Balotelli off the mark as Milan stumble to win at Udinese
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Mario Balotelli scored the first goal of his second spell at AC Milan as the Serie A giants held on for a hard-fought 3-2 win at Udinese.
In his first start for the Rossoneri since moving back to the club on loan from Liverpool at the start of this season -- having left Milan a year earlier to sign a permanent deal with the Premier League outfit -- the Italy international forward needed just five minutes to open his account. The result moved Milan provisionally up to fourth ahead of the rest of the midweek matches on Wednesday and Thursday.
Further goals from Giacomo Bonaventura and Cristian Zapata had seemingly put the game to bed before the half-time whistle. But Udinese launched a stirring second-half fight-back with two goals from Emmanuel Badu and Duvan Zapata.
Udinese remain in the relegation zone on three points after a fourth defeat in five matches this season.