Substitute Christian Poulsen’s stoppage-time winner gave 10-man Juventus a vital three points in a 2-1 victory against Catania and pushed them into second spot in the Serie A standings.
After AC Milan drew 1-1 at Reggina on Saturday, Juve knew victory would move them a point above their north Italy rivals, and they were on their way to doing just that when Vincenzo Iaquinta put them ahead with a header after 11 minutes.
The Italy international, however, went from hero to villain as he was sent off for two yellow card offenses in less than a minute.
The Bianconeri clung on despite heavy pressure from Catania but goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who put in a stunning performance to keep the hosts at bay, was eventually beaten six minutes into the second half by Takayuki Morimoto.All looked lost for Juve until substitute Poulsen scrambled home an injury-time winner to move them seven points behind leaders Inter Milan, who won 3-0 at Lecce on Saturday.
Fiorentina jumped up to fourth with a 1-0 win against 10-man Lazio in a highly charged encounter.
Lazio played for almost 70 minutes with a man down after Lorenzo De Silvestri saw red in the 18th minute, but despite their numerical disadvantage the visitors threatened for long periods.
Sebastian Frey performed well in the home goal before Alberto Gilardino finally broke the deadlock late on.
Genoa dropped to fifth as they crashed 3-0 to Roma.
Brazilian right-back Cicinho opened the scoring in the 26th minute before Mirko Vucinic’s stunning volley made it 2-0 shortly after the re-start.
Roma winger Rodrigo Taddei was sent off early in the second half but instead of capitalizing on their man advantage, Genoa failed to score and also lost a player themselves when Giuseppe Sculli was given his marching orders with 20 minutes remaining.
Substitute Julio Baptista then capped a wonderful afternoon for the home side by scoring Roma’s third deep in stoppage time.
Ten-man Cagliari saw their quest for a fourth successive victory end in a 1-0 home defeat against Atalanta.
The Sardinian club had Diego Lopez sent off after 40 minutes before Luca Cigarini bagged the visitors’ winner after 66 minutes.
Vincenzo Italiano came off the bench to rescue a point for Chievo at Torino in a 1-1 draw.
Nicola Ventola had opened the scoring after 19 minutes but Torino could not hold on for their first win since December.
Siena substitute Massimo Maccarone scored a minute after coming on to grab a 2-2 draw away to Sampdoria.
The away side had gone ahead through Simone Vergassola but Samp took the lead following strikes from Claudio Bellucci and Giampaolo Pazzini.
Substitute Alexis Sanchez struck an injury-time winner as Udinese’s resurgence continued with a narrow 1-0 win over Bologna.
Palermo moved up to seventh in the table with a 2-1 win in tonight’s late game against Napoli.
The Sicilians scored twice inside the opening quarter of an hour with Giulio Migliaccio and Fabio Simplicio on target.
Marek Hamsik pulled a goal back for Napoli two minutes before halftime, but they could not find another as they went a fifth league game without victory.
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