The Serie A is back from the international break and the surprise start of Genoa to the season continued. Genoa defeated Napoli at home 4-1 on the strength of 2 penalty kicks in a game that ended with Genoa's 10 men and Napoli's 9. Ex-Inter forward Hernan Crespo scored his 1st for his new team as Genoa stayed in 1st place with a perfect record.

The city of Genoa's other team Sampdoria is also perfect on the season after their 1-0 road win over Atalanta. Daniele Mannini scored for Sampdoria as they recorded their 1st clean sheet of the season despite playing a man down for the last 38 minutes of the match.

Juventus kept pace with Genoa with their 2-0 road win against Lazio. Barca loanee Martin Caceres scored deep into the 2nd half & David Trezeguet added another in 2nd half injury time to seal the 3 points. Ciro Ferrara's team has allowed only 1 goal on the season to maintain their perfect start.

Roma got its 1st win of the season as Claudio Rainieri took the reins of the capital city side. 2 goals in the last 17 minutes of the game to beat Siena 2-1 on the road. John Arne Riise scored the game winner in the 89th minute to pull I Giallorossi out of the relegation zone.

Here are the results & standings from Giornata 3:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Livorno 0 - 0 AC Milan

Lazio 0 - 2 Juventus
JUV: Martín Cáceres (72') & David Trezeguet (90')

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Atalanta 0 - 1 Sampdoria
SAM: Daniele Mannini (63')

Bologna 0 - 2 Chievo Verona
CHI: Giampiero Pinzi (18') & Sergio Pellissier (30')

Fiorentina 1 - 0 Cagliari
FIO: Alberto Gilardino (55')

Inter Milan 2 - 0 Parma
INT: Samuel Eto'o (71') & Diego Milito (88')

Udinese 4 - 2 Catania
UDI: Antonio Floro Flores (29'), Antonio Di Natale (55', pen 69', 79')
CAT: Takayuki Morimoto (12') & Guiseppe Mascara pen (34')

Siena 1 - 2 AS Roma
SIE: Massimo Maccarone (26')
ROM: Philippe Mexès (73') & John Arne Riise (89')

Palermo 1 - 1 Bari
PAL: Igor Budan (90')
BAR: Riccardo Allegretti (2')

Genoa 4 - 1 Napoli
GEN: Floccari (pen 45'), Mesto (55'), Hernan Crespo (75'), Houssine Kharja (pen 88')
NAP: Marek Hamsik (41')

STANDINGS