Juventus and AC Milan did their best to stay in touch with runaway leader Inter Milan with victories Sunday in the Serie A after winning goals from Brazilian players. Both teams were made to work hard and didn't make their breakthrough until the second half, with Juventus needing a last-minute goal from Brazilian striker Amauri to win 2-1 after Lecce had equalized following Sebastian Giovinco's opening goal. AC Milan is third, level on 30 points with Juventus, but ended with an unimpressive 1-0 win over Catania, courtesy of Kaka's 63rd-minute strike. Inter, which beat Lazio 3-0 in Rome on Saturday, leads with 36 points. Fourth-place Napoli and No. 5 Fiorentina both maintained pressure on the top three with impressive wins. Second half goals from Christian Maggio and German Denis gave Napoli a 2-0 home win over Siena to leave it three points behind Juventus and Milan. Fiorentina is a further point back following a 4-1 away win over Torino. Also Sunday, it was: Atalanta 3, Udinese 0; Cagliari 1, Palermo 0; and Reggina 2, Bologna 2. Crouch scores equalizer England striker Peter Crouch's equalizer kept West Bromwich Albion bottom of the Premier League table as Portsmouth fought back to draw 1-1 at the Hawthorns here Sunday. Crouch scored his ninth goal of the season just before the hour mark on a day when Portsmouth owner Alexandre Gaydamak announced the FA Cup holder was up for sale. The draw denied West Brom a first win in nine league games. It took the lead thanks to Jonathan Greening's 39th minute goal against a Portsmouth. Hat trick by Henry Thierry Henry's hat trick led near-perfect Barcelona past Valencia 4-0 to extend its lead in Spain and stretch its unbeaten run to 20 games on Saturday. Barcelona's high-scoring attack has notched 44 goals from 14 games to lead Villarreal by six points with 35. Earlier, Giuseppe Rossi scored a late equalizer as Villarreal rallied from a three-goal deficit to draw 3-3 with Getafe, and Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan scored twice each as Atletico Madrid defeated Sporting Gijon 5-2 to stretch its unbeaten run to 12 games. Defending champion Real Madrid has 26 points and Sevilla has 24, the same as Atletico. Celtic spoils chance Celtic missed the chance to go seven points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League on Sunday when it slumped to a surprise 2-0 defeat at mid-table Hibernian. Celtic was going for a 15th win from 17 league games as it continues its pursuit of a fourth straight title, but instead conceded second-half goals to John Rankin and Colin Nish. The Bhoys' second loss of the season left them on 43 points, four more than fierce Glasgow rivals Rangers, who routed Hamilton 7-1 on Saturday. Barca to rest top guns Barcelona will rest eight players for their final Champions League Group C match at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, the Primera Liga leader said on its website (www.fcbarcelona.com). Barca has already qualified as group winners. Daniel Alves, Carles Puyol, Rafael Marquez, Yaya Toure, Lionel Messi, Xavi, Thierry Henry and Victor Valdes will start preparing instead for the ‘clasico' at home to Real Madrid in the Primera Liga next Saturday.
