Alessandro Florenzi admitted relief after AC Milan's victory over Empoli.

Pierre Kalulu scored his first goal of the season for the winner.

Florenzi said, “It's an important evening. There are many finals coming up, this was the first, the next will be against Cagliari.

“If we continue with this determination and team spirit, we can do well, but it won't be easy because Cagliari play good football.

“Now we rest a few days and prepare for the next battle."

Of his future, the on-loan Roma defender added: “I am not thinking about that. I just want to put myself at the disposal of the coach and then we'll see what happens."