AC Milan relinquished any remaining hope of winning the Serie A title on Saturday after falling to a shock 3-0 home defeat by Udinese, while Juventus beat Atalanta 1-0 to move into the Champions League positions.

Lautaro Martinez fired Inter Milan six points clear at the top of Serie A with the only goal in Saturday's 1-0 win at Udinese, as Napoli responded to the pressure by beating Sassuolo 1-0.

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

Juventus scored with an own goal and a penalty kick as they beat visiting Udinese 2-0 on Tuesday to reach the last eight in the Italian Cup.

AC Milan kept their hopes of European football alive on Friday by sweeping aside Udinese 4-0

Inter Milan rode on goals from Marko Arnautovic and Davide Frattesi to clinch the win.

Florian Thauvin put Udinese ahead after 22 minutes but Alessio Romagnoli earned the draw ten minutes later.

Inter Milan saw off Como 2-0 on Monday to stretch their unbeaten run in Serie A to 11 games and move back to within three points of leaders Atalanta.

Samuel Chukwueze's 13th-minute strike looked like being the first of a comfortable win but ended up being the winning goal as Milan held on for the points.

David Frattesi poked home the decisive goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time in Udine to maintain Inter's 14-point lead at the top of the table with seven matches left in the season.

Inter Milan have a seven-point lead and a game in hand at the top of Serie A after their closest challengers Juventus fell to a shock 1-0 home defeat to Udinese

Mike Maignan was abused during Udinese' 3-2 defeat to AC Milan on Saturday, which was halted for five minutes in the first half after repeated offensive remarks from behind the goal he was defending

Mike Maignan said that he had first heard monkey chants during Milan's match at Udinese on Saturday when he collected the ball for his first goal kick, after which he "said nothing"

Mike Maignan fired back on Saturday at "ignorant" fans who aimed monkey chants at the France goalkeeper during AC Milan's dramatic 3-2 win at Udinese

Napoli's bid for a first Serie A title since the days of Diego Maradona was further boosted on Saturday after surviving a late scare against Udinese to claim a 3-2 win

Serie A: Paulo Dybala explained the glare by saying he was looking "for a friend who I'd invited to the game".

Serie A: Salernitana cast doubt on Tuesday's game at Udinese when they announced Covid-19 cases had prevented their squad leaving as planned for northeastern Italy.

Serie A: Zlatan Ibrahimovic snatched a late point for AC Milan in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Udinese which gives the Serie A leaders' title rivals a chance to steal top spot, while Juventus drew 1-1 at Venezia to slip up in the Champions League race.