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A round-up of Sunday's Serie A action, with Internazionale going back to the summit.

Internazionale 1-0 Sampdoria

Inter restored their three point lead over Juventus at the top of the table with a scrappy win.

With Zlatan Ibrahimovic missing through suspension, Jose Mourinho turned to Adriano to lead the forward line, and the controversial Brazilian repaid his coach's faith by scoring the only goal - prodding the ball home after a fine Maicon cross.

Mourinho was sent to the stands late in the first half after gesturing at the referee - appearing to rub his fingers together as if he were offering the referee money.

Inter rode their luck in the second half, with goalkeeper Julio Cesar making several impressive saves.

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Genoa 1-1 Catania

Striker Diego Milito was back on the score-sheet after a month out injured but it was not enough to give fourth-placed Genoa victory.

The Argentine netted his 13th goal of the league season to equalise after Jorge Martinez had put the Sicilians ahead midway through the second half.

Genoa's Matteo Ferrari was sent off for two bookings at 0-0.

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Lazio 1-4 Cagliari

Cagliari stormed back to humiliate Lazio, who missed two penalties in their own stadium.

Captain Tommaso Rocchi had exploited a hole in the visiting defence to give Lazio the lead after four minutes but Cagliari hit back almost immediately through Jeda's powerful header.

The Sardinians were soon in front when the forward nodded in a cutback. Jeda was then tripped by goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo and Robert Acquafresca converted the penalty before Alessandro Matri's diving header made it four. Rocchi missed a penalty on halftime and Mauro Zarate failed from the spot just after with Fabio Firmani's red card adding to Lazio's misery.

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Lecce 3-3 Torino

An extraordinary draw which did little to help the two relegation-threatened sides.

Gianni Munari blasted in from the corner of the box on 12 minutes and put Lecce 2-0 up on half-time.

Torino were level by 56 minutes when Juergen Saeumel's cross sailed into the far corner and Pablo Dellafiore scored but Jose Castillo put the Southerners back ahead before Cesare Natali's equaliser for Torino.

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Napoli 0-3 Roma

Roma maintained their surge up the table by handing Napoli their first home league defeat of the campaign.

French defender Philippe Mexes headed the visitors in front on 18 minutes but looked offside on replays before his central defensive partner Juan nodded in a corner and Mirko Vucinic wrapped up the win.

Marcelo Zalayeta fired in for Napoli early but the goal was correctly chalked off for handball. Roma striker Francesco Totti stayed on the bench despite being fully fit after a thigh problem while media reports said defender Christian Panucci had refused to be a substitute.

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Palermo 3-2 Udinese

Palermo battled hard to extend Udinese's winless run in the league to 11 matches.

Simone Pepe put the faltering visitors ahead early with a sweet dipping free kick but Simplicio levelled with a low diving header from close range on 17 minutes.

Udinese missed a penalty early in the second period and soon after Simplicio's second header just sneaked over the line. Edinson Cavani made it 3-1 before Antonio Di Natale pulled one back and Palermo's Federico Balzaretti was sent off for dissent.

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Siena 1-0 Atalanta

Siena triumphed as Atalanta failed to live up to their billing following last weekend's 3-1 win over Internazionale.

Striker Mario Frick slid in on halftime to score from close range in a game of few chances.

Reuters