AC Milan [ Images ] were held 2-2 at struggling Torino on Sunday, leaving city rivals Inter Milan [ Images ] three points clear at the top of Serie A.
Torino's Alessandro Rosina scored a 78th-minute penalty, which was conceded for handball by Kakha Kaladze, to earn the hosts a draw after Ronaldinho [ Images ] had put Milan 2-1 up with a spectacular free kick in the 34th.
Milan's Brazil [ Images ] striker Alexandre Pato [ Images ] had controlled a Gennaro Gattuso [ Images ] pass and thumped the ball home in the 29th to equalise shortly after Torino's Roberto Stellone opened the scoring with a glancing header.
The visitors rode their luck after Ronaldinho's strike and Rosina's late leveller was deserved, although Milan also had a good penalty claim for handball by Francesco Pratali turned down at the start of the second half.
Second-placed Milan have 27 points from 13 games, while champions Inter have 30 after Saturday's 1-0 win over third-placed Juventus [ Images ] at the San Siro.
"We should control the game better when we are in front," Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti [ Images ] told Sky television.
"The game was too open. We attacked, they counter-attacked, which was not ideal given that we were ahead and could have more cover."
NAPOLI DRAW
Napoli are level with Juventus on 24 points after being held 2-2 at home by Cagliari earlier on Sunday.
Daniele Conti scored a stoppage-time equaliser for the Sardinian side after Ezequiel Lavezzi thought he had won it for Napoli with a superb late free kick.
Cagliari's Diego Lopez had pounced in the 56th minute to cancel out Slovak midfielder Marek Hamsik's [ Images ] early opener.
AS Roma continued their return to form after a miserable start to the season with a 3-0 win at Lecce courtesy of first-half goals by Mirko Vucinic and Juan plus captain Francesco Totti's [ Images ] delightful chip four minutes after the break.
Coming on the back of last week's derby victory over Lazio, the win lifts last season's runners-up towards the middle of the standings and boosts the team's morale before Wednesday's visit to CFR Cluj in the Champions League [ Images ].
Lazio are joint fifth with Fiorentina, who beat visitors Udinese 4-2 on Saturday, after grabbing a 1-1 home draw with Genoa thanks to Ousmane Dabo's powerful strike that slipped through keeper Rubinho's hands 10 minutes from time.
Serie A top scorer Diego Milito had put Genoa in front with his 11th goal of the season in the 69th minute.
The Argentine striker also had a tap-in wrongly disallowed for offside and blasted a penalty over the bar either side of halftime.

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