 Alberto Gilardino scored his first goals of the season in Rome after AC Milan thumped Lazio 5-1. Fiorentina salvaged a point at home to Juventus after a late penalty.
Juventus have been unable to make significant inroads into Inter Milan's lead at the top of Serie A after they were denied maximum points at Fiorentina by old-boy Adrian Mutu.
The Romania striker, who joined the Viola from Juve in July last year, beat Gianluigi Buffon from the spot with two minutes remaining after Nicola Legrottaglie handled in the area to deny Claudio Ranieri a victory against the club where he won the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa in 1996.
Vincenzo Iaquinta opened the scoring in the first half for the visitors, who remain second but now trail Inter by three points.
Francesco Totti struck twice as Roma moved level on points with Juve after a 3-0 win at Parma.
Totti opened the scoring after two minutes before providing the assist for Alessandro Mancini to double Roma's advantage midway through the first half.
Parma, who created little, suffered a huge setback with striker Bernardo Corradi sent off in the 26th minute after collecting two yellow cards.
Totti killed the game off with eight minutes remaining.
AC Milan produced the performance of the weekend with a 5-1 win at Lazio.
The Rossoneri bounced back from their shock UEFA Champions League defeat at Celtic in midweek with Kaka and Alberto Gilardino scoring twice.
Milan's first came from Massimo Ambrosini although that was cancelled out by Stefano Mauri.
Genoa secured their third successive victory with a routine 2-0 win over Cagliari to move into fifth.
Marco Borriello scored his fifth goal of the season after an hour before Marco Di Vaio opened his account to put the game beyond doubt with 17 minutes to go.
Palermo snatched a point at the death to deny Reggina their first victory of the season.
Having dominated the encounter at La Favorita, Palermo fell behind when Nicola Amoruso scored in second-half injury-time but Carvalho Amauri came to the rescue for the Sicilian giants with a last-gasp equaliser.
It was all the more impressive considering Palermo were reduced to 10 men when defender Giuseppe Biava was sent off in the 88th minute.
Gennaro Sardo scored the only goal as Catania beat Livorno.
Livorno's woes were compounded when David Balleri was sent off for a second yellow card 14 minutes from time to leave the Tuscany side bottom of Serie A without a win and with two points from seven matches.
Eugenio Corini scored an 89th-minute winner for Torino to sink a Sampdoria side who played for the entire second half with 10 men.
The first half was an even affair but the whole nature of the game changed a minute before the break when the visitors' Sergio Volpi was sent off for a reckless tackle on Matteo Rubin.
The Genoa-based side battled bravely but they could not hold out with Corini deflecting Dominique Malonga's shot into the net with time almost up.
Siena claimed their first win of the season in style as they beat fellow strugglers Empoli 3-0 at the Artemio Franchi.
Massimo Maccarone was the hero as he first won the penalty that saw Daniele Adani sent off for a professional foul and then converted it himself on his return to the side following injury.
Further goals from Thomas Locatelli and Daniele Galloppa sealed an impressive win which lifts the side out of the relegation zone. PA Sport Serie A Table after Week 7| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | | Inter Milan | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 17 | | Juventus | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 14 | | AS Roma | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 14 | | Fiorentina | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 13 | | Genoa | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | | Palermo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 | | Udinese | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 11 | | AC Milan | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 10 | | Napoli | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | Atalanta | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | | Calcio Catania | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 9 | | Sampdoria | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 | | Torino | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 7 | | Lazio | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 7 | | Cagliari | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 7 | | Siena | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 6 | | Parma | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 6 | | Empoli | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 5 | | Reggina | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 4 | | Livorno | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 2 |
In Italian: Il Milan rialza la testaIl Milan riprende colore con una trasfusione di punti e una prestazione magnifica che potrebbero dare una svolta decisiva al suo finora asfittico campionato. I rossoneri rialzano la testa sbancando l'Olimpico. Il 5-1 alla Lazio equivale a uno squillo di tromba perché arriva quattro giorni dopo la caduta del Celtic Park e una valanga di critiche. Bella la prestazione dei campioni d'Europa, partiti con un profilo basso per poi prendere in mano alla partita, senza concedere più nulla ai padroni di casa. E' la notte di Gilardino che risorge dalla macerie con una prova perfetta, coronata da una doppietta, dopo 158 giorni senza il becco di un gol. Due gol come il sontuoso Kakà. Senza scordare la rete di Ambrosini a cui segue il momentaneo pareggio di Mauri. LAZIO-MILAN 1-5 (primo tempo 1-2)
MARCATORI: nel pt al 16' Ambrosini (M), al 23' Mauri (L), al 32' Kakà (M) su rigore; nel st al 7' Kakà (M), al 24' e al 34' Gilardino (M) LAZIO (4-4-2): Muslera; De Silvestri, Stendardo (11' st Scaloni), Cribari, Zauri; Behrami (24' st Baronio), Mudingayi, Mutarelli, Mauri; Pandev, Rocchi (32' st Tare). (32 Ballotta, 3 Kolarov, 10 Baronio, 68 Manfredini, 81 Del Nero). All: Rossi. MILAN (4-3-1-2): Dida; Oddo (36' st Simic), Bonera, Nesta, Favalli; Gattuso (37' st Brocchi), Pirlo, Ambrosini; Seedorf (38' st Gourcuff), Kakà; Gilardino. (16 Kalac, 2 Cafu, 5 Emerson, 9 Inzaghi). All: Ancelotti. Mutu gela la Juve all'89', A Firenze finisce 1-1Fiorentina-Juventus finisce 1-1. Un risultato che sfavorisce entrambe le squadre, ma una prestazione che promuove sia i viola che i bianconeri. La Juventus, che resta seconda, ha sfiorato il colpaccio, sfumato solo all'89', quando Mutu su rigore ha risposto al gol iniziale di Iaquinta. Totti annulla il Parma, La Roma resta in sciaLa Roma vince a Parma (3-0) e resta a tre punti dall'Inter, che ieri sera aveva battuto il Napoli. Gara decisa nel primo tempo con i gol di Totti (2') e Mancini (21') e l'espulsione di Corradi per doppia ammonizione. Nel finale il tris del capitano, arrivato a quota 194 gol con la maglia della Roma. La prima volta di Corini Sulla carta è una sfida alla pari, tra due squadre della stessa "fascia", nel senso che condividono un approccio grintoso e aspirazioni di qualche spessore. E a proposito di fasce, c'è la sfida tra due esperti capitani ultratrentenni: solo che alla fine Corini regala al Toro una preziosa vittoria, mentre Volpi incappa in un'espulsione che inguaia non poco la sua Samp. GAZZETTA
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