Serie A leaders AC Milan held to draw by Bologna

AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic was left bloodied after a clash of heads with Bologna’s Gary Medel (Antonio Calanni/AP/PA)

Even a bloodied Zlatan Ibrahimovic could not rescue Serie A leaders AC Milan as they were held to a goalless draw by Bologna.

Milan, who had won each of their last three games 1-0, could not repeat the feat despite launching a late flurry as the visitors, addressed via video link in the run-up to the game by coach Sinisa Mihajlovic from his hospital bed as he undergoes another round of treatment for leukaemia, held firm at the San Siro.