Olivier Giroud sinks Napoli to fire AC Milan top but cools talk of scudetto

Olivier Giroud struck a huge blow for AC Milan in the Serie A title race with the only goal in Sunday's 1-0 win at Napoli which fired his team top of the table.

French forward Giroud scored three minutes after the break at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to put Milan two points clear of local rivals Inter Milan, who had claimed the summit with a 5-0 thumping of Salernitana on Friday.

"I always try to do my job when I'm in the area, to be in the right place at the right time," Giroud told DAZN.

"I don't want to talk about the scudetto right now but we're hoping to win something this year. We're ambitious and we'll fight to the end."

The Frenchman's eighth league goal of the season was his first away from the San Siro since signing from Chelsea last summer and came on an eventful night for the 35-year-old.

It looked as though he wouldn't finish the match midway through the first half when he was flattened by Kalidou Koulibaly and was down for over two minutes as medics tried to patch up a bleeding gash above his ankle.

Giroud then clattered into David Opsina seven minutes before half time, leaving the Napoli goalkeeper worryingly prone on the pitch before he eventually got up and carried on.

A recovered Ospina did well to tip aside Ismael Bennacer's low drive just before the hour mark, while Theo Hernandez and Alexis Saelemakers could have extended the margin of victory late on in a hugely impressive display which underlines their title credentials.

Alvaro Morata of Juventus is challenged by Salva Ferrer of Spezia. Getty Images

Juventus are seven points behind Milan in the title race after keeping their slim title hopes alive by beating Spezia 1-0.

Alvaro Morata scored for the first time since mid-January with 20