Kaka Scores Twice, Beckham Once In Milan Win

Brazilian Kaka had earlier converted a penalty and fired in from the edge of the box after Milan had gone behind.

David Beckham enhanced his growing reputation in Serie A by scoring his first goal for AC Milan while the unflappable Kaka netted twice in a 4-1 win at 10-man Bologna on Sunday.

The on-loan England midfielder finished off a neat move to complete the scoring and help to send third-placed Milan within three points of Serie A leaders Juventus and Inter Milan.

Brazilian Kaka, who rejected a world-record move to Manchester City last week, had earlier converted a penalty and fired in from the edge of the box after Milan had gone behind.

Juve beat Fiorentina 1-0 on Saturday while Inter host Sampdoria later on Sunday (1930 GMT) without suspended talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic. AS Roma continued their charge up the table by beating Napoli 3-0. They joined the Naples club in joint fifth having inflicted the home side's first league defeat of the season at the San Paolo.

Roma, last season's runners-up, had a terrible start to the season but now have surged up into the European places despite the fit-again Francesco Totti being left on the bench.

Philippe Mexes appeared offside when he headed the opener after Napoli's Marcelo Zalayeta had a goal ruled out for handball. Juan nodded in the second and Mirko Vucinic sealed the win with Napoli badly missing suspended midfielder Marek Hamsik.

Fourth-placed Genoa drew 1-1 at home to Catania to lie three points ahead of Roma and Napoli and four behind Milan.

Beckham, on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy for two months, produced tidy performances in his previous two league starts for the Rossoneri and went one better at Bologna by blasting in at the near post having overlapped a good move on 59 minutes.

Media continue to speculate that he will stay at Milan when the loan is up but the 33-year-old, who came to Serie A to safeguard his England place during the U.S. close season, has consistently said he will return to Los Angeles on March 9.

The match started badly for Milan when Serie A top scorer Marco Di Vaio scored a ninth-minute penalty but Carlo Ancelotti's side soon drew level when Clarence Seedorf slid in the ball after Kaka's effort was parried.

The Brazilian then showed why Manchester City had been so keen on him when he netted a spotkick and lashed in a superb left-foot shot after Alexandre Pato's backheel. Bologna's Gaby Mudingayi was dismissed before Kaka's second on 43 minutes.