Serie A Round-Up

Five-star Inter thump Genoa, Juve held again by Viola

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Serie A Round-Up

Stankovic: Stunning goal

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Juventus 1 Fiorentina 1
Genoa 0 Inter Milan 5

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Inter Milan moved three points clear at the top of the table with a 5-0 thumping of Genoa.

Jose Mourinho's men were in superb form as they warmed up for next week's Champions League clash with Dynamo Kiev in style.

Esteban Cambiasso gave Inter the perfect start with the opener after just six minutes and Mario Balotelli doubled the lead on 31 minutes.

Dejan Stankovic made it 3-0 on the stroke of half-time with a stunning effort from the halfway line after Genoa goalkeeper Marco Amelia mishit a clearance and Stankovic sent the ball past the stranded keeper and into the net.

Substitute Patrick Vieira added the fourth on 67 minutes and Maicon completed the rout on 72 minutes.

Juventus failed to win for a fifth consecutive game after being held to a 1-1 draw by Fiorentina.

The Bianconeri had to come from behind after Juan Manuel Vargas gave Fiorentina the lead after just five minutes when he converted from Stevan Jovetic's clever pass.

Juve drew level on 19 minutes when Amauri scored his first goal of the season after linking up with strike partner Vincenzo Iaquinta.

The draw leaves the two sides joint third on 15 points with Juve above Fiorentina on goal difference.

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