A 1-1 draw between AC Milan and AS Roma in Serie A on Saturday likely did little to alleviate the pressure on the team’s coaches.
Antonio Rudiger put Roma in front with a volley four minutes in at the Stadio Olimpico, while Juraj Kucka equalized early in the second half.
Roma remained fifth, five points behind Serie A leaders Inter.
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Milan moved up to provisional sixth, five points behind Roma.
Earlier, developing forward Keita scored an impressive goal as SS Lazio won 3-1 at ACF Fiorentina to deny the Tuscan squad a chance at taking the provisional lead.
Fiorentina remained one-point behind Inter and level on points with SSC Napoli, while Lazio moved up to ninth.
Promoted Carpi beat visiting Udinese 2-1 to move within two points of escaping the relegation zone.
In Rome, Rudiger redirected a free-kick from Miralem Pjanic for his first goal in Serie A.
Rudiger had a chance for another, but 16-year-old Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made a diving save and pushed the German’s shot away off the post.
Kucka’s equalizer came with a header following a lobbed cross from Keisuke Honda.
Kucka then missed a great chance to put Milan ahead after taking a cross from Kevin-Prince Boateng.
With Milan taking charge momentarily, Carlos Bacca banged a long shot off the crossbar.
Roma substitutes Gervinho and Francesco Totti, making his first appearance since injuring his right hip in September last year, restored equilibrium to the match.
In Florence, Italy, the 20-year-old Keita — a product of Barcelona’s renowned youth system — required just two touches to sprint past Fiorentina’s defense and score with a precise, angled shot shortly before halftime.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic scored for Lazio in stoppage-time, but Facundo Roncaglia pulled one back immediately for Fiorentina and Felipe Anderson then restored Lazio’s two-goal lead in a frenetic finish.
Before the late flurry, Lazio goalkeeper Etrit Berisha preserved the advantage with two difficult saves against Fiorentina substitute Giuseppe Rossi late in the second half.
Lorenzo Pasciuti and Lorenzo Lollo scored either side of halftime for Carpi before Duvan Zapata pulled one back for Udinese, who remained mid-table.
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