Serie A round-up: Juventus, Roma and Milan all win

Juventus maintained their four-point lead at the top of the Serie A table after Miralem Pjanic struck a late winning free-kick at Chievo.

The Bianconeri led through Mario Mandzukic's second-half opener until substitute Sergio Pellissier beat Gianluigi Buffon, who was making his 600th Serie A appearance, from the penalty spot.

Pjanic made it 2-1 with 15 minutes remaining, to keep them four points clear of Roma, who beat Bologna comfortably 3-0 in the late game on Sunday.

Former Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah hit a hat-trick for Roma as they eased to victory at the Stadio Olimpico.

AC Milan stay in third after substitute Gianluca Lapadala grabbed his first goal for the club to earn them all three points from their trip to Palermo.

After Suso gave Milan the lead in Sicily, Ilija Nestorovski set struggling Palermo on a path to their first point in five games, only for Lapadula to clinch a 2-1 triumph for his Scudetto-chasing club.

Inter Milan's as-yet-unnamed new head coach caught a glimpse of the size of the task awaiting him as the Nerazzurri struggled to put away basement boys Crotone.

The San Siro club will reveal the identity of Frank de Boer's successor in the next couple of days - with Stefano Pioli currently the favourite - and the board's pick has plenty to do to revive a title bid.

With time running out, Ivan Perisic broke the deadlock before Mauro Icardi grabbed a last-gasp brace to determine a 3-0 home victory.

Elsewhere, Empoli recorded a thumping 4-0 win at Pescara and Atalanta impressed in their 3-0 win over Sassuolo.
Fiorentina and Genoa both drew 1-1 at home to Sampdoria and Udinese respectively.