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Serie A round-up: AC Milan into top three with win at Chievo

M' Baye Niang of AC Milan celebrates his goal
Image: M'Baye Niang of AC Milan celebrates his goal

AC Milan climbed up to third in the table following a 3-1 win at Chievo, who have not beaten their Serie A rivals in almost 11 years.

Juraj Kucka and M'Baye Niang struck quickfire goals either side of half-time and although Valter Birsa gave Chievo hope with a second-half free-kick, Dario Dainelli's own goal in stoppage time settled the issue.

Vincenzo Montella's side made it five games unbeaten and became the first visiting team this season to win a league game at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, while Chievo have not beaten Milan since December 2005.

Ciro Immobile's stoppage-time penalty earned Lazio a 1-1 draw with Bologna and kept his side fourth in the table.

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Immobile, who had hit the crossbar with a shot in the first half, stroked home from the spot seven minutes into time added on, after Marios Oikonomou's foul on Wallace, to cancel out Filip Helander's 11th-minute opener for Bologna.

Samir Handanovic's late own goal secured Cagliari a third straight Serie A win and sent Inter Milan spiralling to a third successive defeat in all competitions.

Home goalkeeper Handanovic inadvertently forced the ball over his own goalline in the 85th minute to seal a 2-1 victory for the visitors after Cagliari striker Federico Melchiorri (71) had cancelled out Joao Mario's 55th-minute opener.

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Image: Frank de Boer's Inter suffered defeat against Cagliari

The omens appeared bad for Inter when Mauro Icardi fired a 24th-minute penalty wide after he had been fouled by Cagliari defender Bruno Alves.

Atalanta ended their nine-game losing streak against Fiorentina with a goalless draw.

The Bergamo club, whose losing run against Fiorentina dated back to 2012, have not won at the Stadio Artemio Franchi for 23 years, while the Viola have yet to concede a home league goal in five games this season.

Sassuolo recorded a late comeback victory as they edged bottom side Crotone 2-1 at Stadio Citta del Tricolore.

Diego Falcinelli gave Serie A newcomers Crotone an early lead, but Stefano Sensi equalised with seven minutes left before Pietro Iemmello completed the fightback from close-range three minutes from time.

Genoa extended their unbeaten run in Serie A to four matches but were held to a goalless home draw by Empoli after midfielder Darko Lazovic had been sent off.

Lazovic was shown a second yellow card for his foul on Empoli's Manuel Pasqual in the 34th minute.

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