Football: Pato hands Milan victory
Pato produces two clinical finishes and a dubious fall to turn the most eagerly-anticipated Milan derby.
MILAN:
Pato scored a brace and threw himself to the ground to get Cristian Chivu sent off as AC Milan took charge of the Serie A title race by beating Inter Milan 3-0 at the San Siro.
It was Pato who was the show’s central figure as he produced two clinical finishes and a dubious fall to turn the most eagerly-anticipated Milan derby in years the way of the rossoneri. Substitute Antonio Cassano added a late penalty after he tumbled under a Javier Zanetti challenge.
The result leaves Milan five points clear of the champions at the top of Serie A.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 4th, 2011.
Pato scored a brace and threw himself to the ground to get Cristian Chivu sent off as AC Milan took charge of the Serie A title race by beating Inter Milan 3-0 at the San Siro.
It was Pato who was the show’s central figure as he produced two clinical finishes and a dubious fall to turn the most eagerly-anticipated Milan derby in years the way of the rossoneri. Substitute Antonio Cassano added a late penalty after he tumbled under a Javier Zanetti challenge.
The result leaves Milan five points clear of the champions at the top of Serie A.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 4th, 2011.