AC Milan and Juventus both took a big step towards qualification for next season's Champions League with respective victories over Verona and Bologna on Sunday.

Napoli came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with lowly Verona on Wednesday, a result which gave Inter Milan the chance to pull away from the champions in the race for the Serie A title.

Christopher Nkunku fired AC Milan top of Serie A with a brace in Sunday's 3-0 win over Verona at the San Siro, the France forward's first goals in Italy's top flight.

Juventus drew 1-1 at Verona on Saturday to climb provisionally top of Serie A while AC Milan closed to within a point of the Turin giants with a 3-0 success at Udinese.

Napoli remained three points clear at the top of Serie A on Saturday after a hard-fought 1-0 win at Lecce

Khephren Thuram's fine first-time finish in the 72nd minute and a late strike from Teun Koopmeiners saw off struggling Verona.

Napoli extended their lead at the top of Serie A to four points on Sunday after beating lowly Verona 2-0 as champions Inter Milan moved second with a 1-0 success at Venezia.

Giovanni Di Lorenzo made sure Napoli will stay top of Serie A this weekend after firing the winner in Saturday's 1-0 victory over Lecce to move his team five points clear

Dusan Vlahovic scored twice as Juventus made it two convincing wins to start the Serie A season with a 3-0 victory at Verona on Monday.

Sunday's win moved Milan three points ahead of third-placed Juventus in the race for Champions League football.

Davide Frattesi put Inter Milan five points clear at the top of Serie A on Saturday with a last-gasp winner which gave his team a thrilling, and controversial, 2-1 victory over Verona.

The Italian football league has launched an enquiry after Napoli striker Victor Osimhen suffered racist abuse from the stands during a Serie A match at Hellas Verona on Monday

The great-grandson of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was on Sunday named in Lazio's squad for their Serie A match at Verona.

Serie A: Rade Krunic curled in a free-kick after 27 minutes with Manchester United loanee Diogo Dalot doubling the visitors' account five minutes after the break to pull AC Milan three points behind Inter Milan, who host in-form Atalanta on Monday.

Juventus, nine-time reigning Serie A champions have stalled under new coach Andrea Pirlo after winning their opener against Sampdoria, their only victory on the pitch in Serie A this season.

Lecce lost 3-4 at home to mid-table Parma but would have dropped down to Serie B even if they had won as relegation rivals Genoa thumped Hellas Verona 3-0.

Atalanta moved level on points with second-placed Inter Milan, but are six points adrift of Serie A leaders Juventus.

Cristiano Ronaldo found the back of the net again but Juventus paid for defensive errors in their shock loss to Hellas Verona.