Serie A match report: Fiorentina v AC Milan

Fiorentina came from behind to pile the misery on Filippo Inzaghi and his AC Milan team with a 2-1 win at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.

Mattia Destro put the visitors in front against the run of play early in the second half, but Fiorentina fought back with goals from Gonzalo Rodriguez and Joaquin inside the final seven minutes earning them all three points.

As a result, Vincenzo Montella's men now trail fourth-placed Napoli by just one point with Lazio in third just four ahead.

Milan, meanwhile, remain in 10th place, 10 points behind the Viola with 11 games left to salvage their season.

With Mario Gomez out injured, Montella picked Alberto Gilardino to lead his attack, making several changes from the side which drew with Roma in the Europa League on Thursday and suggesting that winning the return in the capital ranked higher among the Fiorentina coach's priorities than beating Milan.

The Viola were nevertheless more than a match for the Rossoneri with Josip Ilicic flashing a shot across the face of goal.

Milan had two good chances to take the lead with Keisuke Honda and Jeremy Menez both denied by Neto before Jose Basanta struck the crossbar with the biggest chance of the first half.

Fiorentina increased the pressure early in the second half, forcing Milan onto the back foot and going close through Joaquin.

A goal appeared to be in the air, but when it arrived in the 56th minute, it came at the other end.

Destro diverted Giacomo Bonaventura's shot past Neto to give Milan the lead against the run of play.

Fiorentina did not stop attacking, though, and their efforts were rewarded with seven minutes left on the clock when Rodriguez rose to head in Joaquin's cross.

That was not their only reward, though.

After a break in which the two teams played on for a short period while referee Carmine Russo was substituting himself due to injury, Fiorentina's concern was that not enough time might be added on.

Within seconds of the restart, under the auspices of replacement referee Paolo Valeri, they were instead hoping to hear the final whistle immediately after Joaquin planted a bullet header into the far corner of Diego Lopez's goal, in the final minute of normal time.

Six more were added on, much to the home fans' disappointment, but Milan - who now had Giampaolo Pazzini on as a further forward - could not find an equaliser, leaving more difficult questions for Inzaghi to answer.