Two late goals from Inter Milan’s Julio Cruz and Lecce defender Andrea Esposito sent champions Inter top of Serie A at the expense of city rivals AC Milan.
Cruz’s goal gave Inter a 1-0 victory over Udinese while Esposito denied AC Milan a win in a 1-1 draw with Lecce.
The result in Milan was tough on Udinese, who were on the brink of holding out for a point until deep into injury time their defenders to a man got drawn to the near post at a corner, which was flicked on leaving Cruz free to head home.
Ronaldinho looked to have won the match for Milan when he converted a cross with 11 minutes left. But Esposito headed home a free-kick deep in injury time to spark wild home celebrations.
Napoli opened the scoring in their 2-0 defeat of Sampdoria through Daniele Mannini, who tapped home at the far post after a cross from Ezequiel Lavezzi.
Marcelo Zalayeta came off the bench to add the second, finishing off into the empty net after a shot from Lavezzi was deflected, wrong-footing goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi.
Lazio move to fourth after a 3-0 win over Siena.
Juventus are sixth after they triumphed 2-0 at Chievo thanks to goals by Alessandro Del Piero and Vincenzo Iaquinta.
Fiorentina won 2-1 at home to Atalanta.
Italian Serie A
Team P GD PTS
1 Inter 11 10 24
2 AC Milan 11 8 23
3 Napoli 11 8 23
4 Lazio 11 9 22
5 Udinese 11 10 21
6 Juventus 11 6 21
7 Genoa 11 8 20
8 Fiorentina 11 5 20
9 Catania 11 2 18
10 Palermo 11 0 16
11 Atalanta 11 -1 14
12 Lecce 11 -2 12
13 Siena 11 -3 12
14 Torino 11 -4 11
15 Cagliari 11 -4 10
16 Sampdoria 10 -6 10
17 Roma 10 -8 8
18 Bologna 11 -11 7
19 Chievo 11 -12 6
20 Reggina 11 -15 5
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