Pato scores winner against AS Roma

Pato scores winner against AS Roma

Alexandre Pato ended his scoring drought with the winning goal for AC Milan in the 2-1 victory against Roma at the San Siro on Sunday night.

The Brazilian striker had not scored since his two strikes against Siena in the Serie A opener but handed the struggling Rossoneri all three points.

Jeremy Menez gave Roma a third-minute lead before Ronaldinho equalised shortly after the restart.

Pato then made the most of a wonderful pass from Ronaldinho in the 67th minute to put the hosts in front for good.

Sampdoria lost ground in the race for the Serie A title as they could only draw 1-1 with Lazio a day after table-toppers Inter Milan hammered Genoa 5-0.

Inter's thumping victory on Saturday took them three points clear at the top of the table but Samp failed to match their exploits as they were held in a match in which both sides had a player sent off.

Giampaolo Pazzini opened the scoring for the visitors in the 40th minute before Francesco Matuzalem equalised shortly before half-time.

After Marco Paladino picked up his second yellow card and was given his marching orders in the 55th minute, the Biancoceleste failed to capitalise and were also reduced to 10 men when Roberto Baronio was sent off.

Samp almost scored when Antonio Cassano hit the bar eight minutes from time but were ultimately denied a victory and are now two points adrift of Inter.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Christian Maggio's injury-time winner completed a superb comeback from Napoli as a 2-1 win over Bologna gave new boss Walter Mazzarri the most enthralling of starts.

Having gone behind to Adailton's first-half free-kick, Fabio Quagliarella levelled for the home side midway through the second half.

The game looked to be petering out and heading for a draw until Maggio found himself perfectly placed to tap in a dramatic later winner and hand his new boss a winning start.

Antonio Conte celebrated his first win as coach of Atalanta with two eye-catching goals helping them to a 3-1 victory at Udinese.

Simone Tiribocchi put the Nerazzurri ahead in the fourth minute, but Francesco Lodi brought the home side level shortly after.

Udinese were the brighter team, but without Italy international Antonio Di Natale, who was surprisingly left out of the starting XI, they were unable to find the back of the net again, and they were punished by two goals worthy of winning any game.

Jaime Valdes scored the first in the 70th minute before Diego De Ascentis sealed the win three minutes later.

Jorge Martinez headed an 87th-minute winner for Catania as they claimed their first league win of the season, beating Cagliari 2-1.

The Sicilians had gone ahead through Adrian Ricchiuti after 37 minutes only to see their advantage pegged back on the stroke of half-time by Daniele Dessena's acrobatic volley.

Catania looked set to go without a league win for the ninth consecutive game until Uruguay international Martinez popped up at the end to head home substitute Takayuki Morimoto's perfectly-weighted cross.

An early goal from Valeri Bojinov enabled Parma to maintain their recent fine form with a 1-0 win against Siena which saw the visitors slide into the bottom three.

The hosts, who have now lost just one of their last five games in Serie A - a run which has also seen them beat Palermo and Lazio, secured the three points courtesy of Bojinov's sixth-minute strike.

Siena rarely looked like registering their second win of the season and any hope of a comeback effectively ended as early as the 34th minute when Michele Fini was dismissed.

Bari held firm in the face of sustained pressure from Chievo, with 'keeper Jean Francois Gillet to the fore as they claimed a hard-earned three points from a 2-1 victory.

After Sergio Almiron's early goal, Bari had to weather strong pressure for the remainder of the first half.

Andrea Ranocchia then doubled their lead against the run of play and substitute Erjon Bogdani's header was a mere consolation goal for the Flying Donkeys.

Livorno's season of struggle continued as they let slip a 1-0 lead to lose 2-1 to Palermo at the Stadio Armando Picchi.

The hosts went in front through Tomas Danilevicius' goal nine minutes into the second half but the Rosaneri hit back quickly through Fabrizio Miccoli and Federico Balzaretti snatched the winner nine minutes from time.

Vittorio Russo's Livorno have now gone eight Serie A games without a win from the start of the season and they are now two points adrift at the bottom.

On Saturday, Inter were big victors.

Jose Mourinho's side gained revenge for their 1-0 defeat at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris inflicted by Genoa's city rivals Sampdoria three weeks ago with victory in a one-sided game.

Esteban Cambiasso opened the scoring in the sixth minute before Mario Balotelli and an extraordinary volleyed from close to the halfway line from Dejan Stankovic put the Nerazzurri firmly in command at half-time.

Patrick Vieira and Maicon completed the rout in the second half as Inter moved three points away from Sampdoria, who can draw back level with the defending champions by winning at Lazio on Sunday.

Juventus' winless streak extended to five games as bitter rivals Fiorentina held them to a 1-1 draw in Turin.

Juan Manuel Vargas gave La Viola an early lead but Amauri equalised for Juventus before the 20-minute mark in an evenly-contested game which left the sides in third and fourth place.