Serie A: Udinese pile pressure on struggling AC Milan

Struggling AC Milan were beaten 2-1 at Udinese in Serie A on Saturday as the pressure increased on coach Filippo Inzaghi following what was a ninth league defeat of the season. 

Giampiero Pinzi opened the scoring just before the hour mark for Udinese when he lashed home a low shot following a corner before Emmanuel Agyemang Badu pounced on a loose ball to put the home side 2-0 up wuth 16 minutes left. 

Seven-time European champions Milan, who stay ninth in the table and a distant 30 points behind runaway leaders Juventus, grabbed a consolation goal with two minutes left thanks to a Giampaolo Pazzini strike but it was too little too late. 

Udinese climb to 12th in the table as they pick up their ninth win of the season. 

Inzaghi, in his first season as a head coach and the fifth highest scorer in Italian history with 313 goals, is hanging onto his job with the team well outside the European places and now playing only for pride. 

Inter Milan host AS Roma in the only other match being played later on Saturday.

If Roma lose, that would allow leaders Juventus to wrap up the title if they win at Torino and Lazio lose against Chievo on Sunday.