Serie A Roundup: Another brace takes Zlatan Ibrahimovic past 500 club goals as AC Milan win; Cristiano Ronaldo marks birthday with goal

Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed a brace in AC Milan’s 4-0 win over Crotone to take his tally to more than 500 club goals on Sunday.

Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for Milan in the 30th minute with his 500th club goal and added to that tally in the second half.

Ante Rebic also grabbed a brace in less than a minute shortly after.

Davide Calabria had a goal disallowed earlier as Milan thought they had taken an early lead but Ibrahimovic was flagged offside in the build-up.

However, the Rossoneri broke the deadlock when Ibrahimovic played a one-two with Rafael Leo before placing an angled drive into the far corner.

Ibrahimovic’s 501st club goal was perhaps the easiest he has ever scored as he was left unmarked, six yards out, to tap in Theo Hernandez’s low cross.

Rebic then continued from where Zlatan stopped, heading in Hakan Calhanoglu’s corner before firing home the rebound after Ibrahimovic’s effort had been parried by Crotone goalkeeper Alex Cordaz.

Milan move back on top of the Serie A with a two points advantage over second-place Inter, who won 2-0 at Fiorentina on Friday. The two Milan teams meet in two weeks.

Watch the highlights of the match below

Cristiano Ronaldo scores as Juventus leapfrog Roma

Cristiano Ronaldo marked turning 36 in style, opening the scoring in Juventus’ important 2-0 victory over Roma.

Ronaldo needed just 13 minutes to put his name on the scoresheet as he found the bottom corner from the edge of the box. He had been without a goal in three games prior.

The goal was his 23rd goal of the season in all competitions and his 16th in just 17 Serie A games this term. and the 300th he has managed since he turned 30.

Ronaldo also came close to adding to those numbers before the break but his deflected effort hit the underside of the bar and somehow stayed out.

Dejan Kulusevski’s cross was then diverted into his own net by Roger Ibanez with Ronaldo prowling to make it 2-0 and put the game to bed midway through the second half.

The victory moves Juve into third, five points behind leaders Inter Milan.

Serie A Table

Italian Serie A 2020/21

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	AC Milan	21	15	4	2	45	23	22	49
2	Inter Milan	21	14	5	2	51	23	28	47
3	Juventus	20	12	6	2	41	18	23	42
4	Roma	21	12	4	5	44	35	9	40
5	Lazio	21	12	4	5	36	27	9	40
6	Napoli	20	12	1	7	44	21	23	37
7	Atalanta	21	10	7	4	48	29	19	37
8	Sassuolo	21	8	7	6	34	32	2	31
9	Verona	21	8	6	7	26	23	3	30
10	Sampdoria	21	8	3	10	31	32	-1	27
11	Udinese	21	6	6	9	23	28	-5	24
12	Genoa	21	6	6	9	24	31	-7	24
13	Bologna	21	6	5	10	28	35	-7	23
14	Benevento	21	6	5	10	24	41	-17	23
15	Fiorentina	21	5	7	9	21	33	-12	22
16	Spezia	21	5	6	10	28	38	-10	21
17	Torino	21	2	10	9	32	41	-9	16
18	Cagliari	21	3	6	12	24	39	-15	15
19	Parma	21	2	7	12	14	41	-27	13
20	Crotone	21	3	3	15	22	50	-28	12