Alexandre Pato gave Milan the perfect start when he headed home a Giuseppe Favalli cross after just four minutes.

He then laid on the second for Kaka before Antonio Di Natale pulled one back for the visitors after 16 minutes.

Any hopes Udinese had of a comeback were shattered when Pato turned home a Luca Antonini flick-on a minute later.

Clarence Seedorf added a fourth before Kaka finished the rout seven minutes after half-time much to the delight of the 52,000 plus crowd that included new loan signing David Beckham.

Juventus got the better of Atalanta at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia to keep up the pressure on leaders Inter Milan.

Alessandro Del Piero and Nicola Legrottaglie fired The Old Lady into a commanding lead and, although substitute Christian Vieri pulled a goal back for the hosts, Amauri added his name to the scoresheet as the Turin side claimed their fourth league win in a row.

Juve moved back to within six points of leaders Inter, who won 2-1 at Siena yesterday.

A Riccardo Montolivo goal gave Fiorentina a 1-0 win over Sampdoria this afternoon.

Montolivo capped a wonderful move by firing home from 20 yards for the only goal of the game.

Catania romped to their seventh home win of the season as they held on to beat in-form Roma in a thriller at Stadio Angelo Massimino.

A Davide Baiocco strike and a brace from Takayuki Morimoto eased Catania into a 3-0 lead inside an hour.

Mirko Vucinic and substitute Jeremy Menez pulled goals back for Roma but the Giallorossi were unable to find a leveller and fell to their first defeat since November 1.