Milan draw at Roma on Beckham's debut

Milan drew 2-2 at Roma last night with David Beckham playing almost the whole game on his debut.

Mirko Vucinic put mid-table Roma ahead midway through the first half but Alexandre Pato equalised just after the restart when he tapped in Kaka's cross and the 19-year-old soon clipped in a superb second. Vucinic headed the leveller on 72 minutes.

Beckham, on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy for two months, was given a surprise start in Milan's three-man midfield and was tidy without doing anything spectacular.

Second-placed Juventus earlier cut the gap on Serie A leaders Inter to four points after an Alessandro Del Piero free-kick sealed a 1-0 home win over Siena.

Champions Inter, who drew 1-1 with Cagliari on Saturday, have a nine-point advantage over Milan in third.

Del Piero has lit up the Champions League this season with some memorable free-kicks and he produced another piece of magic just after the half-hour mark when he found the bottom corner.

The 34-year-old had a couple of other half-chances for Juve but they were forced to cling on at the end with goalkeeper Alex Manninger defying his former Siena team-mates in the continued absence of Gianluigi Buffon.

Napoli moved up to fourth after Christian Maggio's tap-in 10 minutes from time sealed a laboured 1-0 home win over Catania.

The visitors, who had a goal ruled out after the referee had already blown for half-time, appealed for offside but Maggio's goal stood and made up for Marek Hamsik's missed penalty. Napoli lie 10 points behind Inter.

Fiorentina are a point further back after losing 2-1 at home to Lecce, who climb out of the bottom three thanks to their first win in 13 league games.

Guillermo Giacomazzi and Jose Castillo both evaded the offside flag to score either side of Felipe Melo's header for Fiorentina.

The hosts, who lost striker Adrian Mutu to an arm injury, piled on the pressure at the end but their frustration was illustrated by Pablo Osvaldo's late dismissal.

Genoa are on the same points as Fiorentina after winning 3-0 on Saturday against Torino, who slip into the drop zone.

Goran Pandev's simple hat-trick handed Lazio victory and left Reggina in the drop zone after a topsy-turvy match.

The hosts had gone ahead on four minutes when Bernardo Corradi slotted in a penalty after Lazio keeper Juan Pablo Carrizo had upended Franco Brienza but escaped a red card.

Macedonia striker Pandev brought his side level with a deflected effort before being allowed to chest down and slam home again from close range.

Francesco Cozza thought he had snatched a point for Reggina with a tap-in but Pandev popped up again on 76 minutes to win it.