Goals from Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari gave AC Milan achievement over Barcelona and a huge adventitious of authoritative the Champions League endure eight.
The Rossoneri dedicated in numbers and the two above Portsmouth players addled alert in the additional half.
Boateng angry and accursed in afterward a free-kick, afore Muntari's close-range advance nine account from time.
Andres Iniesta fizzed a attempt off ambition as Champions League favourites Barca had a chastened night.
Carles Puyol aswell headed advanced afterward Muntari's aboriginal Champions League goal, but affairs were alone casual for amateur drillmaster Jordi Roura's ancillary as they slipped to their third defeat of the season.
It was a appropriate masterclass by the hosts, who sprung a abruptness aftereffect based on a tight, acclimatized affectation in the aboriginal aeon but became added all-embracing afterwards the break.
That said, Barcelona, who are top of La Liga by 12 points, lacked their accepted creativity. Lionel Messi was alone complex sporadically, and they paid for always attempting to cut through the affection of the Milan defence.
The Italian club's accomplished axial midfielders, Riccardo Montolivo and Massimo Ambrosini, ensured that aisle was closed, and the win gives Milan a abundant befalling to avenge endure season's Champions League quarter-final defeat by Barcelona.
Back then, the two teams aggregate a 0-0 draw at the San Siro afore the Catalans won 3-1 in the additional leg, and on this affirmation the four-time European Cup champions will charge to decidedly accession their bold to get a echo aftereffect at Nou Camp on 12 March.
The Spanish ancillary about mustered a adventitious in the aboriginal aeon as Massimiliano Allegri's Milan aggregation formed endlessly in midfield to shut down amplitude and anticipate the brand of Messi and Iniesta abyssal through them.
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When Messi did carve out some amplitude on the bend of the box with some accomplished footwork, his attempt was bound blocked, while Xavi was bound to a all-embracing effort.
The best opportunities in a active aboriginal bisected went to Milan. Stephan El Shaarawy bore down on ambition afterwards a able blow from Boateng but the Italian over-ran the ball, with Puyol seeing it out of play.
Boateng again abrupt the consistent bend just advanced of Victor Valdes's larboard column in foreground of an alert home crowd.
Barcelona's ascendancy of control connected until afterwards the breach if the San Siro exploded into activity as Boateng struck. The active El Shaarawy drew a abhorrent 30 yards out and if Montolivo accursed in the free-kick, the brawl hit Cristian Zapata on the bend of the box, acceptance Boateng to hinge and assignment in his left-footed shot.
Barcelona complained that the brawl had hit Zapata's arm, but it had cannoned off Jordi Alba afore it hit the AC Milan player.
The ambition gave the Rossoneri added purpose and Giampaolo Pazzini absorbed in a attempt as the bold became added even.
Milan were agreeable to avert the amplitude of the 18-yard box and Barca had few efforts on goal, save for Iniesta's bubbles attempt which whistled accomplished the column with 15 account left.
Muntari's ambition again about took the roof off afterwards Milan bankrupt down the right. El Shaarawy aerial the brawl to the aback column and his Ghanaian team-mate fabricated no aberration with his left-foot strike.
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