Inter hold Milan
Substitute Ezequiel Schelotto scored his first goal for Inter Milan three minutes after coming on to rescue a 1-1 draw against arch-rivals AC Milan, who had dominated the first half of Sunday's Serie A derby.
Schelotto, 23, upstaged Milan's maverick striker Mario Balotelli, who failed to find the target for the first time in four games since his move from Manchester City.
Balotelli was brilliantly foiled by goalkeeper Samir Handanovic twice in the first half as he faced the team where he made his name.
A Milan league derby, with Inter as the nominal home team at the San Siro, has not ended in a draw since a 2-2 in March 1999.
Cagliari scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time to beat Torino 4-3 after their opponents had two men sent off, including substitute Abou Diop after only a minute on the pitch, in a game played behind closed doors.
The goals also flowed as eighth-placed AS Roma won 3-2 at Atalanta in heavy snow while leaders Juventus enjoyed a routine 3-0 home win over Siena.
Third-placed Milan, clearly buoyed by Wednesday's Champions League win over Barcelona, controlled the first half and could have been several goals ahead by halftime against an Inter team mired in a mid-season domestic slump.
They went ahead in the 20th minute when former Milan man Antonio Cassano lost possession in midfield and Kevin-Prince Boateng slipped a pass to Stephan El Shaarawy, who poked the ball into the roof of the net for his 16th league goal of the season.
Handanovic somehow kept Inter alive as he pushed away Balotelli's rocketing header from under the crossbar, then stopped a sliding effort from "Supermario" from only six metres.
Inter, beaten 4-1 by Fiorentina a week ago and one point behind Milan in fifth, came to life after the break and Fredy Guarin's close-range volley was diverted onto the post by Christian Abbiati.
Argentine-born Schelotto came off the bench in the 68th minute for his third appearance and quickly made an impact, heading in from Yuto Nagatomo's cross three minutes later.
RESULTS
Sampdoria 2 (Poli 33, Eder 83) Chievo 0
Atalanta 2 (Livaja 8, 44) Roma 3 (Marquinho 12, Pjanic 34,
Torosidis 71)
Cagliari 4 (Sau 37-pen, Conti 75, Pinilla 87-pen, Conti 90+4) Torino 3 (Cerci 47, Stevanovic 54,
Bianchi 90+2-pen)
Juventus 3 (Lichsteiner 30, Giovinco 74, Pogba 89) Siena 0
Parma 1 (Amauri 87) Catania 2 (Lodi 5, Keko 44)
Inter Milan 1 (Schelotto 71) AC Milan 1 (El Shaarawy 21)
Bologna v Fiorentina - postponed
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