AC Milan warmed up for their Champions League date with Manchester United with a 3-2 home win over Udinese.
Huntelaar scores twice as Rossoneri get ready for United
AC Milan warmed up for their UEFA Champions League date with Manchester United with a 3-2 home win over Udinese.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar headed Milan into an early lead and substitute Alexandre Pato extended the advantage in the 39th minute.
Antonio Floro Flores pulled a goal back on the stroke of half-time, but Huntelaar's second of the game had the Rossoneri back in command before Antonio Di Natale netted a late consolation for the visitors.
Milan were ahead in the seventh minute with a bullet header from Dutch striker Huntelaar, who met Ronaldinho's cross at the near post.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was watching on from the stands and will have been given a lot to ponder by Ronaldinho, who was pulling the strings in the Milan attack, setting up Pato in the 24th minute, but the linesman's offside flag was raised before the striker eventually rolled the ball in.
There was no offside flag when another sumptuous delivery from Ronaldinho, straight into the path of Pato, set up the second goal in the 39th minute.
However, the Rossoneri continued to look susceptible at the back and Floro Flores headed Di Natale's cross in with the final touch of the first half.
Fortunately for Milan, they had Ronaldinho, who was the source of their third goal in the 57th minute. His free-kick was met with an unintentional flick by Massimo Ambrosini and Huntelaar was on hand to fire in his second and Milan's third from close range.
Udinese striker Di Natale was rewarded with a goal his performance deserved in the 86th minute when he beat the offside trap before beating Dida with an elegant shot.
