Alexandre Pato ended his scoring drought on Sunday night with
the winning goal as AC Milan edged out Roma at the San Siro.
The Brazil striker had not scored since his two strikes against
Siena in the Serie A opener but he handed the struggling Rossoneri
all three points.
Jeremy Menez gave Roma a third-minute lead before Ronaldinho equalised
shortly after the re-start.
Pato then made the most of a wonderful pass from Ronaldinho in
the 67th minute to put the hosts in front for good.
Milan were forced to play the last eight minutes of the game with
10 men after captain Massimo Ambrosini was shown a second yellow
card for a foul on Nicolas Burdisso but held on for their third
victory to climb to eighth in the standings.
No victory has tasted as sweet as this one for Milan's rookie coach
Leonardo, who went into the game under pressure with his team having
mustered just two points in the last three games.
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