AC Milan are beating Cagliari 1-0 at half time of their Serie A clash thanks to a Jeremy Menez goal.

Cagliari started the match strongly, with Paul-Jose M'Poku and Marco Sau missing the target in the opening 10 minutes.

In the 14th minute, Mattia Destro's header was blocked from Keisuke Honda's cross as Milan responded well.

Milan took the lead in the 21st minute when Menez directed his shot from Andrea Poli's assist across goal into the bottom-right corner.

Philippe Mexes then tried to double their lead two minutes later, but his shot was blocked.

Milan kept pushing for a goal before half time, with both Honda and Marco van Ginkel missing the target from range. Honda then had a chance after 44 minutes which was well saved by Zeljko Brkic.