Good morning and welcome to Eurosport's live text coverage of AC Milan v Bari as top take on bottom in Serie A at the San Siro.
- A. Cassano(83')
- G. Rudolf(40')
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So much congestion in the Bari penalty area. This will be a real test of Milan's patience.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks hopefully towards the referee after going down in the Bari penalty area but he gets nothing. Play waved on.
What a mess they made of that! Robinho takes a quick corner kick and is caught in an offside position as he receives the ball back
Nifty footwork from Robinho to win his side a corner kick
Equally, Milan will be confident of unlocking the Bari defence before too long with their attacking trio
Bari will be buoyed by their start to this game having restricted Milan to only a few glimpses at goal and the odd half chance.
Free kick goes Milan's way as Robinho takes a tumble under pressure from Codrea.
Neat turn in the box from Pato to make room for a shot which is blazed well over.
Bari not afraid to have a speculative pop at goal with Paul Codrea getting in on the act but failing to test Abbiati.
Abate is operating almost as a right winger in this game with all of Milan's meaningful attacks coming from that channel so far
Simone Bentivoglio finds space for a shot which he strikes well and Thiago Silva deflects the ball behind for a corner kick
Bari consistently with at least 10 men behind the ball in the opening minutes at the San Siro. This will be a tough test of their defensive resolve against the League leaders.
Gattuso with a sight of goal but he drags his left foot shot wide from 25 yards
First sight of goal for Robinho and Milan as the Brazilian gets on the end of Ignazio Abate's cross to head wide at the near post
Sergio Almiron takes the shot on direct from the free kick 35 yards from goal but is off target to Christian Abbiati's left
Clumsy foul by Gennaro Gattuso as Bari launch their first meaningful attack of the game
Good defensive work from Pato there who showed great determination in tracking back and regaining possession for his side
The heavans have opened over the San Siro as Milan enjoy some good early possession
Milan looking to bounce back from their Champions League exit to Tottenham Hotspur during the week with their fifth successive Serie victory
Kick off at the San Siro and the first match of the day is underway.
Bari Starting XI: Jean Francois Gillet, Nicola Belmonte, Kamil Glik, Marco Rossi, Andrea Masiello, Paul Codrea, Simone Bentivoglio, Sergio Almiron, Edgar Alvarez, Abdelkader Ghezzal, Gergely Rudolf