INTER Milan remained top of Serie A despite Saturday’s defeat at AS Roma when most of the chasing pack lost yesterday. Substitute Mirko Vucinic buried an injury-time diving header and propel Roma to a 1-0 win over Inter.

The hosts were better organised than in recent insipid displays with Daniele De Rossi, Francesco Totti and John Arne Riise back from injury and will now by buoyed for Tuesday’s Champions League game with CFR Cluj.

Treble winners Inter, who host Werder Bremen in the Champions League on Wednesday, still lead the table with 10 points as they seek a sixth straight scudetto

Promoted Brescia could have surged to the summit but lost 2-1 at Bari while Mauro Zarate’s second-half goal gave Lazio a 1-0 win at Chievo to end the home side’s hopes of top spot and lift the Romans level on points with champions Inter.

Cesena, in the top flight for the first time since 1991, had the chance to equal Inter on 10 points from five games in the early match but lost 4-1 at home to Napoli despite taking the lead.

Like Roma, AC Milan have not looked title material so far and needed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score again in a 1-0 home win over Genoa which moved the Rossoneriup to fourth.

Milan have failed to fully gel under new coach Massimiliano Allegri but the narrow win after two successive league draws will give the side confidence for tomorrow night’s Champions League match at Ajax Amsterdam.