Monday 28 November 2016 00:30, UK
Giovanni Simeone scored twice as Genoa inflicted a convincing 3-1 defeat on reigning champions and Serie A leaders Juventus on Sunday.
The Argentinian son of Atletico Madrid boss Diego, caught Massimiliano Allegri's Scudetto hopefuls cold with a third-minute opener before cutting through a sleepy back-line to double the Grifone lead.
As the Bianconeri scrambled to try and rescue a point, Brazilian midfielder Alex Sandro scored an unfortunate own goal to put a share of the spoils out of reach, with Miralem Pjanic's late strike from a free-kick merely sparing the Turin club from their worst league reverse since January 2011.
Following AC Milan's big win at Empoli on Saturday, the Old Lady are four points clear at the top ahead of next weekend's meeting with form team Atalanta, who are joint fourth having won six games in a row.
This time, La Dea claimed Bologna's scalp, with Andrea Masiello and Jasmin Kurtic scoring the goals in a 2-0 Atalanta win at the Stadio Renato dall'Ara.
Edin Dzeko scored twice but Roma needed a third goal from Diego Perotti to survive a Pescara comeback and triumph 3-2 in the capital.
The Bosnian striker reached 12 league goals for 2016-17 with a quickfire early brace before Ledian Memushaj made it a contest after half-time.
Had Perotti not then stuck away a spot-kick, Gianluca Caprari's powerful left-footed finish would have denied Roma their share of second place with Milan.
In the early kick-off, high-flyers Lazio edged past relegation candidates Palermo 1-0 in Sicily thanks to a solitary strike from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
Substitute Bruno Fernandes denied Diego Falcinelli the opportunity to fire Crotone to their second victory of the season by earning Sampdoria their share of the points from a 1-1 draw with his second-half equaliser.
Elsewhere, Marco Sau, who had not scored for seven games, grabbed Cagliari's winner in a 2-1 Stadio Sant'Elia triumph over Udinese. Diego Farias had put the Rossoblu in front, only for Seko Fofana to level for the Zebrette.
