Lazio reclaimed top spot, while Cagliari's home game with Inter Milan was marred by racist chanting.
Eto'o silences racists; Juve thump Lecce; big win for Udinese
Lazio reclaimed top spot, while Cagliari's home game with Inter Milan was suspended for three minutes in the early kick-off on Sunday because of racist chanting.
Elsewhere, Luigi Delneri's Juventus produced an irresistible home performance while Udinese climbed off the bottom of the table thanks to a much-needed victory.
Lazio downed Bari 2-0 in the Sunday night game to return to the top of the table as they continued their good start to the season.
Goals from Brazilian Hernanes and Sergio Floccari gave the Romans the three points and kept them on top of the pile.
Rafa Benitez's
Inter Milan side prevailed at the Stadio Sant'Elia against
Cagliari thanks to a stunning solo effort from Samuel Eto'o.
Television commentators in Sardinia claimed the chants which caused the delay had been aimed at the Cameroon striker, with the referee approached both benches and a public announcement was made asking fans to stop.
In response to the abuse, Eto'o fired home the only goal of the game in the 39th minute effort and took his tally to six from seven games this season.
The battling victory sent champions Inter level on points at the top with AC Milan.
Napoli stayed in the hunt with the leading pack following a creditable away day draw against
Catania.
Edison Cavani was on the scoresheet again but he could not lift his side to victory.
The former Palermo striker grabbed his sixth goal in seven league games six minutes before the break but saw his effort cancelled out by Alejandro Gomez midway through the second half as Catania sealed a deserved share of the spoils.
The dropped points saw Napoli, who finished the game with 10 men thanks to Paolo Cannavaro's late red card, slip a place to fourth in the table.
Movers
Juventus were the big movers of the day, climbing up to fifth thanks to a comprehensive 4-0 rout of
Lecce.
After Alberto Aquilani's early opener, Felipe Melo got the second from the penalty spot and Fabio Quagliarella had them 3-0 up before half-time.
Alessandro Del Piero then capped a fine afternoon for the hosts as he came off the bench to get the fourth eight minutes from time.
Palermo are hot on the heels of the Old Lady after they thumped
Bologna 4-1 at the Stadio Renzo Barbera.
Javier Pastore and Josip Ilicic had the Sicilian side 2-0 up in no time and second half goals from Pinilla and Armin Bacinovic wrapped up the points.
Marco Di Vaio's effort for the visitors was mere consolation.
Sampdoria came from behind to win their first league game in seven weeks against
Fiorentina.
Marco Marchionni gave the visitors the lead in the sixth minute before Fiorentina goalkeeper Sebastian Frey preserved the advantage with a string of fine saves to frustrate the home team.
Reto Ziegler eventually forced an equaliser before Antonio Cassano scored the winner to earn Samp their first victory since August 29.
Udinese climbed off the bottom of the table with a tight 1-0 victory away to
Brescia.
Bernardo Corradi came on as a second-half substitute and scored the only goal of the game.
Corradi struck in the 80th minute with a flying header from Giovanni Pasquale's cross, beating Brescia goalkeeper Matteo Sereni.
The victory at the Mario Rigamonti stadium was Udinese's first on the road this season and lifted the Friuli outfit into 18th place.
Cesena and
Parma shared the spoils in a battle of struggling sides.
Erjon Bogdani opened the scoring for the hosts in the 17th minute and Cristian Zaccardo equalised before the half-hour mark for Parma, who were looking for their first win on the road this season.
The visitors wasted several chances early in the second half and ultimately settled for a point.
