ITALIAN Serie A leader Inter Milan extended its advantage to 16 points by coming from behind to win 2-1 at Livorno on Saturday.

Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored one goal and created the other.

Cristiano Lucarelli put home team Livorno ahead in the 27th minute with a bending free kick.

Ibrahmovic set up Julio Ricardo Cruz for the tying goal in the 35th and netted the winner with a 66th-minute free kick.

Second place Roma rallied to a 1-1 tie on Sweden midfielder Christian Wilhelmsson’s 85th-minute goal after Andrea Soncin had put last-place Ascoli ahead in the 31st.

The results give Inter 70 points to Roma’s 54.

Inter’s win meant normal service was resumed after its midweek 1-1 draw with Udinese — a result that broke the side’s record-breaking 17-match winning streak in the division.

(SD-Agencies)