Milan: Juventus earned a narrow 1-0 win in a heated derby match at city rival Torino on Sunday to move provisionally joint top of the table with Napoli. Inter are two points behind after they were held to a 1-1 draw at Cagliari, while Sassuolo picked up a second point, coming from two goals down to draw 2-2 against high-flying Lazio.
Elsewhere, striker German Denis tormented former club Udinese as his two goals gave Atalanta a controversial 2-0 win. Also, it was: Catania 2, Chievo Verona 0; and Hellas Verona 2, Livorno 1.
In Turin, Paul Pogba scored a contentious 54th-minute winner for Juventus, heading in the rebound after Carlos Tevez's header came off the crossbar. There were fierce protests from Torino, however, as Tevez appeared to be offside.
Torino had gone close in a scrappy first half, with Danilo D'Ambrosio heading just over the bar and Alessio Cerci whipping a free kick just past the left post. Juventus dominated after scoring and never looked like conceding. They moved level with Napoli, and a point ahead of Roma which host Bologna later.
Torino have not won the Derby della Mole since 1995, and haven't even scored in the past 15 editions. Cagliari were still playing their home matches nearly 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) away in Trieste due to ongoing stadium troubles in Sardinia.
Inter had several chances to take the lead but Cagliari was rescued by the heroics of goalkeeper Michael Agazzi, who pulled off impressive saves to deny Yuto Nagatomo, Fredy Guarin (twice) and Ishak Belfodil.
Belfodil had the best of those chances but headed straight at the goalkeeper from very close range and Agazzi was able to stop it with the help of his left upright. Inter broke the deadlock in the 75th minute when Mauro Icardi headed in Nagatomo's pass following a well-worked move.
However, Cagliari leveled five minutes from full time as a deflection off Rolando took Radja Nainggolan's shot past a hapless Samir Handanovic.
Sassuolo had the worst attack and worst defense heading into the match against Lazio, with two goals scored and 16 conceded.
However, their first ever Serie A point - in a 1-1 draw at Napoli midweek - had given it confidence and Sassuolo dominated the first half.
The home side had several chances to take the lead and Simone Zaza, who had scored both Sassuolo's goals, headed Simone Missiroli's cross onto the bar in the 26th.
Lazio took the lead against the run of play five minutes after the interval when Andre Dias headed Antonio Candreva's corner into the bottom left corner.
The capital side doubled its advantage four minutes later with a low, 25-yard shot from Candreva, but Ezequiel Schelotto immediately pulled one back for Sassuolo when he headed in Jasmin Kurtic's corner.
And Sassuolo leveled in the 76th when Antonio Floro Flores lifted a free kick over the wall. Lazio goalkeeper Federico Marchetti got his hands to the ball but couldn't prevent it from going in.
Sassuolo even went close to winning the match in the final 10 minutes.
In Bergamo, Atalanta took the lead moments from halftime when a corner was nodded on for Denis to head in from close range.
Udinese thought it had been given the chance to level less than a minute into the second half when the referee signaled for a penalty after Guglielmo Stendardo pulled down Danilo.
Antonio Di Natale stepped up to the spot before the referee consulted with his assistant and canceled the penalty, because of an offside just before the foul.
Denis doubled Atalanta's advantage in the 63rd, running onto a chipped ball over the defense from Luca Cigarini and slotting into the bottom right corner.
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