Rome, March 31 -- Napoli beat AC Milan to remain within three points of Serie A leaders Inter Milan.

Antonio Conte's side scored twice in the opening 19 minutes to look comfortable, but ended up hanging on.

Matteo Politano scored with a sweet strike from towards the edge of the box and Billy Gilmour picked out Romelu Lukaku to scuff in their second.

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

They had several chances to equalise, with Jovic flashing a shot wide in injury time, the BBC reported.

The visitors were without English midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who underwent surgery to have his appendix removed earlier in the day.

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