Serie A saw ten victorious teams from ten games as Inter Milan still lead the title race by nine points while Juventus, AC Milan, Roma, Fiorentina, Geno, Lazio, Sampdoria, Torino and Catania all gave their fans a win to cheer about.

Inter Milan have maintained their nine-point lead at the top of Serie A after a battling 2-1 victory at lowly Bologna while Juventus won 2-0 at Palermo.

In Bologna, Inter dominated from the off with Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic as influential as ever.

But it wasn't until the 57th minute that Inter finally got the lead they deserved when Adriano headed down Maicon's corner to Esteban Cambiasso, who was left unmarked to calmly control the ball on his thigh and then rifle it into the roof of the net.

But on 79 minutes Miguel Britos rose highest to meet a corner and glanced his header in off the far post, despite Cambiasso standing next to the upright.

Mourinho threw young striker Balotelli into the fray and he proved the match-winner as his late free-kick was missed by everyone before bouncing in off the far post.

Juventus were mighty relieved to come away from Sicily with the three points after having been put under the cosh for the first half-hour.

As Palermo dominated, Fabrizio Miccoli beat Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon but not the bar on four minutes.

Juve took the lead against the run of play on 27 minutes as Momo Sissoko strode forward unchallenged before thrashing a shot into the top corner.

Palermo continued to push for a goal while Juve contented themselves in playing on the counter-attack.

That ploy worked 11 minutes from time when former France forward David Trezeguet finished off from close range to celebrate his first start of the season by opening his goalscoring account for the campaign.

AS Roma are in sixth place after a home victory over Siena courtesy of Brazilian Rodrigo Taddei's second-half goal.

The result leaves them only two points behind AC Milan in third and seven behind second-placed Juventus.

AC Milan have consolidated third place in the Serie A table with a laboured 1-0 victory over Cagliari.

With both Inter Milan and Juventus winning a day earlier, Carlo Ancelotti's side needed three points to keep up the pressure on the top two.

And although it was not pretty football at the San Siro, Clarence Seedorf's 66th-minute strike was enough to move Milan back within 11 points of leaders and city rivals Inter.

Adrian Mutu's late goal ensured Fiorentina remained fourth with a 2-1 success over 10-man Chievo.

Despite falling behind to Santiago Morero's 13th-minute effort, Alberto Gilardino restored parity for the Viola after 73 minutes before Vincenzo Italiano was given his marching orders with a second yellow card.

Romania international Mutu then notched his 12th goal of the season with the final kick of the match to steal the win.

Genoa remain one point behind Fiorentina with a 70th-minute goal from substitute Bosko Jankovic enough to see them edge out Napoli 1-0.

Sampdoria hit back from their midweek UEFA Cup defeat to Metalist Kharkiv with a 1-0 victory over Atalanta.

Giampaolo Pazzini scored the only goal for the Blucerchiati after 61 minutes.

Lazio halted their slide down the table with a 2-0 result at Lecce thanks to goals in either half from Pasquale Foggia (10) and Aleksandar Kolarov (50).

Reggina continue to struggle at the foot of the table, slipping to a 2-0 defeat at Catania.

Ciro Capuano opened the scoring for the hosts with Alessandro Potenza adding the second.

Torino climbed out of the bottom three, though, with a 1-0 home against Udinese.

Pablo Hernan Dellafiore scored the winner nine minutes from time while Maurizio Domizzi was sent off in stoppage-time to complete a miserable afternoon for the visitors.

Serie A Table after Round 25

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