Miralem Pjanic leads Roma to victory over Inter

Despite the defeat, 11th-placed Inter put on one of their best performances of the season and showed a clear improvement in Roberto Mancini's second match in charge since his return.

Mancini's passion was there for all to see when he was sent off for complaining after Pjanic's first goal, which came minutes after former Roma forward Pablo Osvaldo had brought Inter level.

Pjanic has not been at his best of late but showed against Inter what he can do, first netting a great offload by captain Francesco Totti to make it 3-2 on the hour and then converting a free kick in stoppage time.

Elsewhere, injury-prone Fiorentina striker Mario Gomez scored his first goal for eight months in a 4-0 win at Cagliari, whose maverick coach Zdenek Zeman got more than he bargained for.

Bottom side Parma lost 2-1 in Palermo with coach Roberto Donadoni under serious pressure with media reports suggesting he could soon be sacked.

Napoli travel to high-flying Sampdoria on Monday.