ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC scored his 150th Serie A goal as AC Milan inflicted Jose Mourinho’s first home defeat in the Italian top flight with a 2-1 win over AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday.

It means Mourinho has lost a home game in Italy for the first time, while the visiting Rossoneri made it seven league wins in a row.

Roma made a bright start but Stefano Pioli’s Milan soon took a stranglehold on the game, with Ibrahimovic at the center of most of their good work and opening the scoring after 25 minutes.

Milan players were too strong for their hosts, and a second-half penalty from Franck Kessie secured the points for the visitors, despite them going down to 10 men when Theo Hernandez was sent off. A late reply from Stephan El Shaarawy mattered for very little.

Ibrahimovic gave the visitors the lead when he fired a free-kick low and hard past Rui Patricio.

The Rossoneri thought they had doubled their advantage on two separate occasions as Rafael Leao and Ibrahimovic had goals ruled out for offside.

The away side was then awarded a penalty early in the second half after Roger Ibanez brought down Ibrahimovic, which Kessie duly dispatched.

Milan lost Hernandez to a red card in the 66th minute after his second booking of the contest. The Giallorossi then pulled a goal back in stoppage time when substitute El Shaarawy fired past Ciprian Tatarusanu.

But Milan, which has won more Serie A matches against Roma than against any other side (77), held on to secure the win and a 10th victory from its  opening 11 games.

Milan remains neck and neck with fellow pacesetter Napoli after Luciano Spalletti’s men won 1-0 at Salernitana earlier Sunday.

Milan and Napoli have now won 10 of their 11 matches in Serie A this season — only four sides had previously managed that feat in the history of the competition: Juventus in 2005-06, Roma in 2013-14, Napoli in 2017-18 and Juventus in 2018-19.

Ibrahimovic’s fierce free-kick brought up another landmark for the veteran Swede. His first league goal was netted Oct. 30, 1999, when 15 percent of the players with at least one match in Serie A this season had not yet been born.

The former Manchester United attacker has also now scored 11 goals against Roma in Serie A, more than he has against anyone else in top-flight soccer.

(SD-Agencies)