AC Milan left it late to give Sergio Conceicao his first league victory in charge as they came from behind in a 2-1 win away to relegation-battling Como.
Assane Diao fired the hosts, just a point above the bottom three, into a surprise lead on the hour mark.
But two goals in six minutes reversed the damage for Milan as Theo Hernandez levelled before Rafael Leao scored a 76th-minute winner, edging them closer to the top six.
After a goalless first half in which Cesc Fabregas’s Como side more than held their own, the game came to life in the second half.
Como took the lead with a quick break – seconds after Alex Jimenez saw a shot charged down for Milan, Diao found the net with a low left-footed shot from the edge of the box.
Milan were roused into a response, but Matteo Gabbia headed high and wide from Tijjani Reijnders’ free-kick.
Both Reijnders and Gabbia were involved minutes later when they did find an equaliser. From Reijnders’ corner Gabbia saw his header blocked, but Como could not clear and Hernandez was on hand to fire home.
And moments later Milan were ahead as Tammy Abraham played in Leao to fire beyond Jean Butez.
Como had late chances to hit back. Alberto Dossena’s shot was wide of the target when he was teed up by Marc Kempf with six minutes left, and soon after Patrick Cutrone saw his shot held by Mike Maignan in the Milan goal.
As the game moved into stoppage time Andrea Belotti had two chances in quick succession but could not find the target on either occasion as Milan hung on.
