During the 11th round of matches in the Italian "Serie A" championship on Wednesday, the Milan "Inter" footballers unexpectedly lost two points.
Rafael Benitez's team played away and only managed a 1-1 draw against "Lecce," slipping down to fourth place in the league table.
Capitalizing on a misstep by Rome's "Lazio" away to "Cesena," league leaders "Milan" triumphed 3-1 at home against "Palermo" in front of their own fans.
The match between "Brescia" and Turin's "Juventus" ended in a 1-1 draw, while "Roma" defeated "Palermo" 3-2 at home.
Results:
"Milan" 3 - 1 "Palermo" 19' [1 - 0] A. Pato 63' [1 - 1] A. Bacinovic 77' [2 - 1] Z. Ibrahimovic (penalty) 83' [3 - 1] Robinho
"Roma" 3 - 2 "Fiorentina" 45' [1 - 0] F. Simplicio 51' [2 - 0] M. Borriello 69' [2 - 1] A. Gilardino 77' [3 - 1] S. Perrotta 90' [3 - 2] G. D´Agostino
"Brescia" 1 - 1 Turin "Juventus" 71' [0 - 1] F. Quagliarella 73' [1 - 1] A. Diamanti
"Cagliari" 0 - 1 "Napoli" 90' [0 - 1] E. Lavezzi
"Catania" 1 - 0 "Udinese" 60' [1 - 0] G. Mascara 83' G. Pasquale sent off ("Udinese") 86' P.M. Ledesma sent off ("Catania")
"Cesena" 1 - 0 Rome's "Lazio" 85' [1 - 0] M. Parolo
Verona's "Chievo" 0 - 0 "Bari"
"Genoa" 1 - 0 "Bologna" 81' [1 - 0] O. Milanetto
"Lecce" 1 - 1 Milan "Inter" 76' [0 - 1] D. Milito 79' [1 - 1] R.A.D.R. Olivera