Serie A round-up: Juventus down in 12th after fourth defeat of season
Wednesday 28 October 2015 23:55, UK
Juventus slumped to another surprise defeat on Wednesday as the champions lost 1-0 at Sassuolo.
Juve, who were without several key players, saw their three-game unbeaten streak wrecked by a first-half free-kick from Nicola Sansone.
Giorgio Chiellini earned himself a second yellow card for hacking down Domenico Berardi before half-time, and defeat left the Old Lady in 12th place with 12 points from 10 matches. Sassuolo are fifth with 18 points.
Roma reclaimed top spot in Serie A with a 3-1 home victory over Udinese. Two points behind Roma are Fiorentina, who beat Verona 2-0, and Napoli, 2-0 winners over Palermo.
Roma opened the scoring against Udinese after four minutes when Miralem Pjanic met Maicon's cross with a precise right-foot shot.
Maicon doubled the lead five minutes later as he picked up a back-heeled pass from Edin Dzeko before tearing into the box and beating Orestis Karnezis.
Gervinho added a third in the 63rd minute, his sixth goal in his last seven matches, after collecting Kostas Manolas' cross in the box and burying the ball beyond Karnezis. Cyril Thereau pulled one back for Udinese late on.
Inter Milan are level with Fiorentina and Napoli after defeating Bologna 1-0 on Tuesday.
Fiorentina downed Verona courtesy of a Rafael Marquez own goal and Nikola Kalinic's sixth league strike of the season.
Lazio lost 2-1 at Atalanta as a Dusan Basta own goal and an Alejandro Gomez effort cancelled out Lucas Biglia's opener while AC Milan beat Chievo with Luca Antonelli scoring the only goal of the game.
An injury-time goal from Diego Laxalt, his second of the match, earned Genoa a 3-3 draw at Torino and Paolo Sammarco's 91st-minute winner gave Frosinone a 2-1 triumph over rock bottom Carpi, both sides ending the game with 10 men.
