WATCH: Olivier Giroud scores sensational late winner for AC Milan – then gets sent off

AC Milan's 2-1 victory over Spezia on Saturday ended in dramatic fashion as Olivier Giroud popped up with an acrobatic 89th-minute winner – then saw red for taking his shirt off in celebration.

Giroud's impressive left-footed finish was a strike worthy of removing his shirt (and flexing his muscles in front of the Rossoneri fans), but there was one slight issue: he'd already been booked – just six minutes earlier. Out came the second yellow card.

Watch the crazy finale at the San Siro from 2:33 below...

It was the seventh red card of the 36-year-old's career; he was last dismissed six years ago, while playing for Arsenal against PSG in the Champions League.

Giroud is Milan's top scorer with nine goals in all competitions this season, although Stefano Pioli's side – who stayed second in Serie A with this latest triumph – ought to back themselves to beat second-bottom Cremonese without him on Tuesday.

The France international – who's three goals away from becoming his country's all-time leading marksman– might well also be grateful for an enforced breather with the World Cup only two weeks away.