AC Milan: Lazio Loss Leaves Filippo Inzaghi's Future Hanging by Thread

Lazio came back to win 3-1 against AC Milan on Saturday, further embarrassing a club that has not won a Serie A match in 2015.

An inspired performance from Lazio striker Miroslav Klose set up a spectacular second half and a brace from midfielder Marco Parolo buried the Rossoneri.

The result puts even more pressure on Milan coach Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi, whose team has given up leads in three of their last four games.

It is a familiar pattern for Milan: scoring early, sitting back, then losing the lead and the game.

"A few weeks ago we were challenging on a par with Roma and Napoli," Inzaghi told Sky Sport Italia (h/t Football Italia), "so I cannot think that this is the real Milan."

Milan played well for three minutes of the match, and that was at the very beginning. Jeremy Menez jumped on Dusan Basta, dashed into the final third and cooly slipped the ball into the net for his 10th goal in 20 starts.

But Milan gave Lazio every opportunity to strike back, with Klose leading a relentless attack.

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He first tested the Milan defence in the 17th minute, when he beat a fumbling Philippe Mexes and barged into goalkeeper Diego Lopez. 

Klose also played the supplier, sending Antonio Candreva out wide for a chance minutes later. Klose ran in for the subsequent header, but it went wide.

Milan’s defence gave way to chance after chance, capitulating almost every time Lazio pressed forward.

So it was only a matter of time until the 36-year-old German actually punished Milan, and it happened just after the start of the second half.

Klose whipped in a beautiful cross for midfielder Marco Parolo, who knocked the ball in for the equalizer.

A goal came for Klose almost immediately after. An ill-timed back-pass from Milan captain Riccardo Montolivo sent Klose all alone, and he gave his team the lead with a shot inside the near post.

Parolo scored a third goal to finish off Milan.

Milan could not even finish the game with 11 men. They could not lose the game with class. Mexes earned a red card after putting his hand to the neck of Lazio's Stefano Mauri. 

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"First of all I apologise to the club, to my teammates and the fans," Mexes told Sky Sport Italia (h/t Football Italia), "because this is behaviour that has happened more than once in my career.

"I have four kids, so I know this is not the right example to set as a father or as a player."

Inzaghi is now left fighting for his job. Milan stand eight points out of the coveted third spot, which Lazio claimed for their own (at least for a few hours) with the result.

Inzaghi is not solely to blame; he was handed a bunch of misfits and asked in his first year as a senior coach to put it all together. It's a lot of pressure. But this team is far too inconsistent, and he has not corrected the same mistakes.

"I think throwing everything we’ve done so far out the window isn’t going to help," Inzaghi continued to Sky Sport Italia. "The team is visibly frightened now, as we seem to get scared when going in front."

The fact remains: Milan continue to wither in the face of the slightest adversity. Lazio had 18 shots, while Milan only had two. It was an embarrassing performance from a team that cannot afford to lose anymore.