Pervis Estupinan’s powerful goal earned him derby honors as AC Milan beat city rivals Inter to reduce the gap on the Serie A leaders to seven points.

The race for the Italian title seemed to be over with Inter coming into this match 10 points clear at the top.

However, Milan have given themselves a glimmer of hope with 10 games left in this victory: the second time they have beaten Inter this season.

Estupinan scored the decisive goal 10 minutes before the break when he received a fantastic ball from Youssouf Fofana and then scored a good goal.

The goal came just after Inter missed a golden opportunity to take the lead when Henrikh Mkhitaryan ran from midfield into the box but shot straight at the goalkeeper.

Milan started the second half well and Fofana was denied the chance to double the lead when his attempt was saved, but Inter full-back Federico Dimarco missed a fantastic chance to equalize when he was picked out in a good position in the box but went over.

Inter increased the pressure in the final minutes, but Milan held firm to secure a big victory.

The result ended Inter’s eight-match winning streak, while it was their first defeat since losing to Milan in the league in November.