Serie A leader AC Milan beat Brescia 1-0

Milan: Serie A leader AC Milan left it late to grab a 1-0 win over Brescia when Robinho scored eight minutes from time on Saturday.

The Brazilian linked with fellow striker Antonio Cassano to score his 12th goal of the season.

The result left Milan still eight points clear of Inter Milan, with Napoli a further point behind in third, with four matches left.

Inter beat Lazio 2-1, despite having goalkeeper Julio Cesar sent off, while Napoli slumped to a 2-1 loss to Palermo.

At the bottom of the table, Bari became the first team to be relegated to Serie B when it lost 1-0 to Sampdoria.

Alessandro Del Piero scored twice for Juventus in the first half against Catania, but it wasn't enough to stop Catania earning a share of the points after Alejandro Gomez and Francesco Lodi hit back after halftime for a 2-2 draw.

Also, it was: Bologna 0, Cesena 2; Cagliari 1, Fiorentina 2; Genoa 4, Lecce 2; and Udinese 0, Parma 2.

Cassano, Robinho and Clarence Seedorf missed chances for Milan before Brescia's Eder made Christian Abbiati work hard to keep out his shot in the 37th.

Cassano continued to waste chances and he blazed Kevin Prince Boateng's cross over the bar four minutes before halftime. A minute later Robinho shot wide from close range.

In the second period, Brescia's Davide Baiocco brushed the top of the crossbar with a powerful shot. Alessandro Diamanti then caused problems for Abbiati with a free kick that came back off the bar.

Milan scored when Cassano held up a long clearance and passed to Robinho, who shot low under Michele Arcari.

There was still time for one more Brescia chance, but again Abbiati denied Eder with an acrobatic save.

"The guys are very tired, but they did very well to get the three points tonight," Milan coach Massimo Allegri said. "I have to pay particular compliments to Abbiati, who has often been the difference for us this season.

"I'm very pleased with our defense which gave little space to Brescia's attackers. Cassano had a great game. He made some errors, but it was him who set up the goal."