• Fourth-placed Roma had two goals ruled out by video assistant referee • Juventus win 3-1 at Verona; Benevento win their first top-flight match

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Roma were twice denied a goal by the video assistant referee (VAR) in a 1-1 draw at home to Sassuolo in Serie A on Saturday, while Benevento finally won their first top-flight match, beating Chievo 1-0.

Lazio were also aggrieved after having a second-half penalty revoked by the VAR in a 0-0 draw at the fading Internazionale, who are winless in their last four games in all competitions and have not scored in the last three.

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Paulo Dybala scored twice in the last 20 minutes, the second a gem where he skipped through the defence, to give the second-placed Juventus a 3-1 win at Verona to keep them one point behind the leaders Napoli. Blaise Matuidi gave Juventus an early lead before Martin Caceres stunned the reigning champions by equalising with a diagonal strike from 25 yards just before the hour.

Gennaro Gattuso’s Milan, meanwhile, avoided a third successive league defeat as they battled to a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina.

At the halfway point in Serie A, Napoli lead with 48 points after Friday’s 1-0 win over Crotone, with Juve on 47. Inter stayed third but dropped seven points behind Napoli with Roma fourth (39) and Lazio fifth (37).

Roma went ahead after 31 minutes when Lorenzo Pellegrini turned in Edin Dzeko’s pass to score against his former club. Dzeko thought he had added Roma’s second goal when he rifled a shot past Andrea Consigli, only to see the goal chalked off for a marginal offside decision after the referee consulted the VAR.

Simone Missiroli headed Sassuolo level in the 78th minute before Alessandro Florenzi, making his 200th appearance for Roma, had a goal disallowed for offside against Cengiz Under, a decision also made with the use of VAR.

Inter and Lazio both had good chances at San Siro but the talking point was the penalty decision on the hour. Ciro Immobile’s cross hit the Inter defender Milan Skriniar on the leg and then arm – the referee initially pointed to the spot but then changed his mind after consulting the VAR.

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Benevento, who had taken one point from their first 18 games in their debut Serie A season, broke their duck when Massimo Coda scored with an improvised flick from a corner in the 64th minute.

Giovanni Simeone headed Fiorentina in front against the 11th-placed Milan after 71 minutes but Hakan Calhanolgu levelled three minutes later – the first time this season Milan have avoided defeat in a league game after falling behind.

Udinese overcame an own goal against Bologna to clock up their fifth successive win since Massimo Oddo took over as coach. Danilo contrived to flick a harmless-looking cross into his own net but Silvan Widmer headed Udinese level before half-time and Kevin Lasagna scored for the fifth game in a row early in the second half.

Fabio Quagliarella scored two late goals to give Sampdoria a 2-0 win over SPAL and Cagliari pulled off a shock 2-1 win at Atalanta.