Huntelaar looking to push on

Holland forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar is hoping his match-winning brace at Catania will kickstart his AC Milan career.

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Klass-Jan Huntelaar on target for Milan

The 26-year-old who signed in the summer signing had taken until Sunday to open his account, and after his introduction six minutes from time, ounced twice in stoppage time to earn his side the 2-0 win which moved them above Juventus into second spot in Serie A.

Huntelaar was understandably delighted to have ended his goalscoring drought and is now keen to push on.

"I have worked so hard to show my game and I hope I can continue to improve,'' he said.

"I hope I can continue like this. These two goals for me are a starting point - now I feel like a Milan player. The only thing I was missing was goals but now I don't want to stop.''

Huntelaar's poor start had led to speculation that he may leave during the winter transfer window, but he insisted this was untrue.

Leading the celebrations was Milan coach Leonardo.

He said: "Huntelaar has scored two beautiful goals.He went into the game on the back of a great week and I am really happy for him. I wanted to make the substitutions, having asked my players if they wanted to try to go out and win this game instead of settling for a draw. Then Klaas went in and he decided the match.''

The outcome left Milan seven points behind league leaders Inter and one point clear of third-placed Juventus.

Milan host Sampdoria on Saturday while Inter travel to Turin to meet Juve.