Sunday 30 October 2016 22:12, UK
Roma were unable to keep pace with Serie A leaders Juventus after they were held to a goalless draw at struggling Empoli on Sunday.
Luciano Spalletti's side had hoped to keep the distance between themselves and their title rivals to within two points following Juve's win over Napoli on Saturday.
But their bid for a fifth consecutive league win was scuppered by a mixture of poor finishing and inspired goalkeeping from on-loan Lukasz Skorupski, who was playing against his parent club.
Giacomo Bonaventura's second-half strike proved enough as AC Milan bounced back from a midweek defeat at Genoa with a 1-0 victory over Pescara at San Siro.
The home side took the lead four minutes after the break as Italy midfielder Bonaventura slotted his free-kick under the Pescara wall and into the bottom corner.
Ahmad Benali had the ball in the net shortly afterwards but the referee ruled it offside.
Second-half goals from Senad Lulic and Ciro Immobile saw Lazio extend their unbeaten run to six games as they edged to a 2-1 victory over Sassuolo at Stadio Olimpico.
Gregoire Defrel pulled one back for the visitors with more than 30 minutes still remaining but the hosts held on for maximum points to move up to fourth.
Goals from Marcello Trotta and Diego Falcinelli finally secured Crotone's first Serie A win of the season at the 11th attempt with a 2-0 triumph against free-falling Chievo.
Two first-half goals from Jasmin Kurtic paved the way for Atalanta to claim their third consecutive Serie A win with a 3-0 triumph over Genoa.
Papu Gomez scored the third six minutes from time when he finished off a swift counter-attack.
The pressure ramped up another notch on Inter Milan manager Frank de Boer after Sampdoria inflicted a fourth defeat in five Serie A games.
A midweek victory over Torino had lifted the gloom a little but Fabio Quagliarella's 44th-minute goal saw Inter fall to a 1-0 loss.
The result allowed Sampdoria to draw level on 14 points with their opponents, eight points adrift of the top three.
