Lazio steamroll Inter, Milan destroy Brescia and Napoli and Juve join the breakaway

Lazio put European Champions Inter to the sword, and they fell upon it at the Olimpico on Friday night falling to a 3-1 reverse to the Aquile. It could, and arguably should, have been worse, but Goran Pandev pulled a goal back after Biava and Mauro Zarate gave Lazio a 2-0 lead after 55 minutes. Pandev's goal allowed Inter to pile on the pressure, but Hernanes calmed the nerves with a freekick that left Inter's injury ravaged lineup pointless, and down to 5th in the table. With that in mind city rivals Milan rubbed salt into the growing blue and black wounds on Saturday night, with old friend Zlatan Ibrahimovic architect and executioner in explosive fashion either side of a Robinho goal. All that happened in the first half, leaving Milan with little to do in the second aside from rest a few legs and strut across the San Siro pitch.

With Milan and Lazio steaming away at the top both Napoli and Juve have broked away from the mini group of teams still in touching distance at the top to launch their title challenge. Juve ended Catania's long home unbeaten run last night with Fabio Quagliarella star of the show. He should have had a hatrick but had a goal wrongly disallowed when it was clearly over the line. Still, he made up with it with his second goal, catching Catania's Argentine goalkeeper Andujar off his line with a classic Quagliarella stunner. For Napoli it was not quite as comfortable, and after lots of huffing and puffing tonight it took a last gasp Cristian Maggio goal, with Cavani assisting, to settle the game against Palermo in injury time.

In the chasing pack, both Genoa clubs were victorious pulling themselves back into contention while Roma blew a two goal lead against Chievo to stall their ambitions for a while. Fiorentina put a win on the board against Catania but are still four points behind the bulk of the chasing pack at this point in the season. With a trip away to Udinese next up for them, they may remain off the pace for a while yet as they will look to make up for an away defeat to Hernan Crespo's Parma.

Bologna were victorious in Cesena after their one point penalty deduction for financial irregularities midweek, and have pulled themselves away from the bottom four whom look set to battle relegation this season. Lecce, Brescia, Cesena and somewhat surprisingly Bari are beginning to slip significantly behind Bologna in 16th, and look set to have a long and difficult season ahead of them.