Juventus needed a last-minute goal from Brazilian striker Amauri to win 2-1 after Lecce had equalized following Sebastian Giovinco's opening goal.

AC Milan is third, level on 30 points with Juventus, but ended with a 1-0 win over Catania from Kaka's 63rd-minute strike.

Inter, which beat Lazio 3-0 in Rome on Saturday, leads with 36 points.

Fourth-place Napoli and No. 5 Fiorentina both maintained pressure on the top three with impressive wins.

Second half goals from Christian Maggio and German Denis gave Napoli a 2-0 home win over Siena to leave it three points behind Juventus and Milan.

Fiorentina is a further point back following a 4-1 away wins over Torino.

Genoa's Diego Milito remained top of the scorer's charts with 12 goals when his header won the Genoa derby 1-0 over Sampdoria.

The Argentine striker headed home five minutes into the second half as his side rose to sixth place, a point behind Fiorentina.

Also on Sunday, Atalanta beat Udinese 3-0; Cagliari downed Palermo 1-0 and Reggina was held to a 2-2 level by Bologna.