Italian Serie A

SOCCER: LEAGUE leaders AC Milan fought back to draw 4-4 against Udinese with an injury-time goal by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

SOCCER:LEAGUE leaders AC Milan fought back to draw 4-4 against Udinese with an injury-time goal by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Antonio Di Natale’s opening goal for the visitors was leveled by Alexandre Pato just before half-time. Alexis Sanchez and Di Natale gave Udinese a 3-1 lead, with an own goal by Mehdi Benatia and a second strike by Pato making it 3-3. German Denis looked to have assured Udinese of all three points before Ibrahimovic’s late goal.

Roma and Lazio failed to take advantage of Milan dropping points. Ten-man Roma lost 2-1 at Sampdoria after opening the scoring through Mirko Vucinic.

Nicola Pozzi leveled from a penalty kick conceded by goalkeeper Julio Sergio for a foul on Angelo Palombo. Sergio was red-carded for the offence, and Stefano Guberti scored an 84th-minute winner.

Lazio lost 2-1 at home to Lecce, with captain Stefano Mauri scoring for the Rome side.

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