Updated Mar 1, 2011 7:58 AM ET
Alexandre Pato hailed a "great" display by AC Milan as the Rossoneri beat Napoli 3-0 to go five points clear at the top of the table.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the first before Pato set up Kevin Prince Boateng.
Pato then added his team's third as Milan stormed to their third straight win in Serie A.
"We have taken a great victory," Pato said. "We have taken three very important points.
"We played a great second half and we got the win we wanted.
"I really enjoy playing in this team that is full of great champions.
"For me, they are not only team-mates but brothers."
Milan are now five points ahead of Inter Milan but Pato does not see his team as title favourites just yet.
"There are still many games left to play so there is still a long way to go for the Scudetto," he said.
"The important thing is that we are a united side.
"We are taking it one game at a time and now we must focus on our next game against Juventus."
Jermain Defoe will start training again on Tottenham's return from Dubai. Photograph: Tim Hales/AP Fears that Tottenham Hotspur may lose Jermain Defoe for a significant period have receded.
The striker broke down with an ankle problem during the club's warm-weather training break in Dubai recently, but he will resume training this week after an x-ray revealed only "soft-tissue irritation".
The Spurs manager, Harry Redknapp, has a number of injury worries to deal with ahead of the Champions League last-16 second leg against Milan next week. "Defoe has an injury again," Redknapp said on Monday. "He's had a problem with his ankle before and it didn't feel too good."
Earlier this season, Defoe missed 10 weeks after suffering an ankle ligament injury while on England duty. Tottenham's next fixture is at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
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