The race for the Serie A Golden Boot further intensified as Krzysztof Piatek scored his 19th league goal of the season against Chievo Verona, making him the joint top goalscorer in the league alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Fabio Quagliarella.AC Milan tightened their grip on the third place in the Serie A table as they beat Chievo Verona 2-1 in their league game at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. Lucas Biglia gave Milan the lead in the 31st minute of the game, which was canceled out by Perparim Hetemaj in the 41st minute of the game. Krzysztof Piatek secured all three points for the Milan by finding the back of the net in the 57th minute.AC Milan are currently third on the Serie A table, 24 points behind the leaders, Juventus. Their primary objective this season would be qualifying for the Champions League next season and will play Inter Milan and Sampordia in the league next.They signed Piatek from Genoa FC to replace Gonzalo Higuain in the January transfer window and the Polish international is in a brilliant form since his move. He scored six goals in seven league games for Milan thus far.Speaking after the game, AC Milan's captain, Alessio Romagnoli said that it was an important victory for the team.“It’s a fundamental victory. We have to do better, we didn’t play very well today, but there are games when you just need the win at all costs. The important thing is to improve, we have to give everything in the next three months."He also gives his verdict on Krzysztof Piatek“Piatek? He is strong, as he has shown. Cutrone also gives his soul when he plays, we congratulate them both and we hope to continue like this."On the other hand, Chievo Verona are currently at the bottom of the Serie A table, 12 points from safety. They will play Atalanta and Cagliari in the league next but their chances of survival look very slim.Fans have since taken to Twitter to praise the Polish striker:Me. : What about your feeling join CR7 as cappocannonieri after tonight goal against chievo. Piatek: pic.twitter.com/z27m7dzpB1— Congoreacmilan (@FandiRadamel) March 9, 2019Piatek moves into 1st place with 19 goals, tied with Ronaldo & Quagliarella ⚽️🔥 pic.twitter.com/7wcUGGJYpx— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) March 9, 2019If #Milan qualifies for UCL it will be only because of #Piatek his goals are instrumental for #ACMilan #ChievoMilan— Nikhil (@Nick_4_u) March 10, 2019—AC Milan’s current top scorer—Genoa’s current top scorerKrzysztof Piatek is owning Serie A this season 🔫🤯 pic.twitter.com/suUvSsUfL3— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 9, 2019Krzysztof Piątek has scored at least one goal in 60% of his Serie A appearances this season.• 25 appearances• 18 goals scored• 15 games scored inThat's good. pic.twitter.com/kmLcrx9dLZ— Scouted Football (@ScoutedFtbl) March 3, 2019INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE PIATEK WILL BE A LEGEND FROM ONE TOUCH HE DESTROY OPPONENTS 🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/wXafa4ND24— ROSSONERI NEWS🔴⚫⚽️ (@rossonerinew) March 9, 2019Filipo Inzaghi needs to take the mask off, we know Piatek is him. 😂🇮🇹🔴⚫️ 👏#inzaghi #ilpistolero #piatek #acmilan #legend #rossoneri #chievoverona #suso #kessie #romangoli #donnarumma #gattuso #stefanosorrentino #seriea #calcio #footy #italiansoccer #soccerworld pic.twitter.com/gA1C1imzPz— @calciofanblogs (@calciofanblogs1) March 10, 2019There is just no stopping Krzysztof Piatek, who now has 19 goals (six for Milan, 13 for Genoa) this season. 💪#ChievoMilan #ForzaMilan pic.twitter.com/RF8QHvJMZ0— DAZN CA (@DAZN_CA) March 9, 2019It's been a long time to have a striker that on top of the capocannoniere list— telur putih ungu (@telurputihungu) March 9, 20197 - Krzysztof #Piatek has scored in seven of the 10 stadiums where he played in Serie A. Traveller.#ChievoMilan— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) March 9, 2019Piatek with all number and Player score goal in the debut league like serie A. pic.twitter.com/wMU2xcBhzx— Congoreacmilan (@FandiRadamel) March 9, 2019