<p>Despite the absence of its coach and star striker AC Milan maintained its unbeaten start to the Serie A season by beating Fiorentina 2-0 on Sunday to ensure it would end the weekend at the top of the table.</p>.<p>An Alessio Romagnoli header and a Franck Kessié penalty in the first half secured the victory in front of the watching Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was injured but cheering his teammates on from the stands.</p>.<p>Milan coach Stefano Pioli was also still absent after testing positive for the coronavirus.</p>.<p>The Rossoneri moved five points clear of Inter Milan and Sassuolo, which both played on Saturday.</p>.<p>Roma can move into second, three points below Milan, if it wins at Napoli later in what will be an emotional match. It is Napoli's first Serie A game since former player Diego Maradona died on Wednesday in his native Argentina.</p>.<p>There was a tribute to Maradona at San Siro, as there was in all the Serie A matches this weekend. That included a minute's silence for the former Napoli player, while his image was also projected on the stadium screens again in the 10th minute, in honor of his shirt number.</p>.<p>Milan took the lead in the 17th minute when Romagnoli was left unmarked to head in a corner at the back post.</p>.<p>Dušan Vlahović almost equalized shortly after but his effort was tipped onto the post by Gianluigi Donnarumma.</p>.<p>Instead, it was Milan that doubled its lead in the 28th when Kessié converted a penalty after Alexis Saelemaekers was tripped by Germán Pezzella.</p>.<p>Kessié had another penalty saved by Fiorentina goalkeeper Bartłomiej Drągowski five minutes from time following a foul by Martín Cáceres on Theo Hernández.</p>.<p>Milan could have extended its lead early in the second half but Hakan Çalhanoğlu's strike came off the post.</p>.<p><strong>Other Matches</strong></p>.<p>Udinese was missing a number of players because of the coronavirus but managed to win 3-1 at Lazio.</p>.<p>Tolgay Arslan, Ignacio Pussetto and Fernando Forestieri scored for Udinese before a late Ciro Immobile penalty.</p>.<p>Bologna beat bottom club Crotone 1-0. Cagliari was playing Spezia later.</p>
<p>Despite the absence of its coach and star striker AC Milan maintained its unbeaten start to the Serie A season by beating Fiorentina 2-0 on Sunday to ensure it would end the weekend at the top of the table.</p>.<p>An Alessio Romagnoli header and a Franck Kessié penalty in the first half secured the victory in front of the watching Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was injured but cheering his teammates on from the stands.</p>.<p>Milan coach Stefano Pioli was also still absent after testing positive for the coronavirus.</p>.<p>The Rossoneri moved five points clear of Inter Milan and Sassuolo, which both played on Saturday.</p>.<p>Roma can move into second, three points below Milan, if it wins at Napoli later in what will be an emotional match. It is Napoli's first Serie A game since former player Diego Maradona died on Wednesday in his native Argentina.</p>.<p>There was a tribute to Maradona at San Siro, as there was in all the Serie A matches this weekend. That included a minute's silence for the former Napoli player, while his image was also projected on the stadium screens again in the 10th minute, in honor of his shirt number.</p>.<p>Milan took the lead in the 17th minute when Romagnoli was left unmarked to head in a corner at the back post.</p>.<p>Dušan Vlahović almost equalized shortly after but his effort was tipped onto the post by Gianluigi Donnarumma.</p>.<p>Instead, it was Milan that doubled its lead in the 28th when Kessié converted a penalty after Alexis Saelemaekers was tripped by Germán Pezzella.</p>.<p>Kessié had another penalty saved by Fiorentina goalkeeper Bartłomiej Drągowski five minutes from time following a foul by Martín Cáceres on Theo Hernández.</p>.<p>Milan could have extended its lead early in the second half but Hakan Çalhanoğlu's strike came off the post.</p>.<p><strong>Other Matches</strong></p>.<p>Udinese was missing a number of players because of the coronavirus but managed to win 3-1 at Lazio.</p>.<p>Tolgay Arslan, Ignacio Pussetto and Fernando Forestieri scored for Udinese before a late Ciro Immobile penalty.</p>.<p>Bologna beat bottom club Crotone 1-0. Cagliari was playing Spezia later.</p>