Zlatan Ibrahimovic turned the oldest participant to attain a number of targets in a Serie A sport, however his brace nonetheless wasn’t sufficient for AC Milan to win on Saturday.
Regardless of the Sweden star’s two targets on the age of 40 years and 48 days, the Rossoneri slumped to their first lack of the season with a 4-3 defeat at Fiorentina.
Dusan Vlahovic was the hero of the night time, scoring twice for Fiorentina. With 27 targets in 2021, the Serbia striker equaled Kurt Hamrin’s document from 1960 because the participant with essentially the most Serie A targets for Fiorentina in a single calendar 12 months.
AC Milan remained in second place, stage on factors with Serie A frontrunner Napoli, which visits defending champion Inter Milan on Sunday.
Earlier, midfielder Mario Pasalic scored twice and offered an help as Atalanta rallied to rout Spezia 5-2.
Atalanta _ which had didn’t win its final three Italian league matches _ moved stage with third-place Inter within the Italian league, with 25 factors from 13 video games. Inter has one match in hand and a greater objective distinction.
Struggling Juventus ended Lazio’s 19-match unbeaten dwelling document with a 2-0 win at Stadio Olimpico as Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri confronted his former membership. Leonardo Bonucci scored each targets from the penalty spot.
M’Bala Nzola put Spezia forward within the eleventh minute with the guests’ first shot of the match, slotting dwelling from the rebound after Atalanta goalkeeper Juan Musso parried an effort from Daniele Verde off the crossbar.
Atalanta replied with three first-half targets on its approach to solely its second win in seven dwelling matches this season.
The primary one got here within the 18th when Pasalic leveled from shut vary following a breakthrough from Davide Zappacosta down the fitting.
Duvan Zapata missed a penalty kick that needed to be retaken attributable to penalty-box encroachment, and the striker didn’t miss his second probability with a superbly taken shot to the highest left nook within the thirty eighth. Pasalic then made it 3-1 with a clear end to conclude a quick counterattack led by Zapata.
Substitute Luis Muriel added his identify to the scoresheet with seven minutes left with a left-footed volley from Pasalic’s cross and Ukraine worldwide Ruslan Malinovskyi made the win much more emphatic within the 89th. Nzola scored a comfort objective in added time.
Lazio was with out the injured Ciro Motionless and didn’t impress, whereas Juventus misplaced Danilo throughout the match. The Brazilian proper again was stretchered off the pitch with an obvious thigh damage, including extra issues to an already depleted aspect.
