from distance around the post.
But Paulo Fonseca's side found the breakthrough in the 38th minute when Alvaro Morata nodded Theo Hernandez's teasing free-kick in off the crossbar.
Milan's opener saw a swagger emerge in its play, with the hosts doubling their advantage two minutes later when Rafael Leao's ball in behind the Lecce defence picked out Hernandez, who struck emphatically beyond Wladimiro Falcone.
But the quickfire blitz was not finished there. Tammy Abraham was twice denied in quick succession by the post and the palms of Falcone, with his second effort dropping fortuitously to Christian Pulisic who finished from close range.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek came closest to increasing Milan's lead after the break, clipping the crossbar with an attempted cross, with Davide Bartesaghi's sending off in the 80th minute taking the shine off an otherwise impressive showing from the Rossoneri.
After a difficult start to his Milan tenure, Fonseca finally seems to have his side playing.
Only Barcelona (10) has scored more goals than Milan (nine) in the first half across Europe's top five leagues so far this season.
