Marco Borriello bagged his first goal for Juventus as it maintained its three-point lead at the top of Serie A Wednesday with a 1-0 win over already-relegated Cesena. Borriello's goal on 80 minutes saved Andrea Pirlo's blushes, after he missed his second penalty in a week with eight minutes gone. Second-placed AC Milan also won 1-0 against lowly Genoa thanks to an 86th-minute goal from Kevin-Prince Boateng. Under-pressure Genoa will feel hard done by, however, as it comfortably kept Milan at bay for much of the game, even creating chances for itself. But the sending off of Bosko Jankovic for two bookable offenses with 18 minutes to go left Genoa pegged back in its own area, and it was no surprise that Boateng smashed home the winner. The defeat leaves it fourth from bottom on 36 points, just a point off the relegation places. Juventus has 74 points from 34 games and AC Milan 71 with Lazio, which lost 2-1 at relegation-threatened Novara, back in third on 55. Inter Milan and Napoli piled the pressure on Lazio in the race for a Champions League spot by winning at Udinese and Lecce respectively. Napoli is fourth, one point behind Lazio while Udinese and Inter are on 52. Lazio was beaten by a 35th-minute Mobido Diakite own goal and a stunning 79th-minute free kick from Giuseppe Mascara but Edy Reja was frustrated with the decision to disallow a Libor Kozak for off-side. “I saw the referee and the linesman go back toward middle of the pitch,” said the Lazio manager. “I would like to know who decided to rule out Kozak's goal, if only to know what happened, given that I don't understand. “Everything's going wrong for us,” he added. The victory kept alive Novara's slim hopes of staying in Serie A. It is second bottom on 28 points, eight from safety. A resurgent Inter, which has been much improved under Andrea Stramaccioni, beat Udinese 3-1 after two goals from Wesley Sneijder and a smart finish from Ricardo Alvarez canceled out Danilo's sixth-minute opener. Goals early in each half from Marek Hamsik and Edinson Cavani earned Napoli a 2-0 win at Lecce. Roma, in seventh, missed the chance to close the gap on local rival Lazio by losing 2-1 at home to Fiorentina, which moved six points clear of the drop zone. Bolton beats Villa Bolton boosted its survival bid and dragged Aston Villa into the Premier League relegation dogfight as David Ngog clinched a 2-1 win at Villa Park Tuesday. Owen Coyle's side fell behind to Stephen Warnock's second half strike, but recovered in impressive fashion with two goals in quick succession as Martin Petrov equalized with a penalty before Ngog bagged the winner seconds later. Bolton remains in the bottom three but it is now just one point from safety with a game in hand, while Villa is only three points above the drop zone with three matches to play.
