Juventus and Inter Milan can breathe easier after Napoli missed the chance to put pressure on them at the top of Serie A. Juve still lead the way on 28 points but suffered their first league defeat in 49 games on Saturday night, losing to Inter, who are second and a point behind.
Napoli looked set to close the gap to three and two points respectively when they led Torino by an Edinson Cavani goal to nil, but Salvatore Aronica’s slip in injury time allowed Gianluca Sansone to level.
Another side to miss a trick yesterday were Lazio, who lost their top-four place on the back of a 4-0 drubbing at in-form Catania.
Alejandro Gomez led the way as the home side earned their fourth win in six outings at home, opening the scoring. Francesco Lodi added a second from the spot.
Catania were out of sight after 28 minutes when Gomez netted again from close range and the Argentinian teed up Pablo Barrientos to seal the rout after the interval.
The Roman club were overtaken by Fiorentina, who ensured Ivo Pulga was given a reminder of the harsh realities of life in Serie A as his successful beginning in charge of Cagliari was halted by a 4-1 loss after goals from Gonzalo, Stevan Jovetic, Luca Toni and Juan Cuadrado.
