Serie A round-up: Miralem Pjanic’s winner for Juventus extended lead at summit to five points as managerless Inter Milan also win

JUVENTUS secured a tenth victory in 12 games to temporarily extend their lead at the summit to five points.

Chievo were the latest victims of the black and white juggernaut.

Mario Mandzukic opened the scoring in the second half, before Miralem Pjanic secured the win after Sergio Pellissier had levelled from the penalty spot.

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Chievo have hit a brick wall with no wins in their last five after making a flying start to the season.

Roma later reduced Juventus’ lead to four points with a comprehensive victory over Bologna.

Mohamed Salah netted all three as Luciano Spalletti’s men kept on the heels of the leaders, while AC Milan continue to remain in contention with a hard-fought victory at Palermo.

Former Liverpool ace Suso made it 1-0 to the visitors after 15 minutes, only for the Sicilian side to equalize through Ilija Nestorovski.

But Gianluca Lapadula scored his first goal for the Rossoneri to secure the win with just eight minutes remaining.

Napoli’s title challenge looks shot already as they were held to a home draw by the impressive Lazio.

Marek Hamsik’s stunning opener was immediately cancelled out by Keita Balde two minutes later.

The result means Napoli remain two places behind their opponents in sixth place.

Managerless Inter Milan enjoyed their biggest win of the season — though it was at home against basement side, Crotone.

Ivan Perisic scored the opener before Mauro Icardi’s brace took him to the top of the goalscoring charts with ten.

Torino earned their first win in four in some style.

Sinisa Mihajlovic’s men battered Cagliari 5-1 — though Joe Hart almost conceded a calamitous own goal.

The on-loan Manchester City goalkeeper spilled a routine cross, but managed to react quickly enough and save the ball on the line.

Atalanta moved above Napoli with an impressive 3-0 victory at Sassuolo.

While Fiorentina’s faint hopes of a Champions League challenge seem over as a 1-1 draw at home to Sampdoria left them seven points behind third-place Milan.

La Viola do have a game in hand though.

Elsewhere Empoli moved out of the relegation zone and above Pescara after beating their rivals 4-0 away.

While Genoa and Udinese drew 1-1.