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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24074289" data-attributes="member: 158020">AC Milan 2 SPAL 1: Higuain ends  drought to ease pressure on Gattuso   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/29/23/7942286-0-image-a-97_1546126489438.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Gonzalo Higuain scored for the first time in 10 matches as AC Milan ended  their winless run by beating SPAL 2-1 in Serie A to ease the pressure on coach  Gennaro Gattuso.   There had been reports in Italy that Gattuso could be sacked if Milan failed  to gain a positive result against SPAL, having overseen a run of five games  without a win in all competitions.SPAL appeared to have a chance of extending  that streak to six when former Rossoneri academy product Andrea Petagna put them  ahead.   However, Samu Castillejo levelled in style before Higuain finally found the  net and completed the turnaround for Milan, who, despite losing Suso to a late  red card, moved into fifth, a point behind fourth-placed Lazio in the race to  secure Champions League football.   Milan found no reward for a sustained spell of early pressure, Alessio  Romagnoli correctly flagged for offside as he found the net before then finding  himself at fault as SPAL broke the deadlock.Romagnoli was cleverly turned by  ex-Milan striker Petagna, whose low effort deflected off the centre-back and  into the bottom-left corner.   However, the visitors' lead lasted just three minutes as Lorenzo Dickmann  failed to control Filippo Costa's poor clearance and Castillejo pounced to rifle  a volley into the top-right corner.   Tiemoue Bakayoko blazed over with the goal at his mercy as a gilt-edged  opportunity to complete the turnaround went begging amid more haphazard SPAL  defending.   Yet they finally paid the price as Higuain silenced his critics, goalkeeper  Alfred Gomis getting both hands to his effort but unable to keep it out after  Hakan Calhanoglu had knocked the ball into the path of the former Napoli and  Real Madrid forward.   Calhanoglu and Bakayoko each had chances to make it 3-1 before Thiago Cionek  went close for SPAL, with Suso's second yellow card for an ill-advised foul on  Mirko Valdifior then setting up a nervy finish that would have ended in  heartbreak had Milan keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma not produced a stunning diving  save to deny Mohamed Fares.</blockquote>

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