Inter Milan striker Diego Milito (R) scores the all-important goal during their Serie A encounter against AC Milan at San Siro on Sunday.Photo: AFP

Inter Milan thrust themselves back into the Serie A title race with a crucial 1-0 win away to city rivals AC Milan at the San Siro on Sunday.
Veteran Argentine forward Diego Milito rolled back the years to score the only goal of the game and move fifth-placed Inter to within five points of their neighbours, who are a point behind leaders Juventus.
The top three picked up only a point between them with Juve's 1-1 draw at home to Cagliari enough to see them take over sole ownership of top spot.
Third-placed Udinese lost 3-2 at Genoa and with fourth-placed Lazio winning there are now just six points separating the top five.
Milan had much the better of the first period but Inter still looked dangerous when they could get forwards.
They had the ball in the net in the fifth minute but Thiago Motta's header from Maicon's free-kick was rightly ruled out for offside.
Milan came close when Urby Emanuelson picked out Kevin Prince Boateng's clever run in a move that looked to have come straight off the training ground but the Ghanaian's finish was high.
Boateng then picked out Zlatan Ibrahimovic with a cross but the big Swede's back flick landed on the roof of the net.
Inter defended for long periods but when they came forwards they were dangerous and Japan full-back Yuto Nagatomo picked out Ricardo Alvarez with a cross but the Argentine, who was free in the box, dallied and then hit his finish straight at Christian Abbiati.
On the stroke of half-time Inter were saved by the woodwork.
On a rapier counter, Pato teed up Mark van Bommel to crash his shot against the bar, with Julio Cesar well beaten, but the goalkeeper sprawled to his right to keep out Emanuelson's follow-up.
Inter took the lead nine minutes into the second period thanks to great work from captain Javier Zanetti and a crucial error from Milan right-back Ignazio Abate.
Zanetti surged past two players and then crossed to Milito. Abate looked set to cut it out but he missed the ball, allowing the Argentine striker to carry it forwards and slip the ball inside Abbiati's far post.
RESULTS
AC Milan 0 Inter Milan 1 (Milito 54)
Cesena 3 (Mutu 19, 39-pen, Rinaudo 45-og) Novara 1 (Morimoto 89)
Chievo 1 (Sammarco 50) Palermo 0
Fiorentina 0 Lecce 1 (Di Michele 70)
Genoa 3 (Granqvist 49, Jankovic 50, Palacio 71) Udinese 2 (Ferronetti 14,
Di Natale 75-pen)
Juventus 1 (Vucinic 7) Cagliari 1 (Cossu 47)
Lazio 2 (Hernanes 20-pen,
Klose 90) Atalanta 0
Parma 3 (Biabiany 23, Valiani 66, Giovinco 90) Siena 1 (Grossi 79)