Roma moved top of Serie A after a 2-1 victory away at previous leaders Fiorentina yesterday, with Mohamed Salah marking his return to Tuscany with a goal and a red card.

Juventus recorded only their third league win of the season with a 2-0 triumph over Atalanta, while Lazio defeated Torino 3-0.

Sampdoria trounced Verona 4-1 and Milan, who gave a debut to 16-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, beat Sassuolo 2-1.

Salah spent part of the last campaign on loan at Fiorentina from Chelsea, but rejected the chance to rejoin his former club to move to Roma in the close season.

He duly received a hostile reception upon his return, but silenced the home supporters with a magnificent effort on six minutes.

Cutting into the box from the right, Salah hit a left-footed shot which curled across Ciprian Tatarusanu’s goal and into the net.

Fiorentina had not conceded a goal at home in Serie A this season before Salah struck, but Gervinho added another on 35 minutes to condemn Paulo Sousa’s side to their second straight league defeat.

Salah was sent off on 87 minutes after first receiving a yellow card following a tussle with Facundo Roncaglia, and then immediately being shown a second after showing dissent with a gesture towards the referee.

Khouma Babacar scored a consolation in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Roma lead the way on 20 points, two points clear of Napoli, Fiorentina, Inter and Lazio.

Paulo Dybala gave Juventus the lead against Atalanta on 28 minutes when he duped Marco Sportiello with a swerving 25-yard shot, before crossing for Mario Mandzukic to score his first Serie A goal on 49 minutes.

Atalanta’s Rafael Toloi was sent off and Paul Pogba’s penalty was saved by Sportiello during an eventful second half. The win takes Juve up to 12th place.

Donnarumma became the youngest goalkeeper to make a debut in Serie A for 35 years, as Milan sought their first Serie A clean sheet of the season against Sassuolo.

It was not to be. Domenico Berardi’s magnificent free-kick for Sassuolo cancelled out Carlos Bacca’s first-half penalty, before Luiz Adriano scored Milan’s second at the death.

Victory takes Milan to 10th on 13 points, with Sassuolo on 15 points.

Lazio moved into fifth after defeating Torino 3-0 following a Senad Lulic effort and a Felipe Anderson double, Sampdoria beat Verona 4-1 to go seventh and Udinese defeated Frosinone 1-0.

In the late game, Napoli moved to within two points of new leaders Roma after beating Chievo 1-0 in Verona.

Gonzalo Higuain tormented the Chievo defence all night, hitting the woodwork twice in the first half.

But the Argentine finally grab-bed the winner on 59 minutes when netting his seventh league goal with a rasping drive to join Samp’s Eder at the top of the scoring charts.

Sampdoria 4
Muriel 11; Zukanovic 28; Soriano 45; Eder 54;
Verona 1
Ionita 75;

HT: 3-0. Att: 22,000.

Milan 2
Bacca 31 pen; Adriano 86;
Sassuolo 1
Berardi 53;

HT: 1-0. Att: 20,000.
Red card: Consigli (S) 29.

Juventus 2
Dybala 28; Mandzukic 49;
Atalanta 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 38,720.
Missed penalty: Pogba (J) 79.
Red card: Toloi (A) 73.

Udinese 1
Lodi 20;
Frosinone 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 14,000.

Fiorentina 1
Babacar 90;
Roma 2
Salah 6; Gervinho 35;

HT: 0-2. Att: 36,297.
Red card: Salah (R) 87.

Lazio 3
Lulic 40; Anderson 70, 90;
Torino 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 18,000.

Chievo 0
Napoli 1
Higuain 59;

HT: 0-0. Att: 11,000.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Roma	9	6	2	1	22	11	20
Napoli	9	5	3	1	19	8	18
Fiorentina	9	6	0	3	16	8	18
Inter	9	5	3	1	9	7	18
Lazio	9	6	0	3	14	13	18
Sassuolo	9	4	3	2	12	10	15
Sampdoria	9	4	2	3	17	13	14
Torino	9	4	2	3	13	12	14
Atalanta	9	4	2	3	11	10	14
Milan	9	4	1	4	11	15	13
Chievo	9	3	3	3	13	9	12
Juventus	9	3	3	3	11	8	12
Palermo	9	3	2	4	11	13	11
Udinese	9	3	2	4	9	11	11
Empoli	9	3	1	5	10	14	10
Genoa	9	3	1	5	7	11	10
Frosinone	9	2	1	6	6	11	7
Bologna	9	2	0	7	6	14	6
Verona	9	0	5	4	8	15	5
Carpi	9	1	2	6	9	21	5

Top scorers
7 goals: Higuain (Napoli), Eder (Sampdoria).
6 goals: Insigne (Napoli).
5 goals: Kalinic (Fiorentina), Salah (Roma), Bacca (Milan).

Next fixtures

Tomorrow: 20.45 Bologna vs Inter.

Wednesday: 20.45 Atalanta vs Lazio; Frosinone vs Carpi; Milan vs Chievo; Napoli vs Palermo; Roma vs Udinese; Sassuolo vs Juventus; Torino vs Genoa; Verona vs Fiorentina.

Thursday: 20.45 Sampdoria vs Empoli.

Lega Pro

Group A
Lumezzane vs Pordenone 2-0; Reggiana vs Cremonese 1-0; Alessandria vs Renate 4-1.

Group B
Pistoiese vs Tuttocuoio 0-0; L’Aquila vs Carrarese 2-1; Ancona vs Savona 2-0; Siena vs Maceratese 0-1.

Group C
Catania vs Martina 3-2; Cosenza vs Matera 1-0.