Veteran Gennaro Gattuso scored AC Milan's winner Saturday as the Devils' edged Juventus 1-0 to win a classic Serie A tie and move eight points clear of chasers Inter Milan, dpa reported.
The midfielder pounced on a loose ball at the edge of the area on 68 minutes and beat Gianluigi Buffon with a drive to the left of his team-mate in Italy's 2006 world champion squad.
The Turin hosts again showed to deserve their 20-point gap from the top and seemed to have forgotten the good game they played three weeks ago, when they beat Inter 1-0.
Two following defeats at minnows Lecce and Bologna dropped the Turin side in seventh place with a five-point deficit from a berth that qualifies for the next Europa League.
They still produced good midfield pressure in the first half, but Milan were more dangerous with high efforts from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Antonio Cassano and Kevin-Prince Boateng, who saw his break blocked by Gianluigi Buffon.
The usual series of poor clearances, botched passes and confusing game disappointed Juve's fans as they only watched a very high drive from Alessandro Matri as offensive attempt from the Bianconeri.
Frenchman Mathieu Flamini opened Milan's second half with a harmless header before Buffon deflected a nasty free kick from the corner where Gattuso then drilled his shot.
Milan controlled the remainder of the game and ran no risks when when Vincenzo Iaquinta came on for a non-existing Luca Toni, nor when veteran Alessandro Del Piero replaced Matri.
In Sunday action, title holders Inter welcome mid-table Genoa, while third-place Napoli are still in contention, one point behind Inter, despite losing 3-0 at Milan. They also play Sunday at home to relegation-threatened Brescia.
Roma are sixth with 10 games left after they opened the league's 28th round Friday with a 2-1 win at minnows Lecce that closed a run of two draws and three defeats. dpa ac pr Author: Alberto Cagliano Sent via WebAccess by Cagliano MEZ 06-03-2011_01:56
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Rome (dpa) - Veteran Gennaro Gattuso scored AC Milan's winner Saturday as the Devils' edged Juventus 1-0 to win a classic Serie A tie and move eight points clear of chasers Inter Milan.
The midfielder pounced on a loose ball at the edge of the area on 68 minutes and beat Gianluigi Buffon with a drive to the left of his team-mate in Italy's 2006 world champion squad.
The Turin hosts again showed to deserve their 20-point gap from the top and seemed to have forgotten the good game they played three weeks ago, when they beat Inter 1-0.
Two following defeats at minnows Lecce and Bologna dropped the Turin side in seventh place with a five-point deficit from a berth that qualifies for the next Europa League.
They still produced good midfield pressure in the first half, but Milan were more dangerous with high efforts from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Antonio Cassano and Kevin-Prince Boateng, who saw his break blocked by Gianluigi Buffon.
The usual series of poor clearances, botched passes and confusing game disappointed Juve's fans as they only watched a very high drive from Alessandro Matri as offensive attempt from the Bianconeri.
Frenchman Mathieu Flamini opened Milan's second half with a harmless header before Buffon deflected a nasty free kick from the corner where Gattuso then drilled his shot.
Milan controlled the remainder of the game and ran no risks when when Vincenzo Iaquinta came on for a non-existing Luca Toni, nor when veteran Alessandro Del Piero replaced Matri.
In Sunday action, title holders Inter welcome mid-table Genoa, while third-place Napoli are still in contention, one point behind Inter, despite losing 3-0 at Milan. They also play Sunday at home to relegation-threatened Brescia.
Roma are sixth with 10 games left after they opened the league's 28th round Friday with a 2-1 win at minnows Lecce that closed a run of two draws and three defeats.
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