AC Milan were held to a 0-0 home draw by Bologna, leaving them one point clear at the top of Serie A.
Wins by defending champions Inter Milan and second-placed Napoli at the weekend put pressure on Milan to respond.
But the hosts struggled, with French forward Olivier Giroud’s header, well saved by Lukasz Skorupski, their best first-half effort.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic came off the bench after the break, but Bologna withstood late pressure to seal a point.
Bologna, in 12th place, were without coach Sinisa Mihajlovic on the touchline as he undergoes hospital treatment for leukaemia.
Milan have seven games left as they pursue their first Scudetto since 2011.
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Line-ups
AC Milan
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 16Maignan
- 2CalabriaSubstituted forFlorenziat 75′minutes
- 20Kalulu
- 23Tomori
- 19Hernández
- 8Tonali
- 4BennacerSubstituted forKessiéat 70′minutes
- 30MessiasSubstituted forRebicat 45′minutes
- 10Díaz
- 17da Conceição Leão
- 9GiroudSubstituted forIbrahimovicat 70′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Tatarusanu
- 5Ballo-Touré
- 7Castillejo Azuaga
- 11Ibrahimovic
- 12Rebic
- 25Florenzi
- 33Krunic
- 41Bakayoko
- 46Gabbia
- 56Saelemaekers
- 79Kessié
- 83Mirante
Bologna
Formation 3-5-2
- 28Skorupski
- 5Soumaoro
- 17MedelSubstituted forBonifaziat 82′minutes
- 6Theate
- 3HickeySubstituted forKasiusat 71′minutes
- 20Aebischer
- 30Schouten
- 32SvanbergSubstituted forSorianoat 71′minutes
- 35DijksBooked at 40minsSubstituted forMbayeat 83′minutes
- 9Arnautovic
- 99BarrowSubstituted forOrsoliniat 60′minutesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 2Binks
- 4Bonifazi
- 7Orsolini
- 10Sansone
- 14Viola
- 15Mbaye
- 19Santander
- 21Soriano
- 22Bardi
- 55Vignato
- 71Kasius
- 91Falcinelli
- Referee:
- Livio Marinelli
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home54%
- Away46%
- Shots
- Home33
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away4
- Corners
- Home9
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away7
Live Text
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Match ends, AC Milan 0, Bologna 0.
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Second Half ends, AC Milan 0, Bologna 0.
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Booking
Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Mike Maignan (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna).
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Offside, AC Milan. Ante Rebic tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
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Offside, AC Milan. Fikayo Tomori tries a through ball, but Brahim Díaz is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Lukasz Skorupski.
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Attempt saved. Ante Rebic (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross.
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Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Kevin Bonifazi.
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Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross.
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Attempt blocked. Ante Rebic (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a corner.
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Attempt missed. Theo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
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Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Jerdy Schouten.
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Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan).
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Attempt saved. Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Fikayo Tomori.
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Attempt blocked. Sandro Tonali (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.