Atalanta 3-1 Parma
Bari 2-0 Lazio
Cagliari 3-2 Genoa
Chievo 1-2 AC Milan
Fiorentina 0-1 Napoli
Palermo 1-0 Udinese
Roma 0-1 Livorno
Siena 0-1 Juventus
Inter Milan 2-1 Catania
Sampdoria 4-1 Bologna
Far be it from me to be anything but impartial but I may as well get this out of the way: Jammy Bastards. Alessandro Nesta's injury time header, following up his equaliser 10 minutes earlier, not only got AC Milan three points on sunday, they may just also have allowed Leonardo to remain in his job. The embattled Brazilian has not had an easy ride so far, but his side are now 6th and comfortably within reach of the top four. City rivals Inter had few problems brushing aside Catania, thanks to a Sulley Muntari strike and a lovely free kick from Wesley Sneijder - fast proving himself to be a vital cog in the Inter machine.
Elsewhere, it was a fun saturday for second-placed Sampdoria who brushed aside Bologna - Giampaolo Pazzini scored his 6th of the campaign and Daniele Mannini netted twice in a 4-1 stroll. Juventus were not quite so convincing at Siena, and relied on a solitary Amauri goal to claim all three points and condemn the Tuscans to bottom spot. It was also a welcome return to Serie A for one of Italian football's most colourful characters, the mad-as-a-box-of-frogs Serse Cosmi who watched his new club Livorno grab all three points away at Roma thanks to Francesco Tavano's goal.
Also on sunday, there was something of an upset as Atalanta triumphed at home to Parma, who have been going well lately and remain in eigth; an Andrea Lazzari winner for Cagliari resulted in a 3-2 win for the Sardinians and condemned Genoa to their third defeat in seven days; Lazio, who prevailed so late on during their Europa League match against Villarreal on thursday, showed it was just a flash in the pan by losing at Bari; and Palermo beat Udinese in a match in which, unusually, 9-goal leading man Antonio Di Natale did not find the net.
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