Ten-man AC Milan held on to beat Udinese 1-0 at home on Saturday thanks to an early goal from Samuel Chukwueze. Midfielder Tijjani Reijnders was sent off in the rainy Serie A clash.

Paulo Fonseca and his team were lucky to have won the match, as Udinese had two goals ruled out – one from Kingsley Ehizibue and another from Christian Kabasele – due to some pretty narrow offside decisions.

Milan are currently placed third in the league standings with 14 points, tied with Inter Milan in second and two behind leaders Napoli.

Chukwueze broke the deadlock after 13 minutes, finishing a team move with a first-time shot into the bottom far corner after an assist from Christian Pulisic.

Milan were on top for the first 29 minutes, but Udinese got a boost when Reijnders was sent off for a tackle on Udinese midfielder Sandi Lovric, who was through on goal.

Ehizibue thought he'd scored an equaliser for Udinese in the last few minutes of the first half, but the goal was disallowed.

The visitors tried to make the most of their numerical advantage in the second half to get the equaliser, while Milan aimed to wrap up the match with some quick counter-attacks, with both sides creating chances.

Milan came close to doubling their lead at the end when Pulisic's shot from inside the box was saved by Udinese's goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, but Tammy Abraham couldn't get himself in position to tap in the rebound.

As if that wasn't bad enough, the English striker then injured his shoulder in the next fall and had to be substituted five minutes later.

In the last few minutes, Udinese put a lot of pressure on the Milan goal and managed to score through Kabasele with just a few seconds left on the clock. However, after a lengthy VAR review, the goal was disallowed for offside.