Serie A | Genoa 1-2 Milan: Cisse and Pulisic revive Rossoneri

Milan surged into an early lead with Alphadjo Cisse and Christian Pulisic, holding off the Genoa comeback to secure a morale-boosting victory at Marassi.

The Grifone were in sparkling form with three consecutive victories, including against Juventus, and had practically a full squad to choose from. The Rossoneri were deeply unpredictable, lurching from defeat to Bologna to winning the Derby della Madonnina to a 2-0 Europa League loss with Ferencvaros on Thursday.

Strahinja Pavlovic, Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia, Samuel Chukwueze, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Pietro Terracciano and Alexis Saelemaekers were still injured, so Yunus Musah became a makeshift left-back.

Genoa’s last home win against Milan was 3-0 in October 2016, while they hadn’t secured a victory at all since March 2020 at San Siro.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Milutin Osmajic almost scored in the opening minute when running onto a long ball over the top, his angle drive shaving a coat of paint off the far post.

Goncalo Ramos also drilled wide after a Johan Vasquez scuffed clearance, and was prevented from tapping in by a desperate Alessandro Marcandalli block from close range.

Milan took the lead when Vasquez was robbed on the right, allowing Adrien Rabiot to roll across for Alphadjo Cisse to sweep in first-time from 14 yards with the inside of the right boot. It was the teenager’s eighth goal of the season in all competition and a great way to celebrate his first senior Italy call-up.

Genoa shot themselves in the foot again for the second goal, as Marcandalli’s weak back-pass was intercepted by Goncalo Ramos, who generously opted to set up Pulisic rather than go for it himself, the American sending Leo Ostigard to ground.

Osmajic had the ball in the net for Genoa on the half-hour mark, but was narrowly offside as he went to nod in the cross from the left, while the Samuel Wiafe strike stung Maignan’s gloves.

Maignan also plucked an Ostigard header out of the air on the Messias cross, but there was tension after the restart when Marcandalli was robbed by Rabiot and brought the France international down for a yellow card. Milan wanted a red, with three members of the coaching staff sent off from the touchline for their protests, but it was practically in the centre-circle and too far away to be considered a clear scoring opportunity.

Vitinha caught Musa napping to surge into the box and sting Maignan’s gloves, then Stephan El Shaarawy’s strike was deflected inches over from 12 yards.

Genoa did get back into it when El Shaarawy’s free kick was charged down by the wall, but Mikkel Ellertsson was quickest to react on the loose ball, beating Maignan from distance with the aid of a deflection off Ardon Jashari.

It was tense to the bitter end, a free kick floated over the top and Kingsley Ehizibue knocking it across the face of goal with nobody able to get the final touch.

Cisse 13 (M), Pulisic 19 (M), Ellertsson 88 (G)

		08-11-2026 14:00
		MatchDay 11
		Stadio Luigi Ferraris
		Genoa
		Milan
1 - 2

1st half

2nd half

Genoa

Milan

1		Justin Bijlow	Goalkeeper
27		Alessandro Marcandalli	Defender	62'
22		Johan Vásquez	Defender
3		Kingsley Ehizibue	Defender
5		Leo Östigard	Defender
25		Hamed Traorè	Midfielder	85'
71		Samuel Wiafe	Midfielder	84'
10		Junior Messias	Attacker	62'
77		Mikael Egill Ellertsson	Attacker
18		Milutin Osmajic	Attacker
9		Vitinha	Attacker	74'
16		Mike Maignan	Goalkeeper
5		Koni De Winter	Defender
34		Mario Gila	Defender
13		Sankhoun Diawara	Defender	62'
12		Adrien Rabiot	Midfielder
14		Luka Modric	Midfielder
80		Yunus Musah	Midfielder	87'
70		Alphadjo Cissè	Attacker	61'
11		Christian Pulisic	Attacker	79'
22		Diego Moreira	Attacker
9		Gonçalo Ramos	Attacker
20		Stefano Sabelli	Defender
39		Daniele Sommariva	Goalkeeper
2		Mario Mitaj	Defender
17		Elias Havel	Attacker
99		Franz Stolz	Goalkeeper
34		Sebastian Otoa	Defender
		Lorenzo Venturino	Attacker
4		Amorim	Midfielder
31		David Puczka	Defender
16		Cody Drameh	Defender
92		Stephan El Shaarawy	Attacker	62'
8		Tommaso Baldanzi	Midfielder	62'
29		Lorenzo Colombo	Attacker	74'
11		Franz-Ethan Meichtry	Midfielder	84'
97		Djibril Sow	Midfielder	85'
33		Davide Bartesaghi	Defender
73		Francesco Camarda	Attacker
96		Lorenzo Torriani	Goalkeeper
35		Valeri Vladimirov	Defender
28		Christian Comotto	Midfielder
41		Leo Paul Bouyer	Goalkeeper
20		Omari Hutchinson	Midfielder	61'
42		Filippo Terracciano	Midfielder	62'
30		Ardon Jashari	Midfielder	79'
2		Pervis Estupiñán	Defender	87'