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Benevento goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli scored an injury-time equaliser against AC Milan as they picked up the first Serie A point in their history.
The keeper, on loan from Juventus, came forward for a free-kick and headed in Danilo Cataldi’s free-kick to end a record-breaking run of 14 defeats.
Milan led through Giacomo Bonaventura before George Puscas equalised.
Nikola Kalinic headed Milan ahead again and they had Alessio Romagnoli sent off before Brignoli’s famous leveller.
The seventh-placed visitors sacked Vincenzo Montella and replaced him with youth-team boss Gennaro Gattuso this week.
Serie A debutants Benevento – who were in the third tier in 2015-16 – had lost more games at the start of a season than any team in history from Europe’s top five leagues.
Brignoli is the first goalkeeper to score in Serie A since Massimo Taibi for Reggina against Udinese in 2001.
Who is Alberto Brignoli?
The 26-year-old goalkeeper has had a fairly unremarkable career. He is on loan from Juventus, although has never played for the champions. Since joining them in 2015, he has had loan spells with Ternana, Sampdoria, Leganes and Perugia before joining Benevento this summer.
Before joining Juve, he had played for lower league clubs Montichiari, Lumezzane and Ternana.
Against Milan, he was playing in Serie A for only the ninth time – having started once for Sampdoria in 2015-16 and the last eight games for Benevento. He played once in La Liga, for Leganes against Espanyol in 2015-16 – the season his current club were in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione.