An injury-time equaliser gave Verona a 2-2 draw as
Juventus missed the chance to go 11 points clear at the top of Serie A on
Sunday.
Things looked to be going smoothly for Antonio Conte's
side as Carlos Tevez scored his 12th and 13th league goals of a productive
season to put Juventus 2-0 up at half-time.
But Verona fought admirably and pulled a goal back
through former Italy striker Luca Toni, who headed in nine minutes after the
restart.
The comeback was completed in injury time when Juan
Ignacio Gomez rose highest to head home to snatch his side a point.
Title rivals Roma could not capitalise on that
disappointment for Juventus, though, as they drew 0-0 in the Rome derby with
Lazio.
The game was significant for Stefano Mauri's first
appearance since last season's Coppa Italia final following a six-month ban for
failing to report match-fixing.
Inter leapfrogged Verona into fifth with a 1-0 win over
Sassuolo, who remain deep in relegation trouble after a fourth consecutive
defeat.
Veteran defender Walter Samuel scored his first goal of
the season just after half-time, when he emphatically headed home from a corner
to give goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo no chance.
That earned a deserved win for Walter Mazzarri's side,
who dominated for much of the game and perhaps should have had more than the
one goal they scored.
In the end, though, it mattered little as they finally
ended a poor run of form that had seen them pick up just two points from their
previous five games and not win in any competition since December 22's victory
over city rivals Milan
Elsewhere, Torino slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at home
to relegation-threatened Bologna.
Ciro Immobile's third goal in the last four games gave
Torino a dream start but Jonathan Cristaldo struck twice in 13 minutes as
Bologna came from behind.
Genoa moved into the top half of the table after Luca
Antonelli's early strike was enough to give them a 1-0 win at Livorno, who
remain in the relegation zone.
Genoa's city rivals Sampdoria won 1-0 for the second
weekend in a row, as Daniele Gastaldello's early goal was enough to defeat
Cagliari.
Catania remain bottom of Serie A, despite picking up a
credible 0-0 draw at Parma.
Culled from Soccerway
