ROME: Inter Milan thumped 10-man Roma 5-3 and Napoli beat Cesena 2-0 as both sides closed in on Serie A leaders AC Milan, who were held to a 1-1 draw at Genoa on Sunday.
Napoli trail Milan by just three points while Inter are five points back but with a game in hand.
Samuel Eto’o took his tally this season to 27 goals with a brace while Wesley Sneijder, on his first start since December, Thiago Motta and Esteban Cambiasso added the other strikes for the champions.
Brazilian midfielder Simplicio, Montenegro striker Mirko Vucinic and substitute centre-back Simone Loria replied for Roma.
Inter coach Leonardo said the title fight would go all the way.
“All the teams are very close, it will be like this to the end,” he said.
“It’s not easy, every game is difficult to win for everyone ahead, you saw that today with some surprise results. But we’re progressing.”
Although 10 points behind Milan, with a game in hand, Roma coach Claudio Ranieri said they would keep going.
“We couldn’t have done more than what we did with 10 men against this Inter,” he said.
“It’s not easy to come back but that’s our position, as long as we can see light we must keep going.”
Napoli bounced back from their midweek defeat at Chievo with goals from Serie A top scorer Edinson Cavani and Jose Sosa.
Cavani finished off good work from Christian Maggio on 13 minutes with a left-footed finish from close range to score his 18th league goal of the season.
And in stoppage time, Sosa shot home after a cross from Giuseppe Mascara.
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