Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s penalty sparked a remarkable AC Milan comeback
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s penalty inspired AC Milan to a great come back as they thrashed Ronaldo and his teammates at San Siro. After an uneventful first half, Milan scored four unanswered second-half goals having gone 2-0 down to Juve strikes from Adrien Rabiot and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic converted a penalty in the 62nd-minute of the game to start the comeback and offered hope to his team before Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessie and Rafael Leao completed a five-minute turnaround to end the game 4-2. Ante Rebic added a fourth to secure a memorable victory with 10 minutes remaining.
The defeat sees Maurizio Sarri’s side miss the chance to move 10 points clear of second-placed Lazio, who lost 2-1 to relegation-threatened Lecce 2-1 earlier on Tuesday. It took Maurizio Sarri’s visitors until first-half injury time to register their first shot on target, but Rabiot’s spectacular finish from the edge of the box after running with the ball from his own half sparked the contest into life.
Ronaldo, who became the first player to reach 25 Serie A goals in a season for the club since 1961 on Saturday, met Juan Cuadrado’s pass to score for a fifth successive game and leave Juve in control. However, former Juventus and Manchester United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s spot-kick, which was awarded after Leonardo Bonucci was penalised for handball, gave the home team momentum.
