Udinese stun Inter
Udinese ended Leonardo's perfect record since taking over as Inter Milan coach with a 3-1 win over the Italian champions on Sunday while city rivals Milan retained their four-point lead at the top.
Inter, aiming for a sixth straight win since the Brazilian's arrival in the San Siro dugout, took the lead after quarter of an hour through Dejan Stankovic.
Udinese then stunned Inter with goals from Cristian Zapata and Antonio Di Natale - his 15th of the season - to go into the break 2-1 up, with Maurizio Domizzi adding a third midway through the second half.
Inter remain in fifth place on 35 points but are nine adrift of leaders AC Milan who edged Cesena 2-0 in Sunday's late game.
But it wasn't a convincing Milan performance as they needed an own-goal from Maximiliano Pellegrino for a 45th-minute opener.
Pellegrino, who had also netted against his own team last weekend in the clash with Roma, was put under pressure from Antonio Cassano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic and was unable to prevent the ball crossing the line.
Ibrahimovic added the second goal in the third minute of injury time for his 13th league strike of the season.
Milan's win was overshadowed by a serious shoulder injury suffered by veteran defender Alessandro Nesta who was hurt in a collision with Igor Budin and was substituted in the 20th minute.
He could be ruled out for up to three weeks after it was originally thought he'd miss three months.
Napoli replaced Roma in second place after a 2-0 win at Bari.
Argentina's Ezequiel Lavezzi fired Napoli in front with a 38th-minute free-kick before Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani added the second, three minutes from time with his 14th goal of the season.
Lazio stayed in fourth place after crashing to a shock 3-1 defeat at Bologna.
Juventus are sixth, just behind Inter on goal difference, after a 0-0 draw at Sampdoria where their only fit striker Amauri played with a face mask to protect a broken nose.
Results
Udinese 3 (Zapata 21, Di Natale 25, Domizzi 69) Inter Milan 1 (Stankovic 16)
Fiorentina 1 (Gilardino 56) Lecce 1
(Di Michele 29)
Sampdoria 0 Juventus 0
Bari 0 Napoli 2 (Lavezzi 38, Cavani 87)
Bologna 3 (Ramirez 36, Di Vaio 39, 90) Lazio 1 (Floccari 5)
Chievo 0 Genoa 0
AC Milan 2 (Pellegrino 45-og, Ibrahimovic 90+3) Cesena 0
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