AC Milan won to extend their lead at the top of Serie A while Inter Milan have leapfrogged Napoli into second.
Rossoneri extend led at top, Inter into second, Bari relegated
AC Milan won on Saturday to extend their lead at the top of Serie A, Inter Milan have leapfrogged Napoli into second while Bari have been relegated after losing to Sampdoria.
Brazilian ace Robinho netted with eight minutes remaining to give leaders
AC Milan a crucial win at
Brescia.
The win sees the Rossoneri move eight points clear of city rivals Inter Milan with four games remaining, while Brescia end the weekend five points adrift of safety.
Inter had earlier moved into second after coming from a goal behind to secure a 2-1 home success over
Lazio.
Mauro Zarate's penalty had the Biancoceleste in front from the penalty spot following Julio Cesar's dismissal.
However, goals from Wesley Sneijder and Samuel Eto'o either side of half-time turned things around spectacularly before Stefani Mauri's 65th minute red card levelled the playing field.
Napoli, who now sit third, suffered their ninth league defeat of the campaign following a 2-1 defeat at
Palermo. Edinson Cavani's second minute penalty gave the visitors a dream start.
Federico Balzaretti levelled matters with Cesare Bovo's successful spot-kick deep into first-half stoppage-time proving the match-winning effort.
Roma kept alive their faint hopes of landing a UEFA Champions League spot next season with a lively 1-0 victory over
Chievo at the Stadio Olimpico in the early kick-off.
Simone Perrotta netted the only goal after four minutes, side-footing home Daniele De Rossi's pass, but the home side could easily have scored six or seven in a sparkling display with Mirko Vucinic chief among the culprits in front of goal.
Last kick
Francesco Lodi scored with the last kick of the game to earn
Catania a 2-2 draw at
Juventus.
Two goals from Alessandro Del Piero in the first half, the first one from the penalty spot, gave Juve what seemed to be a comfortable advantage at the interval.
But Catania fought back in the second half with Alejandro Gomez giving them hope nine minutes from time.
Lodi then scored a direct free-kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time to give Catania a crucial point in their battle against relegation.
Genoa honoured their Serie A obligations with a 4-2 win over relegation-threatened
Lecce which did their city rivals Sampdoria a favour in their relegation battle.
Davide Di Michele put the visitors in front in the third minute, but Genoa hit back with Antonio Floro Flores' goal seven minutes later. Di Michele restored Lecce's advantage after half an hour, but Rodrigo Palacio brought the home team level again just before the break.
Further second-half goals from Palacio and Floro Flores sealed Genoa's second straight win at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, leaving Lecce in danger at the bottom.
Second-half efforts from Emanuele Giaccherini and Dominique Malonga earned
Cesena a 2-0 away win over
Bologna.
Nicola Pozzi scored the only goal of the game as
Sampdoria secured a 1-0 victory at
Bari, who have subsequently been relegated. Andrea Poli was sent off late on, but it did not alter the result.
Amauri bagged a brace as
Parma claimed a 2-0 away win over 10-man
Udinese. Amauri had already opened the scoring before Gokhan Inler saw red for man-handling the referee after fouling Sebastian Giovinco, although Parma had to wait until late on before he wrapped up the points with his second.
