Udinese 2 Catania 1

Novara 0 Milan 3

Siena 1 Napoli 1

Bologna 0 Parma 0

Palermo 5 Genoa 3

Lecce 2 Chievo 2

Cagliari 0 Fiorentina 0

Inter 2 Lazio 1

Milan, Udinese and Inter all kept up the pressure on Serie A leaders Juventus with victories today.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice as second-placed Milan recovered from last week's derby defeat against Inter by beating Novara 3-0 at the Stadio Silvio Piola.

For nearly an hour the Rossoneri suffered similar frustrations to last week, when they slipped to a 1-0 defeat, but Ibrahimovic broke the deadlock in the 57th minute.

Robinho doubled the lead in the 73rd minute, before Ibrahimovic grabbed his second in the last minute.

It was a much-needed win for Milan, who had fallen four points behind Juventus after the Serie A leaders beat Atalanta yesterday.

Third-spotted Udinese also kept up the chase of Juve with a 2-1 win over Catania at the Stadio Friuli.

Pablo Armero put the hosts in front in the 20th minute and their top scorer Antonio Di Natale got his name on the scoresheet once again to make it 2-0 in the 53rd minute.

Francesco Lodi grabbed a consolation for Catania in the fifth minute of stoppage time from the penalty spot.

Inter leapfrogged Lazio into fourth position with a 2-1 triumph over the Eternal City outfit at the San Siro - the seventh straight league win for the Nerazzurri.

Tommaso Rocchi had given the Biancocelesti the lead on the half-hour mark, but Diego Milito levelled a minute before half-time and then Giampaolo Pazzini bagged the winner in the 63rd minute.

Elsewhere, Fabrizio Miccoli inspired Palermo to a first win in seven games to halt their slide down the table with a 5-3 victory over Genoa.

The 32-year-old had a hand in four of the Sicilian side's goals as coach Bortolo Mutti presided over a first triumph since taking charge last month.

Miccoli was joined on the scoresheet by Igor Budan, Matias Silvestre, Andrea Mantovani and Giulio Migliaccio, with Rodrigo Palacio (two) and Bosko Jankovic replying for Genoa.

David Di Michele struck at the death as hosts Lecce came from two goals down to claim a deserved 2-2 draw against Chievo.

Alberto Paloschi put the visitors ahead early on before extending his team's lead after 24 minutes. Andrea Esposito reduced the deficit for the hosts on the half-hour mark before Di Michele fired home seconds from time.

Goran Pandev scored a late equaliser as Napoli salvaged a 1-1 draw at Siena.

Emanuele Calaio had put the hosts ahead in the 67th minute and Siena goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo then kept out substitute Ezequiel Lavezzi's penalty.

There was nothing between Bologna and Parma as they shared the spoils in a lifeless Emilia-Romagna derby at the Stadio Dall'Ara, while Cagliari and Fiorentina also played out an uninspiring goalless draw at the Stadio Sant' Elia.

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