Juventus recorded a 2-0 win over Inter Milan on Sunday night to move up to fifth in Serie A while Lazio claimed derby honours against Roma.
Adrien Rabiot and Nicolo Fagioli scored in the second half as Juve secured their fourth victory and fourth clean sheet in as many league matches.
"The season is long, we had a few hiccups, above all in the Champions League. There is joy in beating a great side like Inter, but then we immediately need to get back the focus for the next two matches and at that point can draw a line under 2022," Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri told DAZN.
Unbeaten Serie A leaders Napoli made it nine wins in a row Saturday with an impressive 2-1 win at second-placed Atalanta.
Striker Victor Osimhen and midfielder Eljif Elmas scored for Napoli, who have a six-point lead at the top.
Lazio moved up to third place after a 1-0 derby win against local rivals Roma, with Felipe Anderson scoring in the first half.
"It wasn't the most beautiful match but it did drain physical and mental energy," Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri told DAZN.
AC Milan took advantage of Napoli's win against Atalanta and leapfrogged the Bergamo club in the table with a 2-1 home win against Spezia. Oliver Giroud scored the winning goal in the 89th minute before he collected a second yellow card for taking off his shirt.
"The important thing is to have three more points in the table but I'm very angry because I forgot about my first yellow card," France striker Giroud told Sky Sport.
Udinese shared the spoils with visitors Lecce in a 1-1 draw on Friday, with Andrea Sottil's side now on a winless streak of six games.
"On every matchday, we see matches going down to the wire. We don't need to look at anyone else. I'm not the type to look for excuses," Sottil said on Udinese's website.
"It was a tense game. We lacked clear-headedness in certain situations. We created so many chances and I can only congratulate the players because they gave everything."
Struggling Sampdoria lost 2-0 at home to Fiorentina and are second from the bottom on six points, one above Verona who also suffered a 2-0 defeat, at Monza on Sunday.
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New UK refugee system
- A new “core protection” for refugees moving from permanent to a more basic, temporary protection
- Shortened leave to remain - refugees will receive 30 months instead of five years
- A longer path to settlement with no indefinite settled status until a refugee has spent 20 years in Britain
- To encourage refugees to integrate the government will encourage them to out of the core protection route wherever possible.
- Under core protection there will be no automatic right to family reunion
- Refugees will have a reduced right to public funds
Remaining Fixtures
Wednesday: West Indies v Scotland
Thursday: UAE v Zimbabwe
Friday: Afghanistan v Ireland
Sunday: Final
Milestones on the road to union
1970
October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar.
December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.
1971
March 1: Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.
July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.
July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.
August 6: The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.
August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.
September 3: Qatar becomes independent.
November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.
November 29: At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.
November 30: Despite a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa.
November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties
December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.
December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
