Juve stay in hunt
Substitute Christian Poulsen struck deep into injury time to earn 10-man Juventus a crucial 2-1 victory at Catania on Sunday to keep their title hopes alive.
Juve looked on the brink of slipping to nine points behind leaders Inter Milan, who won 3-0 at Lecce on Saturday, as the clock ticked down with the scores at 1-1.
Vincenzo Iaquinta had given the Turin giants an early lead before he was sent off but Japanese forward Takayuki Morimoto's second half equaliser looked to have stolen a share of the spoils for the hosts before Dane Poulsen's late winner that cut the deficit to Inter to seven points.
Juve coach Claudio Ranieri was simply pleased his team had ended a run of two straight defeats.
"We were looking to find ourselves, in the last (two) games we had lost our usual equilibrium that had allowed us to do well," he said.
"Today we played well, and with 10 against 11 against a Catania that never let up.
"Our problem is not scoring goals ... our problem is the ones we concede too easily and our lack of compactness."
Fiorentina moved up to fourth and the final Champions League qualifying position after Alberto Gilardino scored a last minute winner against 10-man Lazio, for whom Lorenzo De Silvestri was sent off in the first half.
AS Roma moved into fifth above Genoa on a better head-to-head record after beating their Champions League-chasing rivals 3-0 in the capital.
Genoa started the day in fourth but goals from Brazilians Cicinho and Julio Baptista and Montenegro striker Mirko Vucinic settle the affair.
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