AC Milan secured a convincing 4-0 victory at Udinese in Serie A on Friday, with Sérgio Conceição’s side earning its first win in nearly a month.

Udinese is on its worst run since the end of the 2022-23 season, when it also lost four in a row. It remains in 11th place.

Milan, who last secured three points in mid-March following a 2-1 home win against Como, are ninth in the standings on 51 points after 32 games. It is six points off fourth-placed Bologna, who travel to Atalanta, in third, on Sunday. 

But Milan will worry about an injury to goalkeeper Mike Maignan, who was taken off on a stretcher after colliding with teammate Álex Jiménez.

Rafael Leão’s superb strike from 18 meters was quickly followed by Strahinja Pavlovic’s glancing header from a Christian Pulisic corner on the stroke of half-time.

Udinese was forced to chase the game in the second half and Milan took advantage of gaps that opened up.

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Theo Hernández added a third in the 74th minute when he started a sweeping move in his own half and finished it off with an unstoppable shot.

Substitute Tammy Abraham’s superb cross led to a fourth from Tijjani Reijnders 10 minutes from time. 

Pulisic thought he added a fifth but his goal was ruled out for offside.

Milan have struggled for large parts of this season and winning the domestic cup remains their best chance of qualifying for Europe next campaign.

They face Inter Milan in the second leg of their Coppa Italia semifinal on April 23 after drawing the first game 1-1.

The Italian Cup winners automatically go into the Europa League league phase.

Information from The Associated Press and Reuters was used in this report.