Juventus are keeping faith with manager Thiago Motta for now despite his side suffering a second successive heavy defeat on Sunday, the club's football director Cristiano Giuntoli said. After a 4-0 hammering at home to Atalanta last weekend,

Fiorentina beat Juventus 3-0 at The Stadio Artemio Franchi to keep alive their hopes of a top four finish, and pile more pressure on Thiago Motta. La Viola started much the better, and had the game almost won inside 20 minutes, striking twice in the space of three minutes.

Napoli kept up the pressure on Serie A leader Inter Milan as it finally got back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina.