Juventus, AC Milan, and Fiorentina were all in Saturday Serie A action as Venezia held the Bianconeri to a draw and Udinese almost held on to beat the league leaders while Salernitana were powerless to resist Viola’s charm.
Dusan Vlahovic was on target once more with another brace while Zlatan Ibrahimovic also tallied to save Milan in Udine and Alvaro Morata scored just his fourth goal all season.
We recap the day’s results.
Venezia 1, Juventus 1
Life continues to be tough going for returned Vecchia Signora coach Massimiliano Allegri after further dropped points in Venice. Morata opened the scoring 32 minutes in at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo but Mattia Aramu cancelled that out to ensure that the hosts kept a point as they remain in 16th while Juve fall further off the UEFA Champions League pace in sixth.
Udinese 1, AC Milan 1
It looked like it was going to be a dream start for Gabriele Cioffi with a17th minute lead through Beto which lasted until time added on at Dacia Arena. Ibrahimovic came up big with minutes to spare with not only an equalizer but his 300th goal in Europe’s top five leagues to join Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in reaching that landmark. To rub salt into Zebrette wounds, Isaac Success saw red at the death as Milan moved two points clear at the summit having played a game more while Udinese remain 15th.
Fiorentina 4, Salernitana 0
The main source of the goal action came at Stadio Artemio Franchi as Vincenzo Italiano’s Viola side thumped sorry basement boys Granata. Vlahovic struck twice to become the third player in the last 60 years to hit 30 Serie A goals in a calendar year with time to spare while Giacomo Bonaventura and Youssef Maleh also got in on the act. Fiorentina now sit fifth and clear of Juve while Salernitana are two points adrift of Genoa and Cagliari at the foot of the table.
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