Inter surged three points clear at the top of Serie A after a sublime double from Zlatan Ibrahimovic sealed a 2-0 win at Palermo last night.

The champions again failed to find their best form and relied on two moments of brilliance from the Swede, who first netted off the post with a 20-metre shot just after half-time. He then blasted in an unstoppable free-kick after 62 minutes to stun the Sicilians, who had been livelier in attack than the defence-minded visitors in the first half.

Juventus, who meet Inter next weekend, had joined their rivals at the top on Thursday following a 4-1 win over Genoa.

Milan and Napoli can go above Juve and move within a point of the leaders if they beat Chievo and Atalanta respectively today.

Lazio will be two points behind with a victory over struggling Roma in the Rome derby.

"Today I've scored two important goals. We've won a difficult away game against Palermo who are a tough team. I'm very happy," Ibrahimovic said.

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