Serie A round-up

AC Milan triumph; Reggina off the bottom; Roma win derby

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Serie A round-up

Baptista celebrates winner

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AC Milan 1 Chievo 0
Atalanta 3 Napoli 1
Cagliari 1 Fiorentina 0
Catania 3 Torino 2
Roma 1 Lazio 0
Sampdoria 3 Lecce 2
Siena 1 Bologna 1
Udinese 0 Reggina 1

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AC Milan climbed back to within a point of leaders Inter Milan, while Reggina upset the odds as they overcame Udinese to rise from the bottom of the table.

Carlo Ancelotti's Milan continued their fine form as Brazilian ace Kaka struck the only goal of the game in a 1-0 triumph over struggling Chievo.

Reggina avoided a fourth successive loss to down Udinese with Franco Brienza netting on the hour mark at Stadio Friuli.

The late game was the Roman derby and Eternal City bragging rights now lie with Roma after they claimed a 1-0 win over Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico.

The only goal of the game arrived just after half-time when Julio Baptista fired home to the delight of the Giallorossi faithful.

Both sides ended the match with ten-men as Cristian Ledesma and Simone Perrotta saw red in seperate incidents.

The win sees Roma climb out of the relegation zone.

Sampdoria were the victors in a five-goal thriller against Lecce as Walter Mazzarri's men claimed a 3-2 success.

Gennaro Delvecchio opened the scoring for the home side at Stadio Luigi Ferraris before Antonio Cassano doubled the advantage on 14 minutes.

Simone Tiribocchi struck back for Lecce in the second period but Marius Stankevicius put the game beyond doubt before Tiribocchi scored a late consolation.

A hat-trick from Giuseppe Mascara handed Catania a 3-2 victory over Torino as Alfio Contarino's charges made it back-to-back league wins.

Riccardo Colombo broke the deadlock after just six minutes but Mascara restored parity a minute later before handing his team the lead prior to the break.

Nicola Amoruso made it 2-2 from the penalty spot, however Mascara was on hand to secure the points for Catania with 11 minutes remaining.

Atalanta ended a rotten run of five matches without three points after two late goals handed them a win over Napoli.

Ferreira Pinto put Atalanta ahead and then substitute Marcelo Zalayeta was dismissed but Marek Hamsik hit back with a penalty.

The game looked to be heading for a draw only for Thomas Manfredini and Sergio Floccari to score in the dying minutes.

Fiorentina have now mustered just one win in their previous four Serie A outings after they were beaten by Cagliari via a Robert Acquafresca spot-kick.

Elsewhere, Siena and Bologna played out a 1-1 stalemate as Marco Di Vaio cancelled out Abdelkader Ghezzal's opener.