place Chievo Verona 1-0 with a controversial penalty Sunday to remain within one point of Serie A leader and neighbor Inter Milan. Milan playmaker Kaka converted the penalty in the 15th minute at the San Siro after getting tripped while attempting to collect a pass from Ronaldinho. Replays appeared to show that the foul occurred outside the area. AS Roma snapped a five-match winless streak and moved out of the relegation zone by beating 10-man Lazio 1-0 in the capital's derby. Julio Baptista scored in the 50th minute at Stadio Olimpico, using a header to redirect a pass from captain Francesco Totti. Lazio midfielder Cristian Ledesma picked up his second yellow card in the 66th for a foul on Baptista, while Lazio strikers Tommas Rocchi and Goran Pandev missed clear chances to equalize in the 70th and 74th, respectively. Roma also ended with 10 men after midfielder Simone Perrotta picked up his second yellow in the 87th. Napoli fell behind in the title race with a 3-1 loss to Atalanta in Bergamo. Adriano Ferreira Pinto had already put Atalanta ahead 1-0 when Napoli forward Marcelo Zalayeta picked up his second yellow card in the 67th, leaving the visitors with 10 men. Napoli forward Marek Hamsik converted a penalty in the 73rd following a foul by defender Thomas Manfredini, making it 1-1, and Manfredini scored from a free kick in the 89th to restore Atalanta's lead. Atalanta coach Luigi Del Neri was ejected for protesting after the penalty was awarded to Napoli and no penalty was given to Atalanta on a contentious call a few minutes later. Sergio Floccari added another goal for Atalanta in injury time. Inter leads with 27 points, Milan is second with 26, Juventus has 24 and Napoli 23. Giuseppe Mascara scored a hat trick in Catania's 3-2 win over Torino. The victory moved Catania into a tie for sixth with Udinese on 21 points. Reggina beat Udinese 1-0 with a goal from Franco Brienza to move out of last place. Fiorentina lost 1-0 at Cagliari, with Roberto Acquafresca converting a penalty in the 31st after getting fouled by Alessandro Gamberini. Sampdoria got goals from Gennaro Delvecchio, Antonio Cassano and Marius Stankevicius in a 3-2 win over Lecce, with Simone Tiribocchi scoring twice for the visitors. Bologna earned its second consecutive draw under new coach Sinisa Mihajlovic, finishing 1-1 with Siena. Hull, Man. City in 2-2 draw Hull City and Manchester City both ended their three-match league losing streaks on Sunday as they fought out an open and entertaining 2-2 draw at the KC Stadium. Hull's flying start to its first top-flight season has been built largely on its away form as at home it had lost three and drawn one of its previous six matches. In the day's other Premier League match Everton and Middlesbrough drew 1-1 at Goodison Park to extend both teams' unbeaten run to five games. Chelsea and Liverpool have 32 points, with the Londoners top on goal difference.
