Serie A Weekend: AC Milan defeats Crotone

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 500th career goal in 825 games, as AC Milan took the top spot back from Inter Milan by defeating Crotone 4-0. Milan coach Stefano Pioli shared the 39-year-old ceases to amaze him and has helped his team stay on top of the table for their first real title challenge since 2011. On Friday Inter moved in power after Fiorentina was defeated by 2-0 and Juventus is also starting to catch up to the leaders and are just 5 points back after the Roma win on Saturday.

Ibrahimovic’s opener came within half an hour of the match at San Siro after Rafael Leao set him up for his 500th goal and later scored once more in the 64th minute with a Theo Hernandez cross to score the 83rd goal for Milan. Ante Rebic made it three with a quick goal 5 minutes later past Crotone goalkeeper Alex Cordaz.