Napoli beat AC Milan to maintain strain on Inter

Romelu Lukaku (l) has scored 11 Serie A targets this season [Getty Images]

Napoli beat AC Milan to stay inside three factors of Serie A leaders Inter Milan.

Antonio Conte’s aspect scored twice within the opening 19 minutes to look snug, however ended up hanging on.

Matteo Politano scored with a candy strike from in the direction of the sting of the field and Billy Gilmour picked out Romelu Lukaku to scuff of their second.

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Ninth-placed Milan pulled one again when Luka Jovic scored from shut vary, after Santiago Gimenez earlier had a penalty saved by Alex Meret.

That they had a number of possibilities to equalise, with Jovic flashing a shot huge in harm time.

The guests had been with out English midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who underwent surgical procedure to have his appendix eliminated earlier within the day.

Defending champions Inter stay three factors clear after a 2-1 win over Udinese.

Marko Arnautovic and Davide Frattesi scored their targets, with Oumar Solet pulling one again.

Atalanta misplaced 1-0 at Fiorentina, with Moise Kean scoring the one purpose, however boss Gianpiero Gasperini mentioned his aspect had been already out of the title race earlier than that.

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They sit third, 9 factors behind Inter.

“It was an inconceivable dream that I believe disappeared within the recreation towards Inter [on 16 March],” Gasperini informed reporters.

“Now we’ve groups which have made streaks of necessary outcomes [below them]. Now we have a little bit of a bonus and we’ll play 5 dwelling video games out of eight.”

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