(IN THE PHOTO: Carlos Bacca breaks the deadlock at the San Siro)
MILAN – On Saturday night, the rossoneri restored winning ways and won a five goal thriller at the San Siro with Palermo 3-2 thanks to a Carlos Bacca brace and a sensational curling free-kick from Giacomo Bonaventura. Davide Calabria also deserves a special mention, coming off the bench in the first half after Ignazio Abate limped off and giving an assured display at the back. Here below meanwhile are the stats to emerge from the victory over the Sicilian outfit:Before Saturday night, not since the 2006/2007 season had Milan won their opening two home matches in Serie A. On that occasion, Milan defeated Lazio and Ascoli.7- this is the number of goals scored by the rossoneri this season at the San Siro in all competitions (Serie A and Coppa Italia). 8- the first half free-kick by Jack Bonaventura was his 8th goal with the Milan jersey.6- in the first half alone against Palermo, Milan hit the target a total of 6 times.33- by winning on Saturday night, Milan took their win tally to 33 over Palermo in Serie A.4- the number of successive wins at home in Serie A: 2 at the end of last season versus Roma and Torino and 2 this season over Empoli and Palermo.Finally, Carlos Bacca took his goal tally to 3 goals in Serie A.