AC Milan secured a vital 1-0 victory at San Siro against Girona, with Rafael Leão delivering an outstanding performance that made him the star of the game. His goal in the 37th minute proved to be

AC Milan coach Sergio Conceicao was pleased with his side's performance after they defeated Girona 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday, thanks to a stunning first-half strike from Rafael Leao.

AC Milan find themselves in the automatic qualifying places for the Champions League last 16 following a fifth straight victory.

Sergio Conceicao warns Milan ‘have a lot of work to be done’ despite his first clean sheet in a Champions League win over Girona, while he assures Rafael Leao ‘is putting the effort in’ to help the defence.

A first-half goal by winger Rafael Leao helped AC Milan to a 1-0 home win against Girona in the Champions League on Wednesday, leaving the Italians well-placed to book a spot in the last 16.

Rafael Leao boosted AC Milan's chances of direct qualification to the last 16 of the Champions League with a brilliant goal in Wednesday's 1-0 win over Girona.The second was much lower key, with Bryan Gil's fizzing strike for Girona ruled out for a razor-thin offside being the only real incident of a match which ended with Conceicao's first Champions League win as Milan coach.