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Serie A: Juventus move five points clear; Sampdoria also win

Image: Juventus: Celebrate one of Carlos Tevez's two goals against Hellas Verona

Carlos Tevez scored twice as Juventus moved five points clear at the top of Serie A with a 4-0 win over Hellas Verona.

Goals from Paul Pogba and Tevez inside the first 10 minutes put Juve in total control, though they had to wait until the second half for Roberto Pereyra to add the third before Tevez completed the job.

Gonzalo Higuain's first-half goal gave Napoli a 1-0 victory over Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico to secure his side's second victory in three league matches.

Victory for Rafael Benitez's side saw them leapfrog their opponents into third place in the Serie A standings.

In fourth, Sampdoria kept pace with a 2-0 win at bottom side Parma, thanks to strikes from Gonzalo Bergessio and Eder who ran the show at the Stadio Ennio Tardini.

Substitute Khouma Babacar scored a last-gasp winner as sixth-placed Fiorentina defeated Chievo 2-1 in Verona for their eighth win of the campaign.

It appeared Fiorentina would have to settle for a draw at the Marc' Antonio Bentegodi stadium after Sergio Pellissier's 72th-minute goal cancelled out Gonzalo Rodriguez's first-half opener, but Babacar had other ideas and headed home Joaquin's cross seconds from the end.

Atalanta upset the odds to beat AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro for what was only their fourth win of the Serie A season to leave the hosts with just one win in 10 matches.

Both teams had come into the match struggling for form, but it was the visitors who battled hardest for the points and German Denis's first-half goal settled things in their favour to end a run of three successive league draws.

Cagliari left it late to claim a point from their trip to Udinese as they snatched a 2-2 draw.

Joao Pedro gave Gianfranco Zola's men the lead but two goals in as many minutes from Allan and Thomas Heurtaux gave Udinese the lead before Danilo Avelar scoried a penalty in stoppage time to earn Cagliari a point.

A last-gasp penalty from Ioannis Fetfatzidis denied Sassuolo victory as Genoa came from behind three times to earn a precious point from a 3-3 draw.

Domenico Berardi struck his second of the day in the 69th minute to put Sassuolo 3-2 up but the visitors shot themselves on the foot when Francesco Magnanelli brought down Genoa's Juraj Kucka in the penalty box seconds from the end with Fetfatzidis scored the resulting spot-kick.

Substitute Maxi Lopez scored his first goal for Torino three minutes from time to hand his new club a 3-2 triumph at Cesena.

The victory, Toro's first on the road since September 24, has lifted the Granata to 13th place.

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