Milan won and scored for the first time in four Serie A matches, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic netting in the victory over Cagliari.
Match Report
Zlatan Ibrahimovic inspired Milan to victory on his first start since returning to the club, netting in a 2-0 Serie A win at Cagliari.
With Milan having gone three straight games without scoring, the 38-year-old netted the decisive second goal with an excellent finish after 64 minutes.
The visitors had moved ahead on Saturday through Rafael Leao's deflected effort, his first goal since September, which arrived just 32 seconds after the restart.
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Match Events
17' CLOSE! Theo's shot denied
It's a clever throughball around the defender from Calhanoglu to Hernandez and the left-back is in on goal. He drills his shot low across goal, but Olsen gets down at his near post to make the save.
27' CHANCE! Castillejo's shot wide out
Milan are starting to put more pressure on the home side now and Kessie lays the ball off to Castillejo when he wins it back. He takes a touch before hitting his shot, but there's just not enough dip on it to get it under the bar.
30' CLOSE! Ibrahimovic's header nearly scores
Leao curls a brilliant cross into Ibrahimovic at the far post and the striker rises above his defender to get to the ball. He heads it back across goal and the fingertips of Olsen sends it against the far post and out of play.
37' NICE TRY! Nandez's long shot denied by Donnarumma
Nandez gets his head up on the right wing and spots Donnarumma off his line. He tries to catch the goalkeeper out with his chipped shot, but he scrambles back to get a hand to the ball and get it to Musacchio to clear it.
46' GOAL! Cagliari 0-1 Milan (Leao)
Leao brings down Castillejo's pass brilliant before hitting his shot towards goal. He gets a bit lucky as the effort bounces off Pisacane's heel which takes it looping over Olsen and into the back of the net.
64' GOAL! Cagliari 0-2 Milan (Ibrahimovic)
He hits the shot first time after getting the ball from Hernandez and swings it into the far bottom corner without looking to score on his first start since returning to Milan.
82' OFFSIDE! Ibrahimovic's goal disallowed
It's a brilliant cross into the box from Bennacer and he manages to get it over Cagliari's defenders to pick out Ibrahimovic in the middle. He stoops low to get his head on it and flicks his header into the bottom corner, but the flag goes up for offside.
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