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George Weah restored Milan's advantage 15 minutes later but injured his hand in the process. The Liberian striker was carried off the pitch with his hand, which was bleeding profusely, swathed in a bandage. Milan officials later said Weah was taken to hospital to remove a gold ring which stuck into his finger when a Porto defender crushed his hand as Weah was on the ground after scoring.Jardel, 22, headed home his first from a cross by Zlatko Zahovic after 75 minutes (having come on 12 minutes earlier) and then cashed in on an error by a defence badly missing the injured Franco Baresi and suspended Alessandro Costacurta to score the winner eight minutes later."Porto deserved their win," said Oscar Tabarez, the Uruguayan who replaced Fabio Capello as Milan coach at the start of the season "They took advantage of our errors. We will try and resolve once and for all whether behaviour of a criminal nature on the pitch can be punished by the ordinary magistrates," Cianci was quoted as saying.Newspapers quoted the Inter president, Massimo Moratti, yesterday as saying the legal action was "in many ways absurd'' and urging Cianci to tone down his rhetoric.. Fresi escaped with a booking for the straight-legged tackle.Cianci said on Tuesday that his legal action against Fresi was a private initiative but added that he had spoken to Udinese officials about it and they had not objected.Ten Udinese fans, meanwhile, threatened their own legal action against Fresi, saying they had bought season tickets purely to watch Stroppa and now felt cheated."I want to raise the problem as a matter of principle.

While Manchester United struggled in Turin last night, the Portuguese champions Porto proved it is possible to win in Italy by beating Milan at San Siro. Rovers have only managed three goals in five games and Harford, who has run checks on Oliver Bierhoff - Germany's Euro 96 final "golden goal'' hero - knows he needs to bring in a high-profile striker.Italian magistrates yesterday ordered video footage of Internazionale's Serie A match against Udinese to be seized after a lawyer took legal action against an Inter player whose tackle broke an opponent's leg.Magistrates said the seizure was a formality after the Udinese lawyer, Roberto Cianci, filed a formal complaint against defender Salvatore Fresi for a tackle on Udinese midfielder Giovanni Stroppa last Saturday.Stroppa, a former Italian international, has been ruled out for at least 40 days after the seventh-minute foul. Le Saux said: "We are right behind Ray and it is up to the players to pull together. We have the ability and the spirit to pull the club out of the lowly position it currently occupies."But despite the backing of his players, Harford's search for a replacement for Shearer has become increasingly urgent. Rovers' dismal start to the season - one point from a possible 15 - has made Harford a strong contender to become the latest managerial casualty. However, Harford has stressed this week that he has no intention of quitting - and he can count on the support of his players as he tries to restore confidence in the wake of Alan Shearer's pounds 15m departure to Newcastle. Graeme Le Saux, the England full-back, insists the Blackburn players are determined to ease the pressure on their manager, Ray Harford.