Juve and Roma held as Napoli thrash Milan to cut gap on second place

Juve and Roma held as Napoli thrash Milan to cut gap on second place

VERONA forward Juan Gomez came off the bench to level late and secure a 2-2 draw at home to JUVENTUS as the Italian Serie A champions spurned the chance to extend their lead on misfiring Roma on Sunday.

AS ROMA were away to SS LAZIO in the city derby only four days after a 3-2 win over Napoli in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final.

But despite shading what was a rough and tumble encounter at the Olympic Stadium, Rudi Garcia's men failed to grab the win that would have reduced their deficit on the Bianconeri to seven points with a game in hand.

Debutant Adel Taarabt's early strike was cancelled out my Inler's effort,before Gonzalo Higuain fire home a brace,as NAPOLI outclassed AC MILAN in Naples. The hosts now sit four points from second place in third.

Veteran defender Walter Samuel headed a 48th minute winner past Gianluca Pegolo to secure a 1-0 win for dominant INTER MILAN at home to SASSUOLO.

Inter's win moved them up to fifth at the expense of Verona following their earlier defeat.

Elsewhere, BOLOGNA beat TORINO 2-1, GENOA edged LIVORNO 1-0, CATANIA and PARMA battled to a goalless draw and SAMPDORIA sunk CAGLIARI 1-0.

ITALIAN SERIE A MATCHDAY 23 RESULTS

FIORENTINA 2 - 0 ATALANTA

UDINESE 3- 0 CHIEVO VERONA

SSC NAPOLI 3 - 1 AC MILAN

TORINO 1 - 2 BOLOGNA

HELLAS VERONA 2 - 2 JUVENTUS

LAZIO 0 - 0 ROMA

LIVORNO 0 - 1 GENOA

PARMA 0 - 0 CATANIA

SAMPDORIA 1 - 0 CAGLIARI

IINTER 1 - 0 SASSUOLO

Serie A TIM

Standings

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Juventus	23	19	3	1	56	18	38	60
2	Roma	22	15	6	1	45	11	34	51
3	Napoli	23	14	5	4	47	27	20	47
4	Fiorentina	23	13	5	5	42	24	18	44
5	Inter Milan	23	9	9	5	40	27	13	36
6	Verona	23	11	3	9	39	37	2	36
7	Torino	23	8	9	6	36	30	6	33
8	Parma	22	8	9	5	32	27	5	33
9	Lazio	23	8	8	7	29	29	0	32
10	Genoa	23	8	6	9	24	28	-4	30
11	Milan	23	7	8	8	36	35	1	29
12	Sampdoria	23	7	7	9	27	32	-5	28
13	Atalanta	23	8	3	12	24	32	-8	27
14	Udinese	23	8	2	13	25	32	-7	26
15	Cagliari	23	5	9	9	21	32	-11	24
16	Bologna	23	4	9	10	22	39	-17	21
17	Chievo	23	4	6	13	16	32	-16	18
18	Livorno	23	4	5	14	22	41	-19	17
19	Sassuolo	23	4	5	14	23	49	-26	17
20	Catania	23	3	7	13	16	40	-24	16