Napoli stretched their winning run to five games in all competitions to move back up to the top of the Serie A table with victory at AC Milan.

Giovanni Simeone headed a late winner as he directed Mario Rui’s cross into the bottom corner.

The visitors had opened the scoring through a Matteo Politano penalty before Olivier Giroud equalised with his fourth league goal of the season.

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Napoli now sit at the top on goal difference, while Milan remain fifth.

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Luciano Spalletti’s side were the third team to lead the table after the seventh round of fixtures in the Italian top flight.

Udinese briefly led after beating Inter Milan 3-1 earlier on Sunday, before Atalanta’s narrow 1-0 win at Roma saw them move to the summit in a game that saw Jose Mourinho sent off.

The Roma boss was shown a red card after venting his frustrations when the referee did not award his side a second-half penalty.

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