The 1-1 draw was the sixth of the season and left Milan in seventh spot, eight points off Lazio in the fourth and final Champions League place, and also a massive 13 adrift of city rivals Inter, who are in third spot and challenging for the title.
In a statement, Milan thanked Fonseca for his “great professionalism”.
Milan, the seven-time European champions, have been battling inconsistent form and anger from their supporters.
Fonseca has been in open conflict with senior players and questioned his squad’s commitment, repeatedly going after countryman and star winger Rafael Leao and dropping France full-back Theo Hernandez for a teenage academy player in a dismal goalless draw with Genoa earlier this month.
Meanwhile the cub’s fans are on a war footing, attacking the owners on December 21 when a celebration of the club’s 125th birthday was marred by the very obvious absence of Paolo Maldini among the iconic players parading on the pitch, but also chants demanding that owners, US investment fund RedBird, sell up.
Supporters then turned up outside a private party for the anniversary, barracking most of the arriving players and displaying banners with messages including “a club with no ambition, you’re not worthy of our history”.
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