Simone Perrotta broke the deadlock early on and Francesco Totti added a penalty at the start of the second half as Luciano Spalletti's men cut the gap on leaders Internazionale to six points.

Third-placed Juventus maintained their seven-point deficit to Roma with a 2-0 win on the road at Genoa.

Zdenek Grygera fired Juve into the lead after 25 minutes and David Trezeguet wrapped up the points and the scoring with the second of the night eight minutes later.

Siena slackened Fiorentina's hold on the final Champions League qualifying berth with a narrow 1-0 win over their Tuscan rivals.

Massimo Maccarone was both hero and villain for the hosts, scoring the winner after 80 minutes but subsequently being sent off when he collected a second yellow card for taking his shirt off during his celebrations.

Fiorentina's defeat, coupled with AC Milan's 3-1 victory at Empoli, cuts their advantage over the Rossoneri in the battle for fourth place to just one point.

Milan took the lead against Empoli through Alexandre Pato before Empoli captain Antonio Busce pulled the hosts level.

Claudio Marchisio hit the post for the Azzurri before the Rossoneri broke the hosts' resistance with goals by Massimo Ambrosini and Kaka in the last five minutes.

Catania halted their slide towards relegation with a crucial 2-1 win against bottom of the table Cagliari.

Daniele Conti gave the visitors a 21st-minute lead, but Catania equalised through Cristian Silvestri after 43 minutes before Michele Canini's own goal two minutes after the restart allowed the Elefanti to move up to 15th, two points clear of the drop zone.

Goals from Christian Maggio and Emiliano Bonazzoli helped Sampdoria to a battling 2-1 victory against Parma who pulled a goal back through Igor Budan midway through the second half.

Two first-half goals gave Lazio a comfortable 2-0 victory against struggling Livorno with Tommaso Rocchi and Goran Pandev on target.

Simone Barone scored the only goal of the game as Torino extended their unbeaten league run to eight games at the expense of visiting Atalanta, who had Argentinian defender Maximiliano Pellegrino sent off for a tackle from behind on David Di Michele.

On Saturday, Inter posted an unconvincing win over Reggina.

A penalty from Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the 14th minute and a Nicolas Burdisso header 20 minutes later earned Roberto Mancini's side all three points, although they were outplayed for much of the game by their struggling opponents.

Palermo's hopes for a UEFA Cup place took a blow after they were held to a draw at home to rivals Udinese.

Needing a win to close the four-point gap between them and the Bianconeri, Palermo took the lead through Fabio Simplico's 32nd-minute strike but Felipe levelled for Udinese midway through the second half.