AC MILAN v SALERNITANA: ALL THE NUMBERS FROM THE MATCH
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AC Milan fought, created and pushed with all their might, but couldn't find a winner at home to Salernitana. Giroud's first-half header gave them the lead, but it was to be cancelled out after the break from Dia's tap-in, stopping the Rossoneri the chance to go joint-second in the table. With over 70,000 fans incessantly urging the home side on, a performance and the desire to earn all three points was never in doubt. Here are the main stats and facts to come out of the 1-1 draw at San Siro:
1. Each of Olivier Giroud's three goals in Serie A in 2023 have been headers, the joint-most over the same period in Europe's Top-5 leagues (three headed goals also for Victor Osimhen and Danilho Doekhi).
2. Olivier Giroud is the oldest player to have scored at least eight goals in Europe's Top-5 Leagues.
3. Brahim Díaz has played his 100th game in Europe's Top-5 Leagues.
4. AC Milan have scored two goals from corners in 2023 in Serie A (Kalulu against Roma in January), one more than the whole of 2022 in the top-flight.
5. Olivier Giroud has scored seven goals at home in Serie A this season, only Lautaro Martínez (eight) and Victor Osimhen (ten) have got more in the top-flight.
6. Ismaël Bennacer has provided 10 assists in Serie A. Today's was the Algerian's second from a corner in the competition (the first was in April 2019 against Napoli).
7. Alessandro Florenzi returned to play a Serie A fixture 195 days after the last time (30 August 2022 against Sassuolo).
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