

In the first half of a penalty-themed game, Olivier Giroud squandered the opportunity to equalise from the spot after Joshua Zirkzee gave the away team the lead. Before the interval, Ruben Loftus-Cheek levelled with a lovely near-post finish, then in the second half, Theo Hernandez struck the post with a penalty.
After Loftus-Cheek scored his second goal of the match in the last ten minutes, it appeared that Bologna would win, but in extra time, Filippo Terracciano pulled Kristiansen's jersey, giving Bologna a spot kick that Orsolini scored. Because they failed to capitalise on Juventus' draw earlier in the evening, the Rossoneri were left with no choice but to accept a share of the spoils in a match they really ought to have seen out. Stefano Pioli stuck with the starting lineup that defeated Roma and Udinese the previous two games, starting Olivier Giroud up front, Simon Kjaer at centre, Yacine Adli in midfield, and Matteo Gabbia at centre back.