Ibrahimovic becomes oldest Serie A scorer but AC Milan loses

ROME (AP) — Zlatan Ibrahimovic grew to become the oldest scorer in Serie A historical past at age 41 however had little else to have a good time after AC Milan was overwhelmed 3-1 at Udinese on Saturday.

The consequence prolonged Milan’s winless streak to a few matches within the Italian league.

Roberto Pereyra, Beto and Kingsley Ehizibue scored for Udinese.

Defending champion Milan was overwhelmed by Fiorentina and held to a draw by Salernitana in its earlier two Serie A matches, whereas advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals with a 1-0 mixture win over Tottenham.

The loss left Milan in fourth place and at risk of dropping its grasp on the ultimate Champions League spot, whereas Udinese moved as much as eighth.

Pereyra put Udinese forward after Lazar Samardzic intercepted a poor cross by Milan midfielder Ismael Bennacer.

Ibrahimovic equalized momentarily with a penalty that was retaken for encroachment after his first effort was saved. At 41 years and 166 days, Ibrahimovic beat the earlier document for oldest scorer held by Alessandro Costacurta, who was 41 years and 25 days when he scored in 2007 — additionally for Milan with a penalty towards Udinese.

Having not too long ago returned from knee surgical procedure, Ibrahimovic began for the primary time since January of final yr.

Beto rapidly restored Udinese’s benefit from shut vary in a wild finish to the primary half, and Ehizibue sealed it halfway by means of the second half.

Also, Bologna was held to a 2-2 draw at Salernitana, and Monza and Cremonese drew 1-1