A brace from Fabio Quagliarella late Sunday helped Juventus secure a 3-1 win away to Catania to remain six points behind Serie A front-runners AC Milan, dpa reported.
The striker scored after Simone Pepe put Juve ahead and Japanese Takayuki Morimoto immediately levelled thanks to a fumbled clearance from Fabio Grosso.
Quagliarella had a goal denied on 43 minutes, when his volley off a cross from Serb Milos Krasic hit the bar and clearly fell behind the goal line.
He scored one minute later off a Vincenzo Iaquinta cross and hit again on 58 after dispossessing Marco Biagianti for a personal goal tally of eight goals.
Evergreen Hernan Crespo also scored a brace earlier Sunday for Parma in a 2-1 win over Udinese to notch his 150th goal in the Serie A.
The veteran Argentine, 35, scored his sixth goal this season converting a first-half penalty and also nodded home from a tight angle on 50 minutes off a cross from Brazilian Angelo.
Crespo fired firmly from the spot to beat Slovenian Samir Handanovic, who had saved the previous four penalties awarded against his side.
Antonio Di Natale, another veteran aged 33, also had his share of glory as he curled home a free kick for Udinese's temporary equalizer to notch his ninth goal and draw level with Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o and Napoli's Edinson Cavani.
Trailing the leading trio of strikers with eight goals are Quagliarella, Marco Di Vaio, on target for Bologna as they beat Cesena 2-0, Cagliari's Alessandro Matri and Sweden star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who helped leaders Milan beat promoted Brescia 3-0 on Saturday.
After 15 games, the Devils have 33 points, three more than Lazio, who on Friday beat champions Inter 3-1, leaving them 10 points from the top.
Napoli are fourth on 24 points when they host Palermo late Monday.
In other Sunday action, Sampdoria beat 10-man tail-enders Bari 3-0 with a brace from Stefano Guberti; Fiorentina edged Cagliari 1-0 thanks to a goal from the returning Romania striker Adrian Mutu; and Genoa won 3-1 at promoted Lecce.
On Saturday, Roma went two goals up through a brace from Brazilian Fabio Simplicio, but allowed hosts Chievo to bounce back and clinch a 2-2 draw.
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