Five minutes of stoppage time are added as Milan push for a winner.
90'
V. Verre enters the game and replaces M. Damsgaard.
M. Léris enters the game and replaces A. Candreva.
M. Yoshida enters the game and replaces T. Augello.
Damsgaard is swapped out for Verre in midfield.
Candreva also departs with Leris taking his place.
89'
Augello makes way for Yoshida for the visitors.
87'
J. Hauge has scored a goal for AC Milan!
HAUGE! 1-1! Milan sweep forward with Kessie feeding Hauge inside the box, and the attacker draws Audero and the defenders in, before cutting back onto his right foot and curling a precise finish into the bottom corner from 12 yards!
84'
K. Baldé enters the game and replaces F. Quagliarella.
Quagliarella is switched out for Keita.
That chance for Rebic was the closest Milan have come, but Sampdoria are still holding firm as we approach stoppage time.
80'
Milan have pinned Sampdoria inside their own half, but they're still struggling to create clear chances.
78'
Calhanoglu's outswinging corner is glanced well wide by Kessie.
76'
Calhanoglu's low 20-yard drive deflects wide for a corner that amounts to nothing.
74'
J. Hauge enters the game and replaces Samu Castillejo.
Theo and Calhanoglu work a smart interchange on the edge of the box, but Tonelli anticipates the danger and shields it out of play.
Castillejo is replaced by Hauge after a quiet game.
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73'
A. Candreva gets yellow.
Candreva is shown a yellow card after a late challenge on Theo.
72'
Tonelli throws himself at Rebic's 18-yard shot and it ricochets to safety.
68'
Quagliarella attempts to repeat his earlier goal - but this time from even further out - and his lob drifts harmlessly wide.
66'
Rebic jinks past Thorsby before angling a chip well over the bar from 25 yards.
64'
Milan now have 30 minutes to rescue this game against 10 men!
62'
K. Askildsen enters the game and replaces M. Gabbiadini.
Sampdoria shift to a more cautious shape as Gabbiadini makes way for Askildsen.
Well, the game has been turned on its head in the last 10 minutes! First Sampdoria took a deserved lead when Quagliarella chipped Donnarumma but then the visitors threw away their advantage instantly with Silva's red card!
60'
S. Tonali enters the game and replaces I. Bennacer.
The second change sees Krunic replaced by Rebic.
Milan immediately respond with a double substitution: the first change sees Bennacer make way for Tonali.
59'
A. Rebić enters the game and replaces R. Krunić.
Adrien Silva gets a second yellow card and is sent off.
Red card for Sampdoria! Silva earns a second yellow card after a late challenge on Castillejo!
57'
F. Quagliarella has scored a goal for Sampdoria!
QUAGLIARELLA! 1-0! Sampdoria open the scoring with a brilliant goal! Theo misplaces a pass straight to Quagliarella and the attacker audaciously hits a first-time lob from 30 yards that loops over Donnarumma and in!
55'
Candreva's inswinging corner is claimed by Donnarumma.
53'
Ibrahimovic wins a dangerous free-kick on the edge of the box, but Calhanoglu's delivery is claimed by Audero.
50'
I. Bennacer gets yellow.
Bennacer is booked after pulling Silva back near the centre-circle.
48'
Milan hit the visitors with a counter-attack, but the move is eventually slowed down by Ibrahimovic, who can't beat Colley before misplacing a throughball intended for Calhanoglu.
46'
P. Kalulu enters the game and replaces A. Saelemaekers.
Saelemaekers makes way for Kalulu during the interval.
Sampdoria get the second half underway.
45' +2
HALF TIME: Milan 0-0 Sampdoria
45' +1
Adrien Silva gets yellow.
Silva halts a promising run from Theo with an incredibly cynical slide tackle and is shown a yellow card.
45'
A. Saelemaekers gets yellow.
Saelemaekers is shown a yellow card after tripping Damsgaard.
41'
Theo lashes a wild half-volley high and wide from 30 yards.
39'
M. Thorsby gets yellow.
Thorsby is booked for a late challenge on Tomori inside the Milan half.
38'
Castillejo cuts it back towards Calhanoglu from the byline and it looks as though the attacker will have a clean shot at goal, but Thorsby recovers to lunge in and divert the ball to safety.
36'
Milan finally seem to have stopped Sampdoria's pressure, but they're struggling to produce many chances themselves currently.
34'
Calhanoglu steps up to take the free-kick from 22 yards, but he curls it wastefully into the wall.
32'
O. Colley gets yellow.
Colley slides in on Calhanoglu just outside the box and earns himself a yellow card.
30'
Ibrahimovic blasts a 30-yard free-kick straight into the wall.
28'
Damsgaard wins a promising free-kick near the left-hand side, but Candreva's delivery is too close to Donnarumma and the goalkeeper sails out to claim it.
22'
Quagliarella lays it off to Augello inside the box, but the defender can only plant a tame effort straight at Donnarumma from eight yards.
20'
Milan attempt to settle the game down with a long spell of possession inside their own half.
16'
Milan have had to absorb plenty of pressure early on, with Sampdoria making a surprisingly proactive start.
14'
Candreva whips in a dangerous cross from the right flank, but Tomori is there again to hack it clear.
12'
Thorsby cuts out a pass from Bennacer and suddenly Sampdoria have a three-on-three! However, Quagliarella's throughball to set Damsgaard clean through is misplaced and Kjaer is positioned to make a crucial interception!
10'
Krunic beats Bereszynski and squares it towards Calhanoglu, but the attacker can't quite stretch far enough to make contact.
8'
Milan fail to clear a series of corners, as the visitors continue to push for an early opening goal.
4'
Gabbiadini wriggles past Theo and gets deep inside the box, before cutting it back to Damsgaard who has a shot from 12 yards charged down by Kjaer.
2'
Sampdoria start brightly as Damsgaard latches onto Augello's pass down the line, before hammering in a vicious cross that Tomori hooks to safety.
1'
Milan get the first half underway.
Hello and welcome to live commentary of this Serie A fixture between Milan and Sampdoria. The hosts enter this one in second, with an outside chance of catching Inter in first: they’re six points off top having played an extra game, and they’ll be hoping to chip into this gap with a win today.
Sampdoria, meanwhile, are in a respectable 10th place – but with just one win in their last six games (a victory over Torino last time out) they’ll be hoping to shock Milan and arrest their recent slide.
MILAN (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Alexis Saelemaekers, Simon Kjaer, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Ismael Bennacer, Franck Kessie; Samu Castillejo, Hakan Calhanoglu, Rade Krunic; Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
SUBS: Diogo Dalot, Matteo Gabbia, Antonio Donnarumma, Jens Hauge, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Soualiho Meite, Sandro Tonali, Pierre Kalulu Kyatengwa, Ante Rebic.
SUBS: Nicola Ravaglia, Jakub Jankto, Mehdi Leris, Maya Yoshida, Antonino La Gumina, Valerio Verre, Karlo Letica, Kristoffer Askildsen, Gaston Ramirez, Vasco Regini, Keita, Alex Ferrari.
The players are emerging from the tunnel and kick off is just seconds away!
SAMPDORIA (4-4-2): Emil Audero; Bartosz Bereszynski, Lorenzo Tonelli, Omar Colley, Tommaso Augello; Antonio Candreva, Morten Thorsby, Adrien Silva, Mikkel Damsgaard; Fabio Quagliarella, Manolo Gabbiadini.
Milan know they have to win today to put the pressure on leaders, Inter, and you'd expect them to push for an opening goal in the second half.
That's all for now though, goodbye!
The result means that Milan cut Inter's lead to five points - but with two games in hand, Inter are now in an even more commanding position. Sampdoria, meanwhile, remain 10th.
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