Stuttering AC Milan still looking for home win

AC Milan's Brazilian midfielder Kaka (R) is tackled by Catania's midfielder Mark Edusei of Ghana during their Serie A match between AC Milan and Catania at San Siro Stadium in Milan. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

AC Milan suffered another setback in their stuttering championship bid on Sunday after being held 1-1 at home by lowly Sicilian side Catania.

The European champions' fourth draw of the season leaves them in 11th place in Serie A below the likes of Genoa, Udinese and Palermo.

Carlo Ancelotti was at a loss to understand his side's inability to win at their San Siro stadium.

"The soul searching is for tomorrow when we can see things more clearly," said Ancelotti ahead of their midweek Champions League tie at Scottish side Celtic.

"We're not in a good period. We're a little slow, we lack focus and application. There are problems, but no tensions. The atmosphere is very calm and that was the key for success last season. It will be again this year."

Catania opened through Jorge Martinez who beat 'keeper Zeljko Kalac, stepping in for the sidelined Nelson Dida, with a header at the back post inside the half hour.

Only a Kaka penalty three minutes after the restart saved Milan's blushes, though for the remainder of the second half Ancelotti's men came up against a brick wall as they sought out the winner.

A dramatic stoppage time goal from French striker David Trezeguet gave Juventus a hard fought 1-0 victory in their tension-filled derby at Torino late on Sunday which lifts them second behind Inter Milan.

Inter sit top with a one-point advantage after their 4-1 win at 10-man Roma on Saturday, with Fiorentina a further point behind Juventus after their 3-0 victory in the Tuscan derby with Livorno.

Trezeguet struck three minutes into injury time with his sixth goal of the season which puts him joint top of the scorers list with Inter Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

On Saturday, Inter were given a boost ahead of their Champions League tie against PSV Eindhoven midweek, as they crushed Roma, who were reduced to ten men when Frenchman Ludovic Giuly was sent off for the capital side.

Swede Ibrahimovic scored from a 29th-minute penalty to put the visitors ahead at the Olympic stadium, though Simone Perrotta equalised for Roma in the 53rd minute.

However further goals from Milan by Hernan Crespo, Julio Cruz and then Ivan Cordoba meant Inter had scored their four with more than 20 minutes to go till full time.

For Roma, the defeat was particularly badly-timed with midweek European action looming.

Following two draws against Fiorentina (2-2) and then Juventus (2-2), Luciano Spalletti's men travel to England on Tuesday to face Manchester United in the Champions League where they had been humiliated by a 7-1 defeat in the quarter-final, second leg of last season's competition in April.

Meanwhile, a double from Argentine striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo helped Fiorentina to victory against long time rivals Livorno.

Osvaldo put Fiorentina ahead at the stroke of half-time in a bad tempered clash which saw the visiting coach Nando Orsi sent off for dissent during the break.

Livorno were reduced to ten men after Massimo Loviso fouled Gianpaolo Pazzini after 63 minutes, allowing Osvaldo net his second when he chested down Mario Alberto Santana's pass and fired over the goalkeeper. Santana sealed Fiorentina's win three minutes later.

Also on Sunday Lazio did little to improve their league ambitions with a 1-1 draw at Regina.

Italian league table after Sunday's late match - Torino v Juventus (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):