Zlatan Ibrahimovic described his a hundred and fiftieth Serie A objective from a free-kick as an “outdated age” shot as AC Milan beat Jose Mourinho’s Roma 2-1 on Sunday to stay second on objective distinction within the desk behind Napoli. The Sweden striker, who turned 40 earlier this month, additionally thought he had scored his four-hundredth objective in home leagues however was denied a second of the encounter with VAR discovering offside within the second half. Stefano Pioli’s facet completed the sport down a person as left-back Theo Hernandez was proven a crimson card for a shoulder problem.
“Now and again, I pull a shock! You could at all times give it a go, as failure is a part of success, so you retain making an attempt,” Ibrahimovic advised DAZN about his free-kick clocked at at 101km/h.
“It often goes faster! Not less than 200kmh! I feel I have to be slowing my shot in outdated age,” he added.
Milan had been beneath strain after Napoli had opened up a three-point hole on the high of the desk after claiming the spoils in a 1-0 derby victory over Salernitana.
On the Stadio Olimpico, Ibrahimovic broke the impasse simply earlier than the half-hour mark.
He drove dwelling a low free kick after Rick Karsdorp’s foul on Rafael Leao.
Ibrahimovic believed he had claimed a second, and a fourth for the marketing campaign, however VAR adjudged him to be offside, after 50 minutes.
Milan ultimately claimed a second as Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie transformed from the penalty spot simply earlier than the hour mark.
The 18-time Italian champions’ hopes of claiming the three factors gave the impression to be dealt a blow with 25 minutes to play as France defender Hernandez was proven a crimson card for a second bookable offence.
They had been then given a scare late on as Roma’s Nicolo Zaniolo had an 81st minute header blocked on the road earlier than their former midfielder Stephan El Shaarawy claimed an extra time comfort effort.
Earlier, Poland midfielder Piotr Zielinski scored as league leaders Napoli overcame lowly Salernitana.
Zielinski claimed his second objective of the season with half an hour left on the Arechi Stadium as either side completed with 10 males.
Napoli had been with out in-form Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen resulting from harm, with captain Lorenzo Insigne on the bench.
They didn’t create a transparent first-half likelihood.
“Insigne has a muscular fatigue, he was susceptible to getting harm,” Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti mentioned.
“I made a decision to maintain him out, avoiding any danger,” Spalletti added earlier than Thursday’s Europa League journey to Legia Warsaw.
Earlier, Joaquin Correa’s slick second-half double earned Inter Milan a 2-0 win over Udinese to consolidate the defending champions’ maintain on third place.
The Argentina worldwide joined Inter on mortgage from Lazio in August and made a right away influence, scoring twice on his debut in opposition to Verona.
He repeated the feat, after lacking three video games this season by means of harm, in opposition to Udinese, who reached the interval having survived a seven-shot onslaught from Inter midfielder Nicolo Barella, and a goalmouth scramble.
Correa lastly obtained the breakthrough objective on the hour, working by means of afer Ivan Perisic’s dummy to sidestep Udinese centre again Bram Nuytinck and shoot contained in the close to put up.
Correa doubled up on the 68th minute, blasting the ball into the roof of the online with Denzel Dumfries offering a neat help from the best.
Inter held on however solely after their keeper and captain Samir Handanovic tipped a shot from Gerard Deulofeu over the bar, with the Spanish ahead then having a objective disallowed for offside eight minutes from time.
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Udinese prolonged their winless run to eight matches.
Elsewhere on Sunday, Serbia attacker Dusan Vlahovic scored a hat-trick to take his objective tally for the season to 10 in 12 video games as Fiorentina beat Spezia 3-0.
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