MILAN: Serie A leader AC Milan left it late to grab a 1-0 win over Brescia when Robinho scored eight minutes from time on Saturday. The Brazilian linked with fellow striker Antonio Cassano to score his 12th goal of the season. The result left Milan still eight points clear of Inter Milan, with Napoli a further point behind in third, with four matches left. Inter beat Lazio 2-1, despite having goalkeeper Julio Cesar sent off, while Napoli slumped to a 2-1 loss to Palermo. At the bottom of the table, Bari became the first team to be relegated to Serie B when it lost 1-0 to Sampdoria. Also, it was: Bologna 0, Cesena 2; Cagliari 1, Fiorentina 2; Genoa 4, Lecce 2; and Udinese 0, Parma 2. Cassano, Robinho and Clarence Seedorf missed chances for Milan before Brescia's Eder made Christian Abbiati work hard to keep out his shot in the 37th. Cassano continued to waste chances and he blazed Kevin Prince Boateng's cross over the bar four minutes before halftime. A minute later Robinho shot wide from close range. In the second period, Brescia's Davide Baiocco brushed the top of the crossbar with a powerful shot. Alessandro Diamanti then caused problems for Abbiati with a free kick that came back off the bar. Milan scored when Cassano held up a long clearance and passed to Robinho, who shot low under Michele Arcari. There was still time for one more Brescia chance, but again Abbiati denied Eder with an acrobatic save. “The guys are very tired, but they did very well to get the three points tonight,” Milan coach Massimo Allegri said. Houghton quits after racism charges dropped India's national team coach Bob Houghton has resigned after racism charges leveled against him were dropped, the country's soccer federation said Saturday. Houghton, who took over in 2006 and had a contract running to 2013, described as “nonsensical” a report claiming he had made a racist remark to a match official during India's friendly against Yemen last year. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) conducted internal investigations and found no concrete evidence against the 63-year old Englishman, who has also coached the national teams of China and Uzbekistan among others.
