AC Milan showed spirit by coming from two goals down to draw at Lecce but lost ground on Serie A leaders Napoli this weekend.
Theo Hernandez put through his own net after three minutes and then Federico Baschirotto doubled the hosts’ lead.
Portuguese forward Rafael Leao halved the deficit just before the hour and Davide Calabria levelled with 20 minutes remaining.
The Rossoneri have won only once since the World Cup.
Stefano Pioli’s side are now nine points adrift of Napoli, who thumped Juventus 5-1 on Friday to strengthen their push for a first league title in 33 years.
Their city rivals Inter stay fourth but sit just a point behind after they squeezed past Hellas Verona at the San Siro.
Lautaro Martinez scored the only goal inside three minutes with an excellent low finish for his ninth league of the season.
With half-time looming, Inter wanted a penalty when Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s shot appeared to strike Isak Hien’s elbow in the area.
It was checked, but the video assistant referee didn’t budge, much to Nerazzuri boss Simone Inzaghi’s annoyance.
Martinez thought he had doubled the lead with a delicate chip just past the hour, but his joy was cut short as he was penalised for a foul on Pawel Dawidowicz.
But Inter’s dominance and composure saw them over the line despite a late rally from Verona.
Line-ups
Lecce
Formation 4-3-3
- 30Falcone
- 17Gendrey
- 6Baschirotto
- 93Umtiti
- 97PezzellaSubstituted forGalloat 62′minutes
- 29Blin
- 42Hjulmand
- 16Gonzà lezSubstituted forMalehat 62′minutesBooked at 64mins
- 27Strefezza RebelatoSubstituted forOudinat 89′minutes
- 9ColomboSubstituted forVoelkerling Perssonat 72′minutes
- 11Di FrancescoSubstituted forBandaat 72′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Bleve
- 7Askildsen
- 8Bistrovic
- 13Tuia
- 14Helgason
- 19Listkowski
- 21Brancolini
- 22Banda
- 25Gallo
- 28Oudin
- 31Voelkerling Persson
- 32Maleh
- 77Ceesay
- 83Lemmens
- 99RodrÃguez Delgado
AC Milan
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Tatarusanu
- 2CalabriaBooked at 66minsSubstituted forKjaerat 86′minutes
- 20Kalulu
- 23Tomori
- 19HernándezSubstituted forDestat 45′minutes
- 4BennacerBooked at 86mins
- 32PobegaSubstituted forVranckxat 86′minutes
- 56SaelemaekersSubstituted forMessiasat 45′minutes
- 10DÃazSubstituted forOrigiat 69′minutes
- 17Rafael Leão
- 9Giroud
Substitutes
- 7Adli
- 14Bakayoko
- 21Dest
- 24Kjaer
- 27Origi
- 28Thiaw
- 30Messias
- 40Vranckx
- 46Gabbia
- 77Vásquez
- 83Mirante
- 90De Ketelaere
- 94Bozzolan
Live Text
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Match ends, Lecce 2, AC Milan 2.
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Second Half ends, Lecce 2, AC Milan 2.
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Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
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Alexis Blin (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Olivier Giroud (AC Milan).
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Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Divock Origi (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
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Attempt blocked. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Remi Oudin.
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Substitution, Lecce. Remi Oudin replaces Gabriel Strefezza.
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Attempt blocked. Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joel Voelkerling Persson.
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Substitution, AC Milan. Aster Vranckx replaces Tommaso Pobega.
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Substitution, AC Milan. Simon Kjaer replaces Davide Calabria.
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Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).
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Morten Hjulmand (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssef Maleh.
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Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Junior Messias.
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Attempt blocked. Youssef Maleh (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Strefezza with a cross.
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Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
