AC Milan captain Alessio Romagnoli is motivated to deliver a derby victory for heavily scrutinised head coach Gennaro Gattuso in Sunday's crunch clash with rivals Inter.
Italy international Romagnoli has started six of seven Serie A matches since inheriting the armband from Leonardo Bonucci, who rejoined Juventus following an ill-fated season at San Siro.
Though yet to keep a domestic clean sheet this term, the Rossoneri have found winning form after a run of three successive league draws that prompted speculation over Gattuso's future.
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Romagnoli was notably at fault for a costly late error at Empoli amid that sequence and the 23-year-old is now determined to repay his boss' support.