AC Milan missed the chance to close in on Serie A leader Inter Milan as it was held to a 1-1 draw at home with relegation-threatened Genoa on Thursday.

Canada's Jonathan David had an 89th minute penalty saved on Saturday as Juventus missed the chance to put pressure on Serie A leaders AC Milan after a 1-1 draw with Lecce.

Rafael Leao fired AC Milan top of Serie A with a tight 1-0 win at Cagliari on Friday.

Christopher Nkunku fired AC Milan top of Serie A with a brace in Sunday's 3-0 win over Verona at the San Siro, the France forward's first goals in Italy's top flight.

Serie A president Ezio Simonelli said the Asian Football Confederation recently issued an "escalation for further and unacceptable requests" that made arranging the game impossible.

Napoli downed AC Milan 2-0 in Thursday's Italian Super Cup semi-final in Riyadh.

Champions Napoli squandered the chance to climb to the Serie A summit on Sunday when coming unstuck 1-0 at Udinese.

USA playmaker Christian Pulisic scored twice in 10 minutes on Monday as AC Milan came from behind to edge Torino 3-2 to move to the summit of Serie A.

David Neres stroked home the only goal of a feisty game in the 36th minute at the Stadio Olimpico, as Napoli beat Roma 1-0.

Lautaro Martinez fired Inter Milan to within a point of the Serie A summit with both goals in Sunday's 2-0 win at promoted Pisa, ahead of Napoli's clash at Scudetto rivals Roma.

AC Milan moved top of Serie A on Saturday after surviving a late penalty controversy to beat Lazio 1-0.

AC Milan also had Mike Maignan to thank for the three points as the France goalkeeper kept out Hakan Calhanoglu's penalty in the 74th minute.

Milan takes centre stage on Sunday night as the city's two football giants face off at the San Siro with top spot in Serie A up for grabs.

AC Milan are level with Napoli at the top of Serie A after throwing away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 on Saturday in an entertaining match at lowly Parma.

Napoli maintained their lead at the top of Serie A on Tuesday after the champions won a hard-fought contest at lowly Lecce 1-0 and moved three points ahead of AC Milan.

"While it is regrettable to have to let these games go ahead, this decision is exceptional and shall not be seen as setting a precedent," UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said in a statement.

Luka Modric and Kevin De Bruyne will face off on Sunday night when Serie A champions Napoli travel north to face AC Milan and the first true test of their title defence.

AC Milan defeated Lecce 3-0 on Tuesday to book their spot in the last 16 of the Italian Cup thanks to goals by Santiago Gimenez, Christopher Nkunku and Christian Pulisic.