Milan created a few half-decent chances throughout the game and were the better team, with Inter struggling to do anything in the final third throughout the 90 minutes.

Things were looking so good in the first few minutes in a pretty frantic start to the game, with both sides pressing forward with real intent. The first opportunity would fall to Alexis Saelemaekers, who latched onto a surprisingly wayward Marcelo Brozovic pass before rifling the ball goalward from just inside the penalty area. His strike, however, was well saved by Samir Handanovic.

Moments later, Milan had another chance to take the lead – this time through Theo Hernandez. The full-back embarked on one of his typically adventurous bursts forward, but saw his first-time shot from 18 yards out roll wide of the post.

While clear-cut chances were few and far between throughout the rest of the half, both teams piled the pressure on in very different ways. Inter went for the possession-based approach, spraying the ball out to Ivan Perisic to cross into Edin Dzeko at every given opportunity, while Milan were keen to catch their rivals on the break with Rafael Leao’s pace.

Leao started the second half in similar form, forcing Handanovic into a good save with a curling effort from the left-hand side of the penalty area.

Rade Krunic was next to spurn a decent chance, controlling well before scuffing a shot well wide from just eight yards out.

A string of five substitutions in the space of three minutes around the hour mark ever so slightly changed the complexion of the game as Inter actually created a half-chance. The token ‘away’ side for the evening were denied a 75th minute goal when Pierre Kalulu stole in to clip a Denzel Dumfries cross away from the path of Dzeko.

The game basically died thereafter, as neither side looked remotely capable of ever scoring a goal ever again.