Serie A round-up: Juventus restore three-point lead

Juventus restored their three-point advantage at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 win at Atalanta on Sunday.

Andrea Barzagli and Mario Lemina scored to take Juve up to 64 points after 28 games, three ahead of second-place Napoli, who defeated Chievo 3-1 on Saturday.

Massimiliano Allegri's side were humbled 3-0 by Inter Milan in their Italian Cup semi-final second leg on Wednesday, and despite advancing to the final on penalties, will have been eager to rediscover their winning form against Atalanta.

They took the lead in the 24th minute when Barzagli finished smartly from close range but wasted numerous chances to kill off the contest.

Atalanta's winless run now stretches to 13 league matches and while Edoardo Reja's team grew in confidence as their visitors failed to extend their lead, they were unable to find a way back into the match.

Midfielder Lemina sealed Juve's in the 86th minute as he slalomed past two defenders before lashing the ball home from outside the box, leaving Atalanta in 15th on 30 points.

Juventus also equalled their club record of nine consecutive clean sheets in Seria A, while Gianluigi Buffon is getting closer to the Serie A record of 929 minutes without conceding in the Italian top flight set by AC Milan's Sebastiano Rossi in 1993/94. Buffon is currently on 836.

AC Milan's 12-game unbeaten run in all competitions ended when they fell to a 2-0 defeat at seventh-placed Sassuolo, who move up to 44 points, three behind their opponents.

Alfred Duncan slammed home a thunderous effort from the edge of the area in the 27th minute and Sassuolo wrapped up the win when Nicola Sansone added a second in the 71st.

Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic was sent to the stands for dissent, while Sassuolo lost Gregoire Defrel to a second yellow card in the 77th minute.

Inter recorded a comfortable 3-1 over Palermo in the late game on Sunday.

Adem Ljajic and Mauro Icardi gave Inter a two-goal lead at the San Siro, before Franco Vazquez pulled one back just before the break for Palermo. But Ivan Perisic sealed the result for the home side in the 54th minute.

Lucas Biglia's 78th-minute penalty rescued a 1-1 draw for Lazio at Torino, who took the lead through Andrea Belotti's seventh goal of the season, but failed to double their advantage when Ciro Immobile blasted a first-half spot kick over the bar. 

Elsewhere on Sunday, Daniel Ciofani and Leonardo Blanchard netted either side of half-time as Frosinone beat Udinese 2-0, Luca Rigoni scored the only goal as Genoa beat Empoli 1-0 and Bologna played out a 0-0 draw with Carpi.