Juventus strengthened their grasp on a fourth-straight Serie A title thanks to a 1-0 win over Genoa, which confirmed the Bianconeri are able to juggle their league and European commitments.
Carlos Tevez scored the only goal of the game to secure a 20th win of the season in 28 Serie A fixtures for Massimiliano Allegri's men.
Their advantage at the top of the table is now such that they can plan on wrapping the title up even before the semifinal stage of the Champions League, which they will hope to be involved in by beating Monaco in the quarterfinals.
Daniele De Rossi's first-half strike handed Roma all three points in a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Cesena on Sunday night.
The visitors, looking for their first Serie A win since Feb. 8, took the lead at the Dino Manuzzi stadium in the 41st minute when De Rossi hit the back of the net for his first goal away from home in Italy's top flight since August 2013.
The victory has kept Roma in second place but just one point clear of city rivals Lazio.
Two second-half goals from Mario Gomez were not enough for Fiorentina to take all three points at Udinese on Sunday evening as the two teams battled to a 2-2 draw.
Fiorentina came to life in the second half after Udinese defender Molla Wague had given the hosts a 15th-minute lead.
Germany forward Gomez headed in an equaliser five minutes into the second half before he put the Viola ahead three minutes later.
Empoli climbed above Sassuolo in the Serie A standings thanks to a 3-1 win at the Stadio Carlo Castellini on Sunday.
Riccardo Saponara was on target twice with Levan Mchedlidze netting the Tuscan side's other goal.
An own goal from Daniele Rugani brought Sassuolo level just after half-time but it was not enough to prevent them from falling to their fifth defeat in their last six games.
Torino inflicted more misery on struggling Parma after they claimed a 2-0 win over the bankrupt club on Sunday.
Maxi Lopez and Migjen Basha scored for Torino while Parma were forced to play more than half of the match with 10 men after defender Alessandro Lucarelli was sent off in the 36th minute for a second bookable offence.
The result saw Torino move up to seventh place while Parma, whose future remains unclear, stayed rock bottom of the overall standings with just nine points.
Sampdoria moved up to fourth and piled more pressure on their former hero Roberto Mancini by beating his Inter Milan side 1-0. Inter's current slump at six straight defeats in all competitions, putting them further out of the European race.
A stunning strike from Eder, the Brazilian-born player just called up by Italy, midway through the second half was enough to make it four wins on the bounce for coach Sinisa Mihajlovic -- the former Inter player who both played alongside and under Mancini.
His side were deserving winners on the balance of play, and the performance will bring more questions for Mancini with the board demanding European qualification while nine points separate them from the top five.
Napoli lost ground in the race for a place in the Champions League as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by struggling Atalanta, who ended the game with 10 men after Alejandro Gomez was dismissed.
Duvan Zapata saved Rafael Benitez's men from an even worse fate with his late equaliser after Mauricio Pinilla's goal for Atalanta while the hosts ended the game without the Spaniard on their bench after he was sent to the stands.
The draw means the Azzurri slip behind Sampdoria into fifth place in the standings, now five points behind third place and Champions League football next season - their minimum goal for the season.
Lazio reeled off their sixth consecutive win on Sunday when they claimed a 2-0 triumph over Hellas Verona.
Looking to keep the pressure on second-place Roma, Lazio took the lead when Felipe Anderson scored his ninth goal of the campaign in the fourth minute.
Not long after, Vangelis Moras nearly pulled the visitors level but he was denied by the post.
After Lazio's Lucas Biglia hit the crossbar in the 27th minute, the hosts doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time when Antonio Candreva hit the back of the net with a free-kick.