Liberian George Weah scored twice and Germany's Christian Ziege added a third as struggling AC Milan eased the pressure on coach Fabio Capello with a 3-0 Serie A away win over nine-man Sampdoria on Sunday. The match turned on the 68th minute dismissal of Sampdoria's Yugoslav sweeper Sinisa Mihajlovic for his second bookable offence.

Within six minutes Milan were ahead as Weah turned home Demetrio Albertini's cross for his first goal of the season - making amends for a series of earlier missed chances.

Weah added a second in the 80th minute before Ziege weighed in with his first goal in Italy since joining from Bayern Munich in the summer.

Emanuele Pesaresi completed a miserable day for Sampdoria when he was sent off in the dying seconds.

Manager Capello, who returned to Milan in the summer after a year with Real Madrid, had come under fire after his side's terrible start to the season - a paltry total of just five points in six matches.

Inter Milan remain top of the table as Saturday's 1-0 win over Parma kept them two points clear of Juventus, 4-1 winners over Udinese.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Roberto Baggio scored a second-half hattrick, two goals coming from the penalty spot, and Swede Kennet Andersson struck twice as Bologna recovered from a goal down to defeat Napoli 5-1 for their first win of the season.

Daniele Ambrosetti was on target twice as Vicenza also came from behind to win 3-1 at Atalanta Bergamo while Fiorentina could only draw 0-0 at Piacenza.