AC Milan mauled by Sassuolo at San Siro

In Serie A on Sunday, lowly Sassuolo humiliated AC Milan 5-2 at home, handing manager Stefano Pioli his fourth loss in five games.Throughout the game, tempers boiled as anger rose; 11 yellow cards were issued, seven to Milan players and four to the guests.The Italian champions have 38 points, one more than Roma and Lazio, who play later on Sunday. They are now fourth in the rankings. Sassuolo is in the sixteenth position.I'm disappointed, but disappointment doesn't go us very far, Pioli said to Sky Sport Italia. Recent performances indicate that we are having trouble, and this must motivate me to recognise the issues that need to be resolved."Securing a Champions League spot will be our Scudetto this season; that "Securing a Champions League spot will be our Scudetto this season; that is the goal."In the eighth minute, Olivier Giroud believed he had given Milan the lead, but his celebrations were cut short when VAR determined that he was offside.After 19 minutes, Gregoire Defrel scored Sassuolo's opening goal against the flow of play after Domenico Berardi fired a cross into the area.Two minutes later, Davide Frattesi smashed a low shot into the back of the net to double the advantage.In the 24th minute, Giroud gave Milan a point by heading Davide Calabria's cross into the top corner, but Berardi immediately gave Sassuolo a two-goal advantage.In the last seconds of the first half, Ante Rebic had a wonderful opportunity to score, but Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli stopped his effort.Armand Lauriente scored a penalty two minutes after halftime, and Matheus Henrique added a fifth 11 minutes from time to add insult to injury for Milan.When a set piece found an unmarked Rebic inside the area and he touched the ball into the goal, Milan's second goal was deemed offside by VAR in the 54th minute.In the 81st minute, Divock Origi scored Milan's second goal with a precise effort from the edge of the area On February 5, Milan will play Inter in the Milan derby."We'll choose the best course of action to get through this," We want to respond and get out of this bad condition since the Derby is the following week, Pioli remarked.