Monday 1 December 2014 06:21, UK
Andrea Pirlo drove home a dramatic late winner as Serie A leaders Juventus secured a 2-1 victory over Torino in the Derby della Mole.
Lowly Torino were much the better side across town at the Juventus Stadium and, after going behind to an early Arturo Vidal penalty, hit back with a sensational goal on the run from Bruno Peres.
With a first derby win since 1995 within their grasp, the visitors turned the screw throughout the second half and were given a late boost when Juve full-back Stephan Lichtsteiner was sent off.
However, deep into stoppage time, Pirlo broke Torino fans' hearts with a fiercely-driven winner.
Second-placed Roma kept pace with Juve thanks to Miralem Pjanic's brace against Inter Milan. The Giallorossi's 4-2 success at Stadio Olimpico inflicted Roberto Mancini's first defeat since returning as Inter boss.
The sides were level at 1-1 at half-time, with goals from Gervinho and Andrea Ranocchia cancelling each other out.
Jose Holebas put Roma back in front just after the restart before Pablo Osvaldo netted against his former club and celebrated by raising a finger to his mouth to shush the booing fans.
That set the stage for Serbia international Pjanic to win it with efforts on the hour and in the closing seconds.
Genoa lay third after continuing their impressive recent run with a comprehensive 3-0 Serie A victory over strugglers Cesena.
Genoa struck twice in the opening seven minutes through Alessandro Matri and Luca Antonelli to leave their low-scoring hosts with a mountain to climb.
Matri then missed a penalty before Nicolas Burdisso completed the scoring.
Jeremy Menez was the match-winner for AC Milan over Udinese, scoring both goals in a 2-0 success at the San Siro.
The France forward converted a 65th-minute penalty after Maurizio Domizzi's dismissal and made the points safe with a fine individual goal 10 minutes later.
Nineteen minutes from time Michael Essien saw red for a second bookable offence but Filippo Inzaghi's side were barely tested by the visitors.
Bottom club Parma went down 2-1 at Palermo, with both sides having a man sent off.
Edgar Barreto was in the thick of the action, creating Palermo's opener for Paulo Dybala, scoring the second and then getting sent off in stoppage-time,
Raffaele Palladino had earlier equalised for Parma, who lost Felipe to two yellow cards.
Fiorentina thrashed Cagliari 4-0, Matias Fernandez netting twice alongside strikes from Mario Gomez and Juan Cuadrado, while Atalanta drew 0-0 at Empoli.
