Borja Valero scored his first goal of the season for Fiorentina
Fiorentina beat Atalanta to secure their fifth successive win and go back above Inter Milan to lead Serie A.
Josip Ilicic put Fiorentina ahead with a sixth-minute penalty before Borja Valero's close-range finish made it 2-0 at half-time.
Joan Verdu added a late third for the side managed by ex-QPR, Swansea and Leicester boss Paulo Sousa, who are yet to concede a goal at home this season.
Inter were held 1-1 at Sampdoria as they again dropped points.
Roberto Mancini's side was beaten 4-1 by Fiorentina in their previous game and went behind to Sampdoria when Luis Muriel fired home in the 51st-minute.
Inter equalised 14 minutes from time when former Sampdoria striker Mauro Icardi set up Ivan Perisic to score from close range and briefly put his side back on top of the table.
Lazio went third thanks to late goals from Balde Keita Diao and Filip Djordjevica which gave them a 2-0 home win over local rivals Frosinone.
AC Milan crashed to a 4-0 defeat to Napoli as their unbeaten home record was emphatically ended, with Lorenzo Insigne scoring twice.
Roma won 4-2 at Palermo, while struggling Empoli had Piotr Zielinski sent off but beat Sassuolo 1-0 thanks to late goal from veteran former Middlesbrough striker Massimo Maccarone.
Udinese and Genoa drew 1-1.
- Published20 June 2016
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