Strike pair Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho scored the goals as AC Milan emerged with a 3-0 victory from its trip to Novara Sunday and remains hot on the heels of league leaders Juventus. In the day's evening game Inter Milan came from behind to beat Lazio 2-1 and record its seventh straight win. Juve won 2-0 at Atalanta Saturday and had briefly put daylight between themselves and the rest but Milan's success closes the gap to a single point. Udinese is also hanging on in third, three points behind Juve, after a 2-1 win over Catania, with Inter now fourth and another three points further back. Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted he was happy with his team's position at the halfway mark of the season. “We needed the three points after the three we lost in the derby and that's what we were concenrated on,” he said. “We've got 40 points which is the same as we had at the same stage last season. Juve have done better, they have one more point but there are 19 matches left.” At the San Siro Tommaso Rocchi gave the visitors the lead before forward pair Diego Milito and Giampaolo Pazzini hit back for Inter. Inter coach Claudio Ranieri was a far from happy man despite the win. “The only thing I can take from this game is the result, we couldn't even put three passes together,” he moaned. The game of the day was in Sicily where Palermo trumped Genoa, who have now conceded 16 goals in their last four games, in a 5-3 thriller.
