Inter's stoppage-time comeback keeps them level with Lazio: five Serie A takeaways

Inter needed until the seventh minute of stoppage time to beat Fiorentina 2-1 at San Siro on Sunday, a day after Lazio had won 2-1 against Parma. The two leaders are level on 22 points after eight Serie A matchdays, both unbeaten with seven wins and a draw; Inter have scored 23 goals, Lazio 16. Here is what else the weekend told us.

Inter make a habit of coming back

Alex Jimenez, the former Milan full-back, put Fiorentina ahead in the 65th minute with a strike from around 25 metres that flew in under the crossbar. Inter had pushed for most of the afternoon: Fiorentina goalkeeper David de Gea stopped Marcus Thuram and Pio Esposito, and Carlos Augusto hit the bar twice with headers. Inter finished with 11 shots on target. Thuram levelled in the first minute of added time after a one-two with Inter team-mate Andy Diouf, then was held in the box by Fiorentina's Víctor Valdepeñas, and Piotr Zielinski scored the penalty. ANSA counted it as the fifth match this season that Inter have turned around. Fiorentina have lost three in a row and sit 18th on 4 points.

Eight goals and no winner in Bergamo

Atalanta and Frosinone drew 4-4, with each side leading twice. Frosinone's Romano Schmid scored after 27 seconds from a back-pass by Atalanta captain Ederson, then added a second for his first two goals in Italy. Atalanta's Nikola Krstovic replied with two, Ederson made up for his error from the penalty spot, and Eljif Elmas restored Atalanta's lead at 4-3 early in the second half. Aleksa Terzic, a defender who had rarely played this season, equalised in the 82nd minute, set up by Frosinone's Farès Ghedjemis for his third assist of the afternoon.

Frosinone coach Massimiliano Alvini was angry not to win after scoring four: "Coming to Bergamo, scoring four goals and not winning makes me wildly angry," he said after the match, as reported by ANSA. His side are sixth on 14 points. Maurizio Sarri's Atalanta, jeered by their own fans at the end, are 11th on 10.

Milan catch Roma before the derby

Milan won 2-0 at Udinese to join Roma on 18 points, four behind the leaders. Christian Pulisic scored in the sixth minute after Luka Modric took a quick free-kick from halfway, and Omari Hutchinson added his first Serie A goal after Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye could only parry a shot from Milan's Ardon Jashari. It was a second straight league win for a Milan side short of several injured players, with 20-year-old Sankhoun Diawara making his Serie A debut. Milan host Bologna on Wednesday before Saturday's derby against Inter. Udinese have lost six in a row, sit 17th on 4 points, and ANSA reports that coach Kosta Runjaic's job depends on the trip to Parma on Wednesday and the match against Roma on Saturday.

Juventus recover at Lecce

Juventus moved on from their recent heavy defeat by Lazio with a 2-0 win at Lecce, both goals before half-time. In the 29th minute Douglas Luiz took a free-kick while Teun Koopmeiners shaped to strike it, and Weston McKennie ran in unmarked for his first league goal of the season. Douglas Luiz made it 2-0 himself in the 41st minute with a shot that went in off the post. Juventus are seventh on 14 points, level with Frosinone; Lecce stay on 9.

Genoa breathe, Venezia sink

At the bottom, Daniele De Rossi's Genoa beat Venezia 1-0 through Mikael Ellertsson's 25th-minute goal and move level with Monza on 7 points. Venezia stay last with 3 points, one behind Udinese, Fiorentina and Parma.